Abstract realism is the dance between order and chaos — a delicate negotiation between control and surrender.
Each graphic element introduced into a portrait is not random, but intentional — like ripples in still water, they create movement, break symmetry, and amplify the invisible tensions hidden within every line and curve.
Nothing in this visual language is accidental. Every stroke of the machine becomes a meditation: is it there to release tension? To draw the eye? To soften a transition or to carve a sharp edge into the silence?
In this kind of work, intuition is guided by precision. Purpose breathes through each mark. In tattooing, as in life, the most powerful gestures are the ones made with intention — where nothing is left to chance, and even the chaos has its place within a greater harmony.
Thomas Carli Jarlier 