Flash Your Tattoo

Even though Taylor Cort has been a tattoo artist for less than 5 years you could never tell that from the high quality work he punches out  His work is detailed and his shop is known for it’s custom work with almost no flash adorning the walls.   Now that he has opened up his shop, Mutiny Tattoo (located in Asheville North Carolina), he is now focusing his artwork on publishing books of his drawings.  The man lives and breathes art.  His first book is published and available on his Myspace page and he says he’s already working on the next 2 art books. His portrait work is top notch as well as his color work.   (continue reading…)

Well it’s just going to be one of those weeks – found another talented dark doll artist by the name of Kamila Mlynarczyk.  Each doll is one of a kind and completely hand made.  Her styles are Victorian and antique in style. The dolls are fascinating and so odd.  Her sculptures range from mermaids and zombies  to conjoined twins.  It’s difficult to discern the size of some of her dolls.  (continue reading…)

Although I’m a bit late with this bit of news – my thinking is that if you are into Kat Von D, you probably aren’t even looking to her calendar to see what the date is. I discovered that she had one for sale available on her site. Another piece of good news – it’s on sale for just over $10.00. All pics of Kat. None of her working on people or the tattoo work she’s done. (continue reading…)

Bernette Rudolph is a Brooklyn sculptor who has incorporated her interest in tattoo art with her wood sculptors.  Before embarking on the combination, she did research of different tattoo styles by visiting tattoo studios and attending conventions and watching and observing various styles.  One of her favorites are tribal designs as you can see in this sculptur of Eve.  Her sculptros run from a realistic style to an abstract body shape style.  (continue reading…)

This tattoo is a prime example of the colorful skull work typical of the Mexican holiday – Day of the Dead -also known as All Souls Day. It is a time to celebrate or a time to remember friends and relatives that have passed on. It is at this time that dead relatives are allowed to come back to their mortal relations for a visit. Graveyards are decorated and food is prepared to get ready for the visitation. It is celebrated in early November – November 1, is All Saints Day, and November 2, All Souls Day. (continue reading…)

One of my favorite artistic areas related to tattoos are hand crafted or decorated dolls.  Don’t collect them but if I had the extra cash , I would love to start.  Begoth Dolls is one of the more popular sites you’ll find with a great selection of quality gothic dolls many sporting tattoo work.  Recently, dolls adorned with tattoos have been working their way into Tattoo conventions with lovers of ink appreciating the talent that goes into capturing small details on a doll’s bodies.  (continue reading…)