Timeless Portrait Tattoos that will stun you!

There’s nothing greater than a Portrait Tattoo to immortalize a figure or say any imagery of your loved one in your life. Portrait tattoos have given mankind such tremendous potential of preserving ideas and they’ll continue to be a source of reverence to coming generations as well.

Like every other tattoo, there’s no limit to the creativity that adds up to the portrait and Aliens, also known to be best portrait tattoo artists in India, have proved it time and again. These portrait tattoos have touched millions of hearts because of their precision and photographic fidelity. Keep scrolling to see some of the best Portrait Tattoos ever made.

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Michael Jackson Tattoo by Sunny Bhanushali at Tattoo Fashion, Arhus, Denmark. I was exited to do this tattoo more than my client. I heartily felt honoured to work on the respectful Michael Jackson tattoo, King of the Pop. Spent around 12 hours to finish this tattoo. Client was very happy with the output. Check it out people the most amazing tattoo I have ever worked on, you are gonna love it.

A portrait from a daughter to her hero The relationship of a father and daughter is wonderful and ineffable. Father is the first love of every daughter, so his absence can be very hurtful. But as a remembrance client got her father’s portrait done on her arm

Avatar Tattoo by Sunny Bhanushali at Aliens Tattoo, India. This is insanely mind-blowing work done by me so far :). Neytiri from Avatar movie. I am working on this avatar themed full leg sleeve, started with my favourite character, Neytiri. This is a full colour piece, so far the most hyper realistic colour tattoo I did. Check it out people, this is unreal stuff.

Photo-realistic Old Man Tattoo by Sunny Bhanushali at Aliens Tattoo, Mumbai. This tattoo was done at “Advanced Techniques of Portrait Tattoo” conducted by Sunny Bhanushali at Aliens Tattoo, Mumbai. It took almost 16 hours to finish this tattoo. We had almost 35 tattoo artists traveled from different states of India to attend this amazing workshop.

A gift for his sweetheart Taking extra efforts to please your better half is really applaudable. As in this case client went an extra mile for his adoration for her.

African Portrait Tattoo by Sunny Bhanushali at Nepal Inked Tattoo Convention. It’s always lively to share creativity and knowledge about stuff that you are good at. Recently Sunny conducted a Portrait tattoo workshop at the Nepal Inked Tattoo Convention, so he picked this tangled and obscure portrait to cover every technique involved in establishing a marvelous portrait tattoo. But along with this he engaged the same artwork in the ‘Best Realistic Tattoo’ category event at the convention. And the jury drummed his artwork as the winner. As you can see it involves very minimal elements which he pulled off with a lot of adroitness.

Dog portrait tattoo by Allan Gois at Aliens Tattoo, Mumbai.

Muhammad Ali Tattoo by Sunny Bhanushali at Aliens Tattoo India. This German client happens to be a colossal fan of the Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali and wanted to get a memory token from India in the form a tattoo. So with a run for time Sunny sculpted this sparkler using Ali in action in the foreground and brush strokes enhancing the drift. The colours and contrast have come to enticingly. The tattoo took 9 hrs to yield the desirable output. Share it if you like it!

For his beloved Mother This tattoo simply defines purity. The relationship of mother and son is the the most sacred, as the love is indefinite.

The story of a special mother Client got her son’s portrait done as an expression of her divine love and adoration for her special child.

Portrait Tattoo by Sunny Bhanushali at Aliens Tattoo, Mumbai.

Warrior This one’s a bit different than other portraits and their stories. Here, the face that’s portrayed in form of a spartan is client’s face itself.

Dog portrait tattoo by Allan Gois at Aliens Tattoo, Mumbai.

A gift for his Father This tattoo design is a customized portrait in which the client’s dad is turned into a medieval warrior.

Portrait Tattoo by Sunny Bhanushali at Aliens Tattoo, Mumbai.

