Trash Polka is a unique tattooing style that incorporates a wide range of visual elements to create mixed-media pieces. Typically featuring a black and red color palette, these tattoos juxtapose realistic imagery with abstract shapes, geometric forms, and lettering. The style is characterized by its use of color contrasts, such as complementary pairings, to create striking optical effects. Trash Polka tattoos are often large-scale, allowing for intricate details and the seaml

Lettering ranges from simple tattoos of letters and words in standard fonts to highly stylized custom pieces that are usually free handed on and look both like an aesthetically pleasing design as well as legible letters or numbers.