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Tattoos and Sailor Jerry Make History

Tattoosue — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:45:07 +0000

It’s good to see that tattoo artists are getting the recognition they deserve.

Almost everyone has heard of Sailor Jerry. Maybe you don’t know his background but his name is well known. You may even think the name is just a label for a company that sells rum or tattoo inspired clothing. His name is used to promote these products. But he is truly one of the icons of the tattoo industry.

After getting out of the navy, Norman Collins, a.k.a. Sailor Jerry, opened up a very successful tattoo shop located in Hawaii. He became well known for his popular style and tattooing skills.

His flash and tattoos have a Patriotic – American style. Even now this style has endured and is still strongly popular today, decades after the man has passed on.

Now, the Center City’s Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts is going to preserve the works of Norman Collins (Sailor Jerry). His artwork will be restored and preserved and will be stored along with other famous artwork and historical documents.

The Center, located in Philadelphia, is going to reserve his flash art, drawings he had on tracing paper, and stencils he made on acetate.

This warms your heart to see that one of our legendary tattoo artists will be recognized for his exceptional skills. The best part of the story is the ending. One of the many talented conservators got so inspired by spending thousands of hours working on the documents, she went out and got a Sailor Jerry tattoo on her forearm. A sparrow and hearts with a banner that says “True Love”. Classic.

For more information about Center City’s Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts and the preservation of Sailor Jerry’s artwork, you can contact them at (215) 545-0613 and leave a message with their phone answering service.

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Tattoo Artist – Corey Miller Drum Designs

Tattoosue — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:32:20 +0000

Ludwig Drum carries a Corey Miller Signature Element Drum Kit. The drums are covered with the Corey’s custom flash which they felt was a perfect union as Corey’s teenage years Back when he himself was a teen, 15 years old in fact, he was a drummer for a punk rock band.

The custom flash is featured against a background of pre-aged White Marine Pearloid wrap. Corey is a featured artist on L.A. Ink – Kat Von D’s successful TV series. Corey is known for adding his artwork to other subjects besides the human variety. He has his work printed on tattoo posters, shirts and other items.

Corey is a family man now, who has owned his own shop near to Hollywood called Six Feet Under. The shop opened it’s doors in 1997. He also is the only male tattoo artist on the hit show L.A. Ink and you can find him participating in many of the bigger tattoo conventions.

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Tattoodles

Susan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:07:00 +0000

Probably one of the most time consuming part of getting a tattoo is seeking the image, artwork, flash that makes you say ! that’s it! Tattoodles has a great concept regarding tattoo flash. For the reasonable price of 19.95 a month you can have access and print the mass of amount of choices they have. I did this a few years ago and was very happy with the work I printed. I basically joined for the price and any artowrk that I even remotely liked, I printed. Then I quit my subscription. Since then, I’ve joined one other time to grab a couple of choices I couldn’t live without. They also have a yearly plan for 99.99 if that suits your situation.

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Inked Nation

Susan — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:14:00 +0000

Inked Nation is a free online forum/community for ink lovers are welcome to join. They boast that they are the largest. I joined recently and they remind me of a small tattoo myspace. You can music and multiple pics, a blog, even live shop cams. You can upgrade to a paying member and get the following for $4.95 a month: Your listing is highlighted in search results• You can download the Free flash designs in the Flash (tattoo artwork) section• You can access the Babes section• You can post ads in the Classifieds section

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Spider Webb Does It All

Susan — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:07:00 +0000

This guy would have fame and recognition just based on his tattoo art but the guy is ambitious. Many books, flash, paintings, comix, videos, and hand built tattoo machines. All built totally by him. The guy is a legend and we can’t wait to see what other creative art he comes up with http://www.spiderwebbtattoo.com/

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Pirate Stuff

Susan — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:29:00 +0000

Do you love pirates? They are “in” since the Pirates of the Carribean series of movies and people like the rebelious spirit of pirates -If you are looking for a pirate tattoo this site has a few temperary tattoo books and some sheets of related artwork – the whole site is kinda fun to check out:http://www.piratemerch.com/

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Tattoos Kits

Susan — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:34:00 +0000

My daughter’s friend was asking me what equipment to get when first starting to tattoo. The first advice I gave him – don’t waste your money on the “kits” that a lot of suppliers sell. Price wise – they average about $200 more or less and you usually get the cheapest, poorest quality machines and a lot of fluff that you don’t absolutely need. Like Flash. You can get a decent starting machine for $50.00, some disposable tubes, and basic quality color inks for starters. If you decide to stick with it, then invest in better machines down the road.
In my opinion, the one item worth investing some money in is a good power source. One that will allow you to control the speed. If you buy your supplies individually, you may spend the same amount of money but you will be buying better grade of supplies.

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Unique Tattoos

Susan — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:28:00 +0000

I’ve run across alot of people that feel the need to have a unique tattoo and in turn, do not want to pick out their tat from flash even though the selection around today is endless. I guess I don’t understand the mentality. What are the chances you will run across another acquaintance that happened to pick out the same tattoo design? Pretty slim. My girlfriend and I happened to like the same one and got it at the same time (different locations) and I feel it’s sort of a girlfriend bonding thing. I like the idea. guess different strokes for different folks……

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Heads Up

Susan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:14:00 +0000

Well, it’s that time of the year when everyone is frantic getting ready for XMAS – so, I just thought i’d let u guys know that I”ll be offering a new E-Book of Tattoo Designs on my site:
http://www.tattoo-ebook.com
When I add this new flash book, I’ll also be lowering my prices.

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Flash

Susan — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:28:00 +0000

Stumbled on a site for people looking for tattoo ideas and artist wishing to sell their flash art – they have some very talented artists.http://www.inkredibletattooflash.com/Main.html

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