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Shop Owner has an Odd Collection

Tattoosue — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:24:19 +0000

If you’re a fan of Paul Booth chances are you’ll like Ryan Gillikin. Gillikin was recently featured on Weird News because of the oddities he collects and displays in his tattoo shop. Gillikin and his wife have owned the shop, Almighty Studios, for ten years and both are fans of body modification. Gillikin has horns and a surgically bifurcated (split) tongue which helps add to the atmosphere he’s going for with his collection.

Some of the items Ryan has on display in his shop include a pickled hand, an original piece of artwork by John Wayne Gacy, and a mummified cat. Creepy, dark stuff.

Part of his collection will be featured on the show “Oddities” which is shown on the Science Channel. It’s about a ventriloquist’s dummy that is thought to be possessed. Dummies, dolls, and clowns – they all freak me out.

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Tee Off With Tattoo Style

Tattoosue — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:22:28 +0000

First let me say – I’ve never golfed. Had the opportunity on a Disney vacation but there was a dress requirement – polo shirt – just don’t own one of those and I refused to buy “special clothes” to meet the dress requirements. Well, if dressing in routine golfing gear has turned you off in the past, there is now an answer. This online store called Tattoo Golf deals exclusively in cool tattoo golf gear. They have tattoo-inspired designs on everything from shirts to cool accessories for you to wear while you’re whacking your balls. Their tattoo shirt collection includes options for youth sizes and the accessories include items like cool looking shades, cool hoodies, hats, golf gloves, towels, driver covers and putter covers. Many covered with skull designs. They’ve recently received some good press in the PGA magazine along with promotion from celebrity golfers. Visit their site – check them out – pretty unique store.

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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.

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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.

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Talented Artist Taylor Cort

Tattoosue — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:52:20 +0000

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. Surprisingly, his appointment book is not full for months to come. According to a recent article interview in Rebel Ink, Taylor can usually get a person in within a week. You can see some of his work on hs myspace page – http://www.myspace.com/ourmutiny

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More Evil Babies

Tattoosue — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:37:48 +0000

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. A lack of detailed description sometimes makes it impossible to tell. In some of the settings you see a human hand so you’re able to judge the size based on comparison and the dolls are surprisingly tiny. They are not for the weak hearted – some have bleeding stumps where limbs have been chopped off. More than just your average goth style dolls.

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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.

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Clothing for Immortals

Tattoosue — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:23:27 +0000

The recent HUGE popularity surge of vampires and all aspects of their world has led to more of an interest in all things vampire. The Twilight popularity has led to a surge in the young teen age group. Kind of a young version of the Anne Rice vampire series. Books, movies, and TV shows – love that True Blood – and we now have clothing and jewelry. They were recently mentioned in a big tattoo magazine – Rebel Ink– and yes, they even have blood vial jewelry. They carry everything you need from head to toe – the shoes, jewelry, fangs, handbags, vampire bite tattoos, and even a cute tee for your little dog.

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Liorcifer Tattoo Artist

Tattoosue — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:04:17 +0000

Liorcifer – it evokes your curiosity just based on the name of this artist. He was recently listed as one of the top 100 artist by Skin Deep and after viewing his work one his website – Liorcifer.com. He began his tattoo career in his native country of Israel. He did his first apprenticeship there but eventually landed in Queens New York. Then he had the opportunity to do his second apprenticeship under the King of Horror – Paul Booth. Liorcifer’s work is dark and the emphasis is on horror – although I love this Escher piece also. He specializes in black and grey. When you view his portfolio you can see the Paul Booth influence for sure. After finishing his apprenticeship, he worked at Last Rites Tattoo for 6 years.

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Unusual Photos

Tattoosue — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:06:24 +0000

I read about this photographer in Skin and Ink – just in the “letters to editor” section but it caught my interest. Some of these photographers are able to use there talent with the camera combined with the tools available to come up with very artistic Her name is Rebecca Handler. Some of her pic include portrait type settings of people with tattoos. Her more interesting works (in my opinion) are photos such as this one.

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