![]() This has provoked an uproar among tattooists who have argued the restrictions are overbroad, sow unnecessary concern among clients and undermine their art. ![]() The possibility of even more disruption hangs over artists’ heads next year, when bans go into effect on green and blue pigments that ink manufacturers say may be impossible to replace. The regulations have also caused the biggest shakeup of the industry in memory, with ink manufacturers reformulating entire product lines to comply. New regulations on tattoo inks and permanent makeup that began taking effect across the European Union this January were meant to reduce the risk of including ingredients that could be health hazards. But these skinscapes might not be possible to replicate in 2023 - at least not with the same set of colors. ![]() In his home studio in the northern Italian village of Grado, Alex De Pase reviewed photographs of some of the thousands of designs he had inked over his career as a tattoo artist. ![]() A mischievous child with twinkling blue eyes stares out from an inner bicep. On a lower leg, vivid frogs tense, as if preparing to jump from dewy leaves. Along a bare torso and down a thigh, the sun glints through ocean waters and bathes coral and fish in aqueous light.
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