Colour hyperrealism Lugano & London

Carlotta Scomazzon

Tattoos painted in colour, with the patience of an oil portrait. Trained in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, now working between Lugano and London.

Studio, CH
Monster House, Lugano
Studio, UK
Sixty Ink, London
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Carlotta crouching beside her client at a tattoo convention, next to a finished colour leg piece: a woman's portrait with a blue butterfly and a golden skull below.

Carlotta · Finished leg piece · Convention floor

Light that seems to come
from inside the skin.

The work

Carlotta combines technical precision with artistic sensitivity, creating realistic tattoos that convey emotion and tell unique stories through colour.

La Mostra

Ten plates · colour and black & grey · scroll to walk the wallswipe sidewaysscroll sideways

  1. Tav. I

    Skull, moth & roses

    Colour · Calf
  2. Tav. II

    Wednesday

    Colour · Calf
  3. Tav. III

    Lantern in autumn

    Colour · Arm
  4. Tav. IV

    The warrior

    Colour · Upper arm
  5. Tav. V

    Salvador Dalí

    Colour, from reference · Upper arm
  6. Tav. VI

    Skull & candle

    Colour · Forearm
  7. Tav. VII

    Fear and Loathing

    Colour · Calf
  8. Tav. VIII

    Woman with a golden skull

    Colour · Calf
  9. Tav. IX

    Headdress portrait

    Colour · Calf
  10. Tav. X

    Black rose

    Black & grey · Hand

  11. More on the wall at @carlotta.scomazzon

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Faces, from a photograph

Bring a photograph of someone you love, a film still or a face that matters to you. Skin tones, reflections and shadows are built in colour, with the eye of a painter trained in Venice.

From a photograph · Upper arm
Horns & E=mc² · Forearm
From a photograph · Forearm
In progress · Layering skin tones
Red hair · Inner arm
Black & grey · Arm
Blue & gold skull · Calf
Carlotta Scomazzon at her desk drawing a design on a tablet, her neck and arms covered in colour tattoos.
Carlotta at her desk, drawing a design

From paper to skin

Born in Padua in 1994, Carlotta started with pencil drawing at fourteen and never stopped. She studied painting in Venice, exhibited on paper in Italy and abroad, then moved to London in 2021, where she refined her hyperrealism in two Soho studios.

  1. 1994

    Born in Padua, Italy.

  2. Age 14

    Pencil drawing, then her first steps into colour hyperrealism.

  3. Liceo

    Art High School A. Modigliani.

  4. Venezia

    Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Graduates in Painting and Visual Arts.

  5. Shows

    Group exhibitions on paper in Italy and abroad, including Philadelphia, Sofia and Florence.

  6. 2021

    Moves to London and works in two studios in Soho, refining her hyperrealistic style. Her clientele grows across Europe.

  7. 2023

    Begins working with Monster House studio in Lugano. Splits her time between London and Lugano.

  8. 2025

    Awards at Turin and Ferrara tattoo conventions.

  9. 2026

    3rd place, Best of Show, Treviso Tattoo Convention.

On the convention floor

Carlotta is a regular at European tattoo conventions. Recent results:

Carlotta on stage at a tattoo convention holding her award, with her client showing the tattooed portrait on his calf.
On stage, collecting an award

Book a session

Carlotta takes bookings through Instagram direct messages. Fill in the sheet and the page writes your message for you. Copy it, open the chat, paste.

  • Add your reference photos to the sheet. On a phone they go to Instagram with your message; on a computer, attach them in the chat. The sharper the photo, the better the portrait.
  • Designs ready to tattoo are in the Available highlight on her Instagram.
  • Tell her which city works for you, or which convention you'll be at.
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