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Angel Art

Tattoosue — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:45:54 +0000

Body art can be used to describe tattoos as well as many other types of body art. Temporary but elaborate paintings are very popular and are often part of art shows here and in other countries. It’s becoming more respected as an art form. It’s just sad to think they are basically temporary art that will washed (more likely scrubbed) off the skin of these models. Similar to sandcastle art that is admired for such a short time and then lost forever when the tide comes in. It makes you appreciate the effort even more. At least we can appreciate the photos to remind us. I love the planning involved with adding the cherubs to the knee area.

Dreamt Up Tattoos

Tattoosue — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:25:51 +0000

You may not have known his name but you’ll know the face. Liev Schreiber has starred in many roles in television and movies. One of his most recent and more popular roles was as Sabertooth in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. His background is very unusual. Once his parents divorced when he was 5 years old, him and his mom moved to New York City. She drove cab to support them but they lived in abandoned buildings. She never let him see color movies. Only the old black and white flicks. Anyway, he wasn’t into tattoos until recently when he had a vivid dream about a specific tattoo design. He dreamt he was in his senior years and his children were grown. He was driving and got a flat. While changing the flat, his sleeve rolls up and there is a tattoo of his childrens names on his arm. His kids were there and saw it and were thrilled. When he woke he thought it would be a great idea to show his love for them. He has experienced vivid dreams before that have been forceful enough to motivate him to act in his real life. He took up scuba diving to mimic the repeated dream he had of being able to fly. He felt that was fairly close to the wonderful sensation he experienced while having the dream.

So Good It Fooled Me

Tattoosue — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:08:10 +0000

Recently I’ve had an itch to take some type of sculpting class – learn how to throw some clay – or bake a statue. What’s perked my interest in this art medium recently is the detailed work that some artists are able to achieve. It looks like it would be fun to take a stab at it – make you appreciate their skill and the realism they are able to reach can make you doubt what you are seeing.

Lisa Lichtenfels creates realistic soft sculptures. They range from less than 5 inches to life-sized figures. Her sculptures have been sold to collectors from all over the world.

The sculpture she has on her landing page is so real, I first thought it was the artist and she had a great sense of humor. I thought that even though I KNEW she was an artist that created life like sculptures. I just refused to believe it could be anything but an old lady dressed up for a funny photo shoot. (Yeah, I’m on the gullible side in case you’re wondering) Once venturing further into the site, I realized it was one of her many realistic sculptures. In addition to creating these life like aliens, fairies, humans, and gnomes, she photographs her creations with interesting backdrops and sells the prints.

David Bollt Artist

Tattoosue — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:22:13 +0000

I’ve been aware of this artist for some years and have admired his style and talent. I did a small post about him almost 2 years ago that was lacking “meat” and decided David needed more credit than I gave him in that post. Bollt is not only a respected tattoo artist, he has a large following of admirers of his fantasy work and is well known for his illustrative work for book covers, CD covers and magazine art work. When he was only in his early teens, he began his art career by freelancing. He designed cover work for local bands as well as science fiction magazines. After getting his Fine Arts degree and working in the field for awhile, he spent a year studying tattooing. He travels the tattoo convention circuit and you might be able to catch him with his traveling art gallery which hits about 20 cities a year. His site is going under a redesign which will hopefully better show examples of his work. What I’ve seen of his tattoo work I like very much but I think his strengths are in his illustrations. If you admire his work and style and you are looking for a fantasy piece for your next tattoo, a copy of one of his art pieces might be the perfect choice.

Gruesome and Yummy

Tattoosue — Sat, 22 May 2010 18:58:22 +0000

I like to pride myself on having a strong stomach. Talk about gross ugly stuff during dinner – I can handle most of that and still enjoy my grub. But this – I’m thinking this would psychologically override my huge love of homemade bread. Thai artist, Kittiwat Unarrom is the “mad” baker who combined his experience working in the family bakery with his artistic talent. He went from painting portraits to creating 3 dimensional works of art out of dough. His art got some attention when he was still a fine arts masters degree student. I haven’t been able to find more recent stories about Kittiwat so I cannot say for sure he is still practicing this art form. The stories found about his art range in the 2007 era – if anyone knows of what he is doing now – or of other macabre artists you think are worth a post – let me know.

