Probably one of the best tattoos I have ever seen.

Thank you 🙏🏽I really appreciate it

The tattooed person basically turned into a walking art gallery, insanely good job !

I feel like we need to emphasize how important picture #8 is. Everything was amazing then it just got absurd

What is happening on picture 8?

Personally I assumed full torso just meant the front, what with how intricate it is in particular, and so when the last pic revealed that it was indeed his entire torso front and back and the back was just as crazy good if slightly different than the front, my already highly impressed brain reached an even higher level of being absurdly impressed by this guy's talent.

It shows that this design doesn’t just cover the person’s chest, but also their back, and links up perfectly at the sides.

I mean the backpiece is a direct translation of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Durer.

Legitimately, actual insane art. You should absolutely let your artist take pics and use them as adverts, this is legendary ink. Makes full body pieces look flawless

> tattoo is by Ivan Zagusta > OP username is Ivan Zagusta So I take it that this post is an advert lol. But I agree that the work is great.

Advert is a weird way to word it… he’s sharing his art on a platform designed to share that artform…

Including your name, your shop name, and pictures of your product meets the criteria of an advert... I don't disagree that it's perfectly okay for OP to do so...

I think its the correct usage, its just that we associate it with the intrusive, misleading and obnoxious ads we are so used to. Sharing your portfolio online is advertising, you want to increase your business, its just not annoying as hell and actually shows off the skill involved

The artist is the OP.

Seriously, I kinda want to make a trip to Poland.

How the heck can someone book with you?!

Likewise , worth the cost and hassle of the trip alone to have work done by this guy

bro u tatted a whole masterpiece

This is breathtaking, I've never seen a more beautiful or skilled tattoo. I'm honestly not usually a big fan of tattoos in general, but this is different. This is a true work of art.

Jesus the line work alone.

You engrave it like the original material that's insane.

AMAZING!!!!!

The line work is amazing all over, but especially over the nipples and belly button are some how perfect. I’m impressed.

Yeah, that nipple work is so impressive and looks like it would have been so painful to sit for!

I second this! I’m in love. Such talent and execution!! SO excited for the recipient and the artist!

Third this. That is a sick piece

For real. This some next level talent. Kudos to the artist & client!! Chef's kiss 😚🤌

Agreed. This is STUNNING.

Perfect

Thank you 🙏🏽

I don't really like tattoos. This is great work.

No other words

I've got other words. "Damn." "Holy shit." I could go on, honestly.

Go on then.

Wow that line work is insane.

Thank you 🙏🏽I tried to do my best

do you have an instagram? your work is phenomenal

His IG is in his profile. His work is bananas.

That was definitely worth signing in to IG for. I usually do that like twice a year so it’s a big deal haha

B a n a n a s

The lines are so satisfying

You are tough as nails. Some brutal, brutal areas. So much respect for you!

Thank you. David is one of the toughest guy I met.

Bravo. No words, that's talent. I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around how the lines are actually perfect through the nipples... How was there no movement?!

I was confused at first as I thought the person receiving the tattoo posted this, until I realized you're Ivan! Haha. Great work.

So fucking cool. What I also love is that your arms aren’t solid, so when you take your top off people gunna lose their shit! Everything about your torso is just incredible! 99.9/100 tattoo right there!

Thank you for your kind words 🙏🏽

This honestly has to be the best tattoo I've ever seen.

Thank you 🙏🏽 I appreciate it 👊🏽

Respect for running right over and through the nips! I did the same and that shits a bitchhh

Thank you. I can’t imagine not covered nips on this piece.

I can't even imagine. Ribs were tough for me... Nips gotta be on another level.

Nips, adam's apple, and collar bone are killers, absolute killers. If I had to do it over again knowing what it feels like I'm not sure if I could. It just hurt too fucking much. Inside of elbow and knee was pretty rough, but nothing like nips, adam's apple, and collar bone. I was warned about shins and tops of feet, but tbh those weren't bad for me.

