Dragon backpiece with spread wings, a castle and teal accents

UK FANTASY TATTOO ARTIST

Welcome to My World

Large-scale, story driven tattooing from an original world.

12+ Years Experience

Over a decade honing a distinct fantasy style

Custom Fantasy Tattoos

Fully bespoke designs, drawn for each client

Crafted to Last

Designed to look strong healed, not just fresh

Clients Travel Nationwide

Based in Bournemouth, working with clients across the UK

P O R T F O L I O

Selected Work

Full-back dragon and castle tattoo with teal accents

The Siege of Hazelbrink

6 day sessions

Kitsune chest tattoo with flowing black patterns and vivid orange-red accents

Neon Kitsune

3.5 day sessions

Woman and serpent upper-arm tattoo with orange eyes and red-orange accents

The Serpent Whisperer

2 day sessions

Woman surrounded by coiling snakes in a black-and-grey tattoo with green accents

Vipera

2 day sessions

Black-and-grey horned woman tattoo with jewellery and a geometric background

Dark Succubus

2 day sessions

Black-and-grey fairy tattoo with mushrooms and a floating crystal

Pensive Fairy

1 day session

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More Than Just a Tattoo

Every piece I design is created to work with the body. Whether it begins with my own fantasy ideas, a world you already love, or an idea entirely your own.

Shaun tattooing a client at Mystic Workshop in Bournemouth

Meet Openmind

Meet Openmind

I’m Shaun, a fantasy tattoo artist and worldbuilder with over twelve years behind the machine. My work combines illustrative fantasy, dramatic contrast and storytelling, built around the body rather than simply placed onto it.

My fantasy work grew from a fascination with creatures, mythology and imagined worlds, eventually becoming Gyranth: an original universe that now feeds directly back into the tattoos I create.

About Openmind The Process

Parchment-style map of Gyranth showing Hexlandia and surrounding lands

WORLDBUILDING

The World of Gyranth

Explore the places, symbols and stories behind the tattoos.

Discover Gyranth

Choose Your Alignment

There are four major energies, each with associated traits and colour.

Which one are you drawn to?

Fantasy snail tattoo with mushrooms and vivid green Wild energy accents

WildExplore

Feral, intuitive and rooted in nature.

Small dragon tattoo with turquoise Divine energy accents

DivineExplore

Devoted, intellectual and aligned with higher forces.

Coiled viper tattoo with vivid red Chaotic energy accents

ChaoticExplore

Unpredictable, powerful and very impulsive.

Black-and-grey woman and snake tattoo representing Dormant energy

DormantExplore

Unawakened, restrained, or waiting.

Explore Artefacts

Shaun working on a client's tattoo in the studio

Ready to get started?

You don’t need a finished design. Bring the idea and we’ll work it out together.

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