Daughter Portrait Tattoo by Sunny Bhanushali at Aliens Tattoo, India. How cool is it when a dad decides get something exquisite for his daughter. Well, this super cool dad wanted to get his daughter’s portrait, but not a typical one. His idea of getting something unique gave us the freedom to work this awesome design out. Illustration & designing by our little master Sameer. The tiger & roses speak so much for themselves while the portrait would fill your hearts with love and would leave you wanting something as cool as this. Share it if you like it :).

Portrait Tattoo by Sunny Bhanushali at Aliens Tattoo India. Though not physically, this champ will always be with his brother Losing someone at an early age is really tragic. Client lost his younger brother few days ago and wanted to etch his portrait. This tattoo meant a lot to him as it is an expression of love towards his brother. I did my best to bring him alive in the form of skin art. Its was an honour to work on this tattoo.

Portrait Tattoo by Manohar Koli at Aliens Tattoo, India. Client specially came from Kerala for this tattoo. He was very keen on getting it done from us as he loved our previous work. He got this done as a token of love for his little one(his son) and was overwhelmed by the output. This tattoo took almost 7 hours to complete.

Redefining affection Here’s something that redefines love and commitment. Client surprised his wife by getting her portrait done. Its amazing to see such couples who still take such efforts and go out of the way to make their soulmates happy.

Portrait Tattoo by Sunny Bhanushali at Aliens Tattoo India. Love always makes you do things that are extra-ordinary and momentous. This stay staunch in this case as client came all the way from Chennai to get his Father’s portrait tattoo done from Sunny. He further wanted to add “Honest Identity” around it in Tamil as a tribute to him. So Sunny summed the watercolor effect that stands beautifully in the background and the customized Tamil script at the root having its own existence. The realism has graced out astonishingly and has harvested every itsy-bitsy of the portrait. The tattoo took 8-10 hrs to yield the desirable payoff. Share it if you like it ?

In memory of her Daughter Children are a beautiful blessing. This client of ours lost her daughter in an accident and thus, wanted to get her portrait done.

Mother Teresa Tattoo by Sunny Bhanushali at Aliens Tattoo India. This is next level of realism. Incredible, isn’t it. Client travelled all the way from Dubai to get this tattoo done from Sunny. He wished to get Mother Teresa on his forearm, however never even in his dreams he expected this level of marvellous outcome of his tattoo. He was awe-struck by the level of expertise exhibited by Sunny. This tattoo took approx 10 hours,

Marilyn Monroe Tattoo by Sunny Bhanushali at LongIsland Ink, London. Client was very sure about the design and concept. He wants a full sleeve tattoo, however starting with Marilyn Monroe tattoo. He was in search of good realism tattoo artist in London. When he got to see my work through LongIsland Ink, he found the right artist. Client waited for more than a month for me to arrive in London to get his tattoo done. Here is the output, check it out people you are gonna love this piece of art. Photos were taken after 24 hours of tattoo.

Leopard Portrait Tattoo, Inked by Sunny at Aliens Tattoo, Mumbai. This is the same client who got the Elephant tattoo from us, as he keen on getting a full sleeve with couple of African animals, here is the second progress to the original full sleeve tattoo concept. We did a lot of research on which cat animal can go with the theme, as we thought that having a tiger or a lion is pretty common as a tattoo so we looked for many other cat family animals and finalised on this one. Hope you all liked this one.

Chatrapati Shivaji Tattoo by Sunny Bhanushali at Aliens Tattoo India. I always wanted to work on Shivaji Maharaja’s painting, however gotta chance to work on this tattoo. Client wanted to get tattoo of Chattrapati Shivaji on his arm. He had some references from google search, however he was interested in copying any of them. He visited many tattoo studios looking for the right tattoo artist to execute his tattoo design requirement. After looking at our tattoo portfolio he gave me all freedom needed to execute this master piece. Its a fusion of Maratha Theme, Realism and Geometric Style. I have spent almost 16 hours(3 days) to design this one and 10 hours of tattooing. Share it if you like it.