“Off Register” Tattoos Look Too Perfect to Be Created by Hand

I look at a lot of tat­toos, and I haven’t seen a style quite like that of Mat­tia Mam­bo. The Milano-based artist cre­ates small pieces of body art that look like they’ve been dig­i­tal­ly pro­duced rather than one etched by hand. The bold lines and flat­tened shapes remind me of vec­tors in Adobe Illus­tra­tor, the ele­ments sit­ting off-reg­is­ter to give them an addi­tion­al screen-print­ed effect. They’re col­or­ful, engag­ing, and eye catching—my favorite are the flow­ers, but I’m also impressed by Mat­ti­a’s com­mit­ment to food!