Cara Delevingne’s tattooist Brian Woo on what inspires him and drives him
Artist known as Dr Woo, who has inked everyone from Miley Cyrus to Emilia Clarke, showing images of some of his favourite tattoos at exhibition in Hong Kong
Once associated with convicts, sailors and gangsters, tattoos have in recent years evolved into a mainstream accessory. Helping to lead the way is Brian Woo, a Los Angeles-based tattoo artist known as Dr Woo.
Hailed as the most in-demand artist in the world, Woo is known for his single-needle tattoos in black and grey. In comparison to more traditional tattoo forms, Woo’s are incredibly fine, done as if by a fine mechanical pencil. The style is instantly recognisable for its graceful quality – eschewing bolder visual statements for lighter, smaller and more subtle forms.
It is this level of precision that has drawn celebrities to his studio, including G-Dragon, Edison Chen Koon-hei and Zoe Kravitz. Such is the hype that there is a waiting list of a year.
