Patch Tattoo Artists: 25 Masters of Embroidery Style

It has been four years since our first publication on the emerging patch tattoo style, also known as embroidery tattoo.

In these years, this distinctive style, pioneered by Brazilian tattoo artist Duda Lozano, has developed into a full-fledged movement, uniting hundreds of tattoo artists worldwide. We have endeavored to find and gather together tattoo artists who have incorporated this style into their daily work and become contributors to this trend.

Duda Lozano (Brazil, São Paulo)

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Colourful thigh tattoo featuring the Mystery Machine van from Scooby-Doo in yellow and blue with a red spider, web, skull, and red text reading GET OUT BEWARE.

Mystery Machine patch-style tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the calf featuring Bugs Bunny in sports gear juggling orange basketballs, with purple outline and detailed embroidery effect.

Bugs Bunny basketball patch tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo of Homer Simpson on the forearm featuring orange skin, blue background, and grey border resembling a fabric patch.

Homer Simpson patch tattoo

Colorful maneki-neko lucky cat tattoo on thigh with grey outlines, vibrant multi-colored fill and surrounding floral elements in patch tattoo style.

Maneki-neko patch tattoo

Patch tattoos - Duda Lozano

Terioshi Otto (Germany, Dortmund)

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the calf featuring Mickey Mouse and duckling characters in comic book style with bold black outlines.

Mickey Mouse patch-style tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the calf featuring Pikachu wearing a cap alongside Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle, rendered with embroidered texture and bold black outlines.

Pokémon patch tattoo in embroidered style

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the upper arm featuring SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick in comic book style with vibrant yellow, blue and green shading.

SpongeBob and Patrick patch tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo of Homer Simpson in orange suit on forearm with black outline and pink background.

Homer Simpson patch tattoo

Patch tattoos - Terioshi Otto

Vinícius Moschen (Brazil)

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the forearm featuring two stacked plant-monster characters: a yellow and purple creature with gaping mouth above a potted red flower with green leaves.

Colorful patch-style plant monsters

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the calf featuring Batman in black suit with blue cape holding a small clown character, rendered in bold traditional tattoo lines.

Batman and clown patch tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo of SpongeBob SquarePants holding a pink heart balloon on the calf.

SpongeBob patch tattoo

Vibrant patch-style tattoo on male calf featuring green dragon with yellow mane and pink cherry blossoms in bold colours.

Dragon and cherry blossom patch tattoo

Patch tattoos - Vinícius Moschen

Kath Altamirano (Mexico, México)

Yellow duck patch-style tattoo with black outline on thigh, featuring embroidered texture and dimensional shading.

Yellow duck patch tattoo

Patch tattoo with skull and embroidered feathers

Embroidered patch-style skull tattoo

Flash logo patch tattoo

Patch tattoos - Kath Altamirano

muslubash (Germany, Berlin)

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the forearm featuring a smiling yellow bear with pink ears and blue shirt, outlined in black with thick linework.

Patch tattoo, yellow bear character

Surreal patch-style tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the thigh depicts an elf character in green outfit with orange hair holding a wand with sparkles, rendered in comic book style with bold black outlines.

Comic-style elf patch tattoo

Patch-style cloud and sneaker tattoo

Patch tattoos - muslubash

Alicia Casale (Mexico, México)

Colorful patch-style tattoo on forearm featuring a heart with Mexican flag, black outline, rainbow splashes, and pink flower with dimensional embroidery effect.

Mexican flag heart patch tattoo

Colorful bird with striped feathers in patch tattoo style on the forearm, rendered in vibrant blue, green, purple and orange hues with surrounding floral elements.

Patch tattoo colorful striped bird

Colorful patch-style turtle tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo on upper arm featuring a red heart with green ruffle border, gold crown on top, and 'LUCHANA' text on banner with spiky rays.

Patch-style heart tattoo with crown and text

Patch tattoos - Alicia Casale

caludio.tattoo (Chile, Las Condes)

Colorful patch tattoo on the shin featuring a cartoon character with pink hair, large eyes, and yellow bow tie, rendered in comic book style with bold black outlines.

