A style of tattooing called "black and gray realism" has its roots in East Los Angeles' Chicano culture. It moved from penal institutions, to the barrios, to high-end tattoo shops around the world.

Freddy Negrete applies a black-and-gray style tattoo to Louie Perez III inside the tattoo parlor set up at the Natural History Museum. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) Advertisement.

Born and raised in Wilmington, DE, Eric Marcinizyn is a rising star in black and gray tattoo. Tattooing for just three and a half years, he mixes West Coast styles with East Coast reference point.

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we are tattoo artists and illustrators that specialize in black and gray illustration in tattoo work. ... we did a crow, and then today we’re going to be adding a great horned owl.