Collarbone and sternum weren't bad for me. Anything even close to my armpit had me ready to tap tho

damn. I’ve got a big piece on top of my foot. Lines run close to in-between my toes in a few spots and I couldn’t imagine it getting much worse than that. Never even considered the nips tbh

WHY ARE ALL THE BEST TATTOO ARTISTS HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD FROM ME

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

This one is a ferry ride away from me and may be my final motivation to actually get a tattoo after 35 years on earth.

I got my first at 35 last week! Worth it!

Fabulous

Thanks 🙏🏽

Bro, this looks like a tattoo PhD dissertation lol

Haha, thanks 🙏🏽🤟🏽

Haha. This has to be one of the best comments on this tattoo. Such a great visual. Agreed, the artists work is beyond almost anything I’ve seen.

Unreal

Thanks

Please please post an update in a few years. This style is incredible 🤘🏽

Engraving

You are an incredible artist Ivan! Always phenomenal work

Thank you 🙏🏽 I really appreciate it.

Looks amazing! Though I do wonder how well the background on the chest piece will hold up. Have to ask, how long did this take?

Thanks a lot. I will post a photo of a healed tattoo in the future. It takes 4 sessions for the back piece and 4 and a half for the front and ribs. Around 40-45 hours of tattooing.

I'm completely shocked that's only 40-45 hours. Honestly thought it would be around 100.

That is a renaissance level work of art. Bravo!

Thank you very much!

Thank you for sharing your art!

I mean the back piece is literally an art work by Dürer

Speechless. That’s pretty damn incredible,

Thank you 🙏🏽

I'd like to see it in 20 years.

Me also 😉

I think this breaks the norm & my rule of thumb in that the further away it remains legible, the better it will age.   Going by typical tattoo logic the front will age better than the back, because the back has a lot more going on it'll be harder to make out from distance *but* there is also a very healthy amount of negative space with this style that'll help with aging & they'll likely age equally... I'm very interested in a year or two follow up! Edit: I just realised you're the artist, do you have any aged references? 

I cannot describe to you the absolute, primal horror I felt when I realize the entire nip, nub and all, are tatted up

Respect.

Those lines are incredible, holy crap

Are you ever coming to SF? I’ve seen your work before and would love to get a tattoo from you

Yes I will be in SF in the future. Maybe even this year. I will post information about that on my IG

Ow my nips

Yep, I think this is the finest tattoo concept I have ever seen, and is genuinely a piece of art unto itself! 🤯 You should documentary as much of the work as possible for posterity, and overtime too, because it's truly a masterpiece. 🥹🔥 Zagusta is talented af 🤘🏽

This is absolutely gorgeous. however (and I am asking this genuinely because I don’t know), will the lines not end up having a high chance of running together when they are this close together, making it a grey mess?

Thats a piece of art! Incredible! The pain you went through though... If you turn time back, would you do it again, knowing the pain you would have to go through?

I think OP is the artist

You need to ask my client David about it but I think he will do it again 🤟🏽

Well this is just a thing of bloody beauty.

Thanks a lot🙏🏽

Sick!

That's crazy!

Damn

Thank you 🙏🏽

Damn that looks sick!

Thank you

Fucking WOW!!! I would love to see this age.

Thanks! I’m also waiting until it will be healed to see the final effect. I will post the photo of healed tattoo in some future.

*picks jaw up off the floor* WOW

I may not resonate with the content of the tattoo, but this tattoo is so damn clean. Incredible work.

Holy shit that looks amazing. It's rude of me to stare, but GODDAMN I can't keep my eyes away from this piece of ART you got on your body.

Thank you for your kind words!

Thank you folks so much for all kind words! I really appreciate and happy that so many people like my works. It’s a pleasure for me to share my art with you! Thanks!!!

Reminded me instantly of The Ninth Gate with Johnny Depp, the book come to life. Super fucking cool

I don’t usually like full body/ huge piece of tattoos. But man, this is another level, really great work, absolutely beautiful!