Patch tattoo, cartoon style

Vibrant patch-style tattoo on the forearm featuring a yellow muscular character with a captain's hat and green eyes, outlined in black with pink glow effect.

Patch tattoo, yellow character

Colorful patch-style tattoo of a character with yellow wings, pink body, and blue clothing on the forearm with bold black outlines.

Colorful patch-style character tattoo

Colorful cartoon character tattoo with pink nose and blue shorts on the forearm, rendered in patch style with bold black outlines and textured fill.

Patch-style cartoon character tattoo

Patch tattoos - caludio.tattoo

vskywalkers (USA, Philadelphia)

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the forearm featuring two owls—one blue with yellow beak and one green perched in a wooden barrel—with bold black outlines.

Patch-style owl tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo on male calf featuring a decorative dagger piercing a lemon with gold spiral and leaf, flanked by script text.

Patch-style dagger and lemon tattoo

Colourful patch-style tattoo on the shoulder featuring two orange cartoon characters in blue clothing with bold black outlines and shading.

Patch tattoo, comic style

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the upper arm depicting a stuffed monkey wearing a blue jumpsuit with brown accents and bold outlines.

Patch-style stuffed monkey tattoo

Patch tattoos - vskywalkers

Lucas Tossan (Brazil, São Paulo)

Anatomical heart patch-style tattoo with bold black outlines and vibrant orange, red, and blue coloring on the calf.

Anatomical heart patch tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the forearm depicts a stylized monster head in yellow and orange with bold black outline, created by Lucas Tossan.

Lucas Tossan, patch style

Colorful patch-style tattoo

Patch tattoos - Lucas Tossan

Caio Bottura (USA, Kissimmee)

Harley-Davidson patch tattoo

Oval patch-style tattoo on thigh featuring a rainbow landscape with purple mountains, green forest, and blue water

Rainbow landscape patch tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the thigh featuring a red-masked character with black outline holding sushi, rendered in comic book style with bold linework.

Patch-style character with sushi

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the forearm featuring an abstract character in blue, green, and red with embroidered texture and black outline.

Colorful patch-style character tattoo

Patch tattoos - Caio Bottura

Guido de Medici (Brazil, São Paulo)

Colorful patch-style tattoo by Guido de Medicl on the calf depicts a house lifted by a bundle of multicolored balloons, inspired by the animated film Up.

Guido de Medicl, patch tattoo, house and balloons

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the thigh by Guido de Medici featuring a stylized continent with orange and blue clouds, crescent moon, paper airplane, and stars.

Guido de Medici, colorful patch style

Colorful racing helmet tattoo featuring Ayrton Senna's iconic yellow, green and blue stripes with Honda and Marlboro logos on the forearm in realistic patch style.

Senna helmet patch tattoo

Three colorful patch tattoos on the arm by Guido de Medici: flaming crest with 'Salvamento en Altura' text, circular emblem, and winged heart in traditional style.

Guido de Medici, patch tattoos

Patch tattoos - Guido de Medici

Rich McCann (United Kingdom)

Crocodile patch tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the calf featuring a blue and beige umbrella with black rain drops and stem, rendered in textured embroidery technique.

Patch tattoo umbrella with rain

Colorful patch-style tattoo of a character in red cap and blue overalls on the forearm, featuring bold black outlines and vibrant colour work.

Character patch tattoo

Demonic purple face with white teeth and red lips in patch tattoo style on thigh, featuring bold black outlines and pink shading.

Demonic face patch tattoo

Patch tattoos - Rich McCann

Gyeong (Canada, Toronto)

Vibrant patch-style tattoo on the forearm featuring a green fish, red candy cane, and blue sailboat with bold black outlines and saturated colors.

Patch-style neotraditional tattoo

Vibrant patch-style tattoo featuring a mystical eye with multicolored iris, spiral flourishes, and lightning bolts on the shoulder in bold traditional design.

Patch-style mystical eye tattoo

Colorful hummingbird patch tattoo

Matching gingerbread man patch tattoos on two forearms in bright orange with pink bows, red smiles, and decorative icing details in bold outlines.