Avatar Tattoo

Tattoosue — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:40:01 +0000

With the recent popularity of the James Cameron’s 3D movie, Avatar, you know you’ll be seeing Avatar movie related tattoos. This particular piece was done in a Spokane shop called Skin Candy Custom Tattoos – the artist wasn’t given credit but the site has samples of lots of nice tattoo art. Estimates on the costs related to shooting the movie range from $200 million to $300 million. As the sequels come out – and you know they will – and the DVD sales begin soon – you’ll see these tattoos become more and more popular. Similar to the Harry Potter phenomenon, I anticipate the Avatar movement to be in it’s infancy. The blue flesh looks good on skin.

Fantasy Artist Allen Douglas

Tattoosue — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:34:50 +0000

I wanted to draw attention to this fantasy artist by the name of Allen Douglas. He’s from Rochester New York and his work is used mostly for illustration work. Douglas’s art is well known and has many awards in the publishing and illustration circuit. He’s had a successful career as a freelance artist for over 15 years. Artwork done in this type of detail carries very well over into a candidate for a tattoo piece. If you’ve been on a quest to find some type of fantasy scene, warrior, creature like character for your next piece of body artwork, don’t just flip through the books at the local tattoo parlor. Expand your search to include these talented fantasy artists. The artwork of fairy artist, Amy Brown, or fantasy artist Brian Fraud, are also good choices.

Goth Tattoo Artist Doll

Tattoosue — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:49:39 +0000

Found a new goth doll blog site – NewAged Dolls. I actually feel this doll maker may have gone a little past goth and into a Stephen King novel. The kicker was it was a commissioned order filled by this talented Canadian artist, Jade Perez, which is adorned with a tattoo on it’s chest as well as a tattoo gun clutched in it’s little doll hand. Jade says “I love horror, blood and scary things.”… The doll was a gift to the buyer’s tattoo artist. She has the blog which is pretty attractive, well put together, and a way to see some of her work which includes some jewelry too – of course the designs are similar to the dolls. Looks like she recently held a contest to win a doll so there’s reason right there to check it out. She also sells her wares via an etsy store – http://www.etsy.com/shop/newagedolls – wish her the best of luck.

Evil Goth Dolls

Tattoosue — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:06:55 +0000

I’m excited – found a brand new goth doll artist that has a unique and wonderful VERY dark style. And the reasons for getting into the craft touched my heart. After rescuing a puppy born with several birth defects, macabre artist D. L. Marian, began making dolls to enable her to work at home with her pup by her side. She creates one of a kind gothic horror dolls and mannequins. Some of her doll categories include ghost dolls, vampire dolls and strange babies. Some of them are borderline disturbing but I guess you can just equate that to flattery to the artist. She even has a payment plan option to make them easier to afford but her prices seem extremely reasonable to start with. This may be an offer I cannot refuse.

Tattoo Artist Oleg Turyanskiy

Tattoosue — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:22:27 +0000

If you live in the US you have limited window of opportunity to get inked by this artist. He’s currently in the US; specifically he’ll be working at Off the Map Tattoo shop in East Hampton MA until January 15th. I was cruising the work of different artists on tattoo artists.org web site and found this guy. He lives and works in Russia but says one of his passions is travel so keep up with his schedule – he’s into doing the shows and conventions. After graduating high school, Oleg went to art school and then into the commercial art business. He soon found that expressing his artwork on people was a much more satisfying career and worked out as a great occupation for his desire to travel.If you go to his myspace page you can also see excellent Flash that he sells as well as the cover of a book he’s working on called “Fairy Tale Creatures Sketchbook” – his artwork is so creative – his creatures in his flash and all of his artwork will appeal to fans of fantasy art.