But, Negrete credits the new generation of Chicano tattoo artists doing black and gray for helping him up his game. He says he doesn't want people coming to him hoping for a "vintage" tattoo ...

A popular style of tattooing called "black and gray realism" has its roots in East LA's Chicano culture. It moved from California prisons in the 1970s to high-end tattoo shops worldwide.

“I just thought [the tattoos] were so cool,” Negrete ... influenced by the stuff that started here.” “Black-and-gray tattooing and Chicano culture go hand in hand,” Soto says, smiling.

“As Chicano, cholo gangsters ... we’re trying to make with the show is just how radically the black-and-gray style changed tattoo,” museum exhibition developer Danielle Sommer says.

People use the term “Chicano style” to describe a wide range of black and gray tattoos these days, but as someone who grew up in the heart of Chicano culture, Moreno has his own take on the style.

He is a black-and-gray realism tattoo artist, originally from Los Angeles. Howard says his Chicano family background influenced the method of his tattoos. “My Uncle Sammy taught me how to make a ...

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... Black And Gray ... And Brown: A Tattoo Style's ...

and Chicano-style black and gray is part of the show. In the very first room right when you walk into the exhibition, there's a life-sized silicone arm with a full-sleeve tattoo of Mesoamerican ...