Karol Rybakowski brings a painter's eye to realism. His background in classical painting shapes the way he works with form, light and anatomy, and it shows in portraits with remarkable detail and photographic precision. But the likeness is just the starting point. Karol captures the character and emotion of his subjects through his own color palette and painting techniques.
He was studying painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice when a chance introduction to tattooing set him on a different path. Today, he is one of Poland's most distinctive artists working in realism and portrait tattooing. The canvas changed. The eye didn't.