New tattoo trend: Cross-stitch ink (+pics)

Tattoos by artist Eva Krbdk. Photo / Instagram

Cross-stitching has made a comeback as the coolest new craft to try - only this time skin is the canvas.

Cross-stitch tattoos by Turkish tattoo artist Eva Krbdk are quickly gaining momentum all over the world. Although she isn't the first to use the technique, Krdbk has become a viral sensation by sharing all her ink - cross-stiched or otherwise - on Instagram.

By drawing tiny lines of different colours in 'x' shapes, artists like Krdbk are able to create an image that appears to have been stitched onto the skin.

In a series of cross-formed lines, she is able to shade and contour without ever filling in the design with block colour.

The result is a subtler, more delicate image than regular tattooing and a trend that is most likely here to stay.

Look closely and the tattoo is just a pixelated jumble, but when stepping back a bigger picture is revealed.

But wait - there's more. Not only an expert in pop folk art tattoos, Krdbk also specialises in a range of other popular techniques such as watercolouring - photographic evidence of such is all posted to her Instagram for the world to appreciate.

- nzherald.co.nz