Matching gingerbread patch tattoos

Patch tattoos - Gyeong

Salvatore Ariemma (Italy, Casoria)

Homer Simpson patch tattoo

Classic Mickey Mouse with black outline, pink cheeks and yellow shoes tattooed on bicep in patch-style embroidered technique.

Mickey Mouse patch tattoo

Vibrant patch-style Santa tattoo with red hat and gift sack on the calf, rendered in comic book style with bold black outlines and bright colours.

Comic-style Santa patch tattoo

Vibrant patch-style tattoo featuring a yellow and black lightning bolt symbol on the calf with textured embroidery-like linework.

Yellow lightning bolt patch tattoo

Patch tattoos - Salvatore Ariemma

sirbatattoo (Brazil, Curitiba)

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the thigh featuring a bespectacled wizard character in black robes surrounded by line-drawn magical symbols and botanical elements.

Colorful wizard patch tattoo

Green CFC Paraná football club emblem with gold star on top, rendered as a patch-style tattoo on the forearm.

CFC Paraná patch tattoo

Vibrant patch-style tattoo of a green dragon with yellow belly on red background adorns a man's forearm in comic book style with bold black outline.

Green dragon patch tattoo

Patch-style rabbit tattoo

Patch tattoos - sirbatattoo

facchtattoogeek (Brazil, São Paulo)

Colorful shoulder tattoo featuring Charizard and Charmander Pokémon characters in patch style with pixelated effect below.

Pokémon patch tattoo style

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the calf featuring stacked video game characters Mario and Donkey Kong with a blue game controller, rendered in comic book style with bold black outlines.

Mario and Donkey Kong patch tattoo

Skull wearing a straw hat with blue bandana on forearm, rendered in patch tattoo style with bold black outlines and vibrant colours.

Patch tattoo skull with hat

Colorful patch-style tattoo of Snoopy character in blue outfit with red shirt and yellow bird on forearm.

Snoopy patch tattoo, color

Patch tattoos - facchtattoogeek

Matheus Realle (Brazil, Londrina)

Red Angry Birds character with black outline and yellow beak tattooed on inner forearm in patch style with textured fill and stitched border effect.

Angry Birds patch tattoo

Angry black bird with red eye mask and yellow beak rendered as a patch-style tattoo on the forearm with white outline.

Patch-style angry bird tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the forearm featuring a red skull with yellow border and pink flowers in traditional tattoo technique.

Patch tattoo skull with flowers

Blue Angry Birds character with textured fill and black outline tattooed on the forearm in patch tattoo style.

Patch tattoo Angry Birds

Patch tattoos - Matheus Realle

Justin Stiles (Canada, Hamilton)

Embroidered-style sunflower tattoo with golden petals, black center, and green leaves outlined in purple on a man's forearm.

Embroidered sunflower patch tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the thigh featuring a character with red-and-black head, grey tentacles, and pink body with rainbow accents on clouds.

Colorful patch-style thigh tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the shoulder featuring a grinning pear character wearing a beanie and scarf with yellow eyes, rendered in neo-traditional technique with bold outlines.

Pear character patch tattoo neo-traditional

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the forearm featuring a smiling maneki-neko lucky cat with raised paw, blue body and pink mouth, outlined in bold black lines.

Maneki-neko patch tattoo

Patch tattoos - Justin Stiles

amirmeir1 (Israel, Tel Aviv - Jaffa)

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the thigh featuring a character in red cap and blue outfit surrounded by pixelated spaceships and stars.

Patch-style video game tattoo

Colorful patch tattoo on the bicep featuring two animated characters from Up with a gray stitched border, rendered in realism style.

Up characters patch tattoo

Surreal split skull tattoo on the calf with red tentacles, green stem and colorful thread details, rendered in vibrant patch style.

Surreal patch-style skull

Alfa Romeo logo patch tattoo in color

Patch tattoos - amirmeir1

David Jay Kai (United Kingdom, Musselburgh)

Boston Celtics patch tattoo

Red sportbike rendered as a realistic patch-style tattoo on the thigh with bold black outline and gold accents.