TIL I need to visit Poland

So curious how this would look like 2 years down the line

Oh my goodness when I swiped and saw the sides and back. The amount of precise line work is blowing my mind 🫨. How long did this take?

I don't really like what that tattoo is of (I like girly things personally). But this is seriously the best tattoo that I've ever seen.

I love Ivan's work. He could be better at responding on his IG but I believe number of customers just make reservations really hard :D Great work!

I think this is one of the best tattoos I’ve ever seen. I LOVE the style

I love the lines detail in the background my gf says it looks way cooler then blasted black. Your tats are 🔥

Man, that is some killer details

legitimately this is the single best tattoo i have ever seen

But how is he going to look when he gets old and wrinkly…. Totally fucking badass is how. Good work man, it’s beautiful.

Wow, that has to be in a mag for top tat or something. It’s crazy that you can see each detail in such a large piece. Really outstanding work.

Incredible just wow

Sick

Phenomenal

Wow. That’s wild.

Thanks

This is beautiful!!!!!

Impressive 👏 👌 all I can think of is the pain.

Thank you

Phenomenal.

This looks amazing.

Reminds me of a heironomous Bosch painting. Epic and very awesome!

Thanks. This tattoo based on Albrecht Dürer’s and Heinrich Aldegrever’s engravings.

Crazy good. I love everything about it.

That is amazing! Really clean lines and nice attention to detail. I'm a big fan!

that’s so pretty

Wow!

This is insanely PERFECT! The fine lines and detail. 😍😍

Wow!! This is so amazing, it doesn’t even look like a tattoo it’s like a separate work of art!

Dang that is a massive woodblock piece. Good shit man. Mad respect for getting it over the nips too. That’s gotta be one of the worst spots iv ever had tattooed.

Thank you! 🙏🏽🤟🏽

You turned yourself into a painting…. So sick I’ve never seen anything like it.

Might not be my style but damn the artist did a kick ass job on this. Takes a special kind of person to keep this consistency

Amazing

Absolutely amazing

This is incredible

Gorgeous work!

Wow!! I love it.

Wow wow wow wow wow wow , this has to be the best tattoo I have ever seen ❤️❤️

bucket list artist for sure! what beautiful work

Wow that is some amazing work! Perfect!

Mind blowing work . Incredible and unique .

fuckkk

This is fucking gorgeous…

Wow this is incredible

My guy. This. Is. *Incredible.* l'm speechless.

What a fantastic piece

In love

That might be the best tattoo I’ve ever seen

Wow! Absolutely amazing

That is unbelievable

How long did everything take????

Back piece 4 sessions, front piece and ribs 4 and a half sessions. Around 40-45 hours of tattooing in summary.

Badass piece man 👌, I got my sleeves done in Poland too, best tattooers in Europe are there

Oh man, this is awesome work.

I don't think I could draw lines that straight with a ruler!

This is incredible

:0

I like the back more than front simply judging by the amount of background

This is the BEST tattoo I have EVER SEEN. Please post an aged update in 5 years!!

That is a remarkable piece.

wish you were in my country 😭 Amazing artist

That’s absolutely INCREDIBLE dude, truly beautiful piece

Amazing art. True masterpiece.

Far out

Incredible. Genuinely flabbergasted by how great this is.

Damn that's beautiful

This is absolutely gorgeous!

that is absolutely incredible. some of the most amazing tattoos i have ever seen

That's fucking sick and also beautiful. Amazing

Its wild!

Well this is fjcking rad.....

Hot damn that line work is CLEAN! It's like you have a full classical piece tattooed on your body, and it's amazing

I know there’s no such thing as a “perfect tattoo” but this has got to be the next best thing

Thank you very much! I was trying to do my best.

1) Dope as hell. 2) Click OPs profile, and just try to keep scrolling down. 3) Dope as hell

I have my entire torso done and when I zoomed in on yours I shed a tear for you. Beautiful tattoo on a tough motherfucker.

I hate tattoos but if I were to get one, it would be in this art style, magnifique

That's just insane. I'm in awe.

Bro this tattoo is truly amazing.

That line work is superb