Realistic tattoo artist, Owner of Noire Ink studios
Abstract Realism is a style that I started exploring a few years after getting into tattooing. Today I would love to do more of this as I have also done visuals I would to tattoo on collectors.
If you are interested get in touch
One portrait that changed it all.
By Thomas Carli Jarlier done at Noire Ink
Each tattoo must create emotion.
A flower, an animal, or an object — when represented on skin — must be connected to its collector. A tattoo evokes different feelings. For some, it represents power and confidence. For others, it is a way of expressing an inner self they often hide from the world.
In every case, it is my responsibility to understand the emotion the client wishes to embody, and to allow that intention to guide the creative process.
It begins with research — studying references based on the chosen theme — and continues through every stage of the experience, culminating in the tattooing itself.
In tattooing, and especially in realism, everything matters: preparation, execution, connection, and the way the piece flows with the body. This is what makes tattooing profoundly different from drawing or painting on paper.
It is not just an image.
It is a connection.
It is emotion.
It is an important moment in someone’s life.
This piece was created over two long days of work moments where time seemed to stand still while we focused entirely on the act of creation.
Done by Thomas Carli Jarlier at Noire Ink
One of the works from 2025 that I enjoyed doing. 2 days of work for around 15h of work.
Done at Noire Ink
A sleeve is like an open book to the collector’s story or belief. It’s my job to be able to create a visible story that represent my philosophy towards tattooing. The fruit of this collaboration took 4 session of around 6 to 7h.
Tattoo by Thomas Carli Jarlier
Done at Noire Ink, Clermont Ferrand
“Where time stands still, movement begins.”
On this skin, two worlds meet — the eternal stillness of ancient art and the restless pulse of modern creation.
The marble calm of the past collides with the abstract motion of today, forming a dialogue between order and chaos, silence and rhythm.
What was once sculpted in stone now flows through flesh and energy. The statue breathes again — not as an echo of history, but as a living fragment of it.
In this union of eras, art ceases to belong to time.
It becomes what it has always been: a mirror of human love for beauty, transformation, and the infinite desire to create.
By Thomas Carli Jarlier done at Noire Ink
In tattooing, every stroke carries meaning.
Each touch of the needle upon the skin mirrors the emotions present in that unique moment — for the collector as much as for the artist. A tattoo created without emotion is nothing more than an image; lifeless ink resting on flesh.
Art has always been the language of feeling, no matter the medium through which it speaks. But in tattooing, this dialogue takes on a sacred dimension: the energy exchanged can heal, transform, or even mark a turning point in one’s life.
It is never just a tattoo session — it is a ritual, an encounter between art, emotion, and the eternal.
Tattoo in progress done by Thomas Carli Jarlier at Noire Ink – France – Clermont-Ferrand
“She holds the mirror not to see herself, but to remember what can’t be seen.
Among the quiet branches, reflection becomes memory — the dialogue between who we were and what still breathes within.
Nature wraps her in silence, as if to remind her that truth is not in the image, but in the gaze that dares to look deeper.”
Done in greywash
Done using
Sunskin tattoo machines
TCJ butter and needles
World Famous Ink
Lt tattoo equipment
Ink machines
Killer ink
Bheppo
An incredible achievement for this customer that over 6 sittings was able to get this famous statue into his skin. Dedication, passion, emotions would be the words that comes to mind after doing this piece
Tattoo by Thomas Carli Jarlier
« Echoes of a forgotten city »
(Partly healed)
“Between memory and silence, she stands — a fragment of time, half human, half city. Her gaze carries the echo of a world that once was, while three small birds rest upon a branch — a quiet reminder of life’s fragile continuity. In every shadow and light, art becomes a way to hold what fades, to give form to emotion, and to transform impermanence into something eternal.”
Done using
Sunskin tattoo machines
TCJ butter and needles
World Famous Ink
Lt tattoo equipment
Ink machines
Killer ink
Bheppo
Thomas Carli Jarlier