Realistic patch-style sportbike tattoo

3D patch-style tattoo on the thigh featuring a red heart above blue embroidered lettering with dimensional stitching effect.

3D patch tattoo with heart

Colorful patch-style shoulder tattoo featuring a cartoon rat character and 'TALE SPIN' text with grey stitched border and comic book styling.

Tale Spin patch tattoo, comic style

Patch tattoos - David Jay Kai

cheyenne.tattoos (USA, Chicago)

Colorful patch-style shoulder tattoo featuring a large pink peony, orange flowers, blue hummingbird, and green foliage with fine line details.

Patch tattoo with peony and hummingbird

Calf displays a colourful patch-style tattoo featuring a stuffed bear with pink cheeks and black outline, with a small rabbit holding a four-leaf clover below.

Patch tattoo: bear and rabbit

Vertical patch-style tattoo on the calf featuring the word CHICAGO in red with rhinestone embellishments and black outline resembling a vintage marquee sign.

Chicago patch tattoo with rhinestones

Anatomical heart blooming with flowers including a vibrant orange dahlia and purple iris with green stems in patch tattoo style on thigh.

Anatomical heart with blooming flowers patch tattoo

Patch tattoos - cheyenne.tattoos

da_ve_tattoo (Mexico, México)

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the forearm featuring a cartoon character with pink hair, orange beanie and striped outfit, rendered in bold black outlines.

Patch-style cartoon character tattoo

Vibrant patch-style tattoo of an Aztec deity figure with purple head, orange accents, and multicolored feathered headdress on the shoulder.

Aztec deity patch tattoo

Chest patch tattoo featuring a heart-shaped design with Van Gogh's starry night sky, golden sun, and village scene, sprouting pink flowers with green stems and bold black outlines.

Heart patch tattoo with flowers

Colorful patch-style tattoo of Goofy character wearing a green hat on the forearm, rendered in comic book style with bold black outlines and vibrant fill.

Goofy patch tattoo, comic style

Patch tattoos - da_ve_tattoo

Phil Denby (United Kingdom, Gorleston-On-Sea)

Groot character patch-style tattoo with yellow body and dark outline on calf, featuring text above.

Groot patch tattoo yellow

Colour patch-style tattoo on the thigh depicting a Star Wars stormtrooper helmet with red circular backdrop, rendered in black outlines with red, blue and flesh tones.

Patch tattoo: Star Wars stormtrooper

Green slimy character with pink mouth and yellow eyes in patch tattoo style on bicep with bold black outline and vibrant color fill.

Patch tattoo green character

Patch-style tattoo of an orange bear wearing a headband and holding a staff on the shoulder, rendered in comic book style with bold black outlines.

Patch-style bear tattoo, comic book style

Patch tattoos - Phil Denby

patchtattoos.cr (Costa Rica)

Colorful Day of the Dead skull with orange, blue and red ornamental patterns tattooed on the forearm by Patch Tattoos.

Patch Tattoos, Day of the Dead

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the forearm depicts a canned food jar with red top, green label with text, and orange bottom, outlined in bold black lines.

Patch-style canned food tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the forearm featuring layered mountain, sky and forest landscape within a black stitched border.

Patch tattoo landscape

Colorful patch-style tattoo on male thigh depicting a character sitting atop a stack of multicolored books with clouds surrounding, by Patch Tattoos artist.

Patch Tattoos, patch style

Patch tattoos - patchtattoos.cr

tatuajes_bordados (Mexico, México)

Yellow scallop shell with black outline in patch tattoo style on thigh, featuring dense line work and dimensional shading.

Yellow shell patch tattoo

Superman shield patch-style tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the forearm depicting a mother elephant and calf in embroidered technique with grey, yellow and pink tones.

Embroidered patch-style elephant tattoo

Colorful patch-style tattoo on the shoulder depicting a bear head with blue top, orange-red middle, and yellow base, rendered with embroidered texture and bold outlines.

Bear patch tattoo embroidery style

Patch tattoos - tatuajes_bordados

Do you know any other great tattoo artists working in this style? Write about your discoveries in the comments, and we will definitely expand our list.