"Portrait KID"

Federico
Galliani

Black & grey portrait realism.
Co-owner of White Label Tattoo.

The work

Black and grey elder portrait Hip-hop portrait realism Spartan warrior portrait Greek statue backpiece Realistic eye detail Man and raven realism Elder portrait on leg Woman and skull realism
Federico Galliani with a first-place plaque at a U.S. tattoo convention
First place, black & grey — United States.
Federico Galliani at his White Label booth on the convention circuit
On the convention floor.

Federico

He started near Milan and built his name the slow way — studio after studio, refining one thing: black & grey portraits that hold up as they heal.

His greys are made from black ink and water, not grey ink — built so the face still reads years after it settles. He opened White Label Tattoo, and took his work to the United States, where he competes on the convention circuit — and wins.

Federico Galliani in the studio beside a client's healed portrait leg sleeve
In the studio — a healed leg of portraits.

Healed work.

The photos that matter aren't the fresh ones. These have lived in the skin — and still hold every plane of the face.

The Academy

He teaches it once. Three days, in Milwaukee.

Portrait Realism Academy — October 6–8, 2026. Ten artists.

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