Flash Your Tattoo

I really wrote about an icon in the tattoo industry, Shanghi Kate, also known as the grandmother of tattoos.  She is a talented and respected tattoo sixty six year old artist that recently had a bad fall resulting in a shattered leg.  She has been tattooing since 1971 and has tattooed celebrities such as Howard Stern, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Jackdaw, David LaChapelle, Casey Affleck, during her career.  I just wanted to bring some attention to the fund raiser started to help Kate pay her crazy expensive health bills.  (continue reading…)

Don’t you hate it when someone is not only lucky to have one talent but these lucky ones have 2 or more talents that the rest of us regular folk drool and envy over. Chris Garcia is one of those people. Not only has the man proven himself as a talented tattoo artist, his original career was spent working on the space program for NASA. His life began in the Philippines were his pursuit of an apprenticeship ended in failure – but as fate would have it – his family eventually landed in Virginia. Chris’s tattooing career began in earnest. You can see from these two examples of his work, that Chris has a knack for realism and portrait work – probably the most difficult of styles. The ironic and sad thing is Garcia has a heart condition that prevents him from being tattooed. (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…)

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. (continue reading…)

Damien Rodriguez is a young tattoo artist hailing from Philly but currently working in New York City at Superstition Tattoo. Most of Damien’s earlier artwork was related to graffiti but he says tattoos were always in the background.  He attended multiple shows even before he was old enough to get a tattoo.  Even then the art was calling out to him.By the time he was only 17 he had decided being a tattoo artist was for him.  (continue reading…)

Just when you think you’ve heard it all – a story like this pops up.  This one warms your soul and is a good sign of the advanced acceptance of tattoos. Removing the stereotype of person that people used to associate with body art – bikers, gang members, loose women and ex convicts.

Well, a free thinking church decided to combine the art of tattooing with their Sunday sermon. In a plan to stay relevant to the times, Gold Creek Community Church started a series that ended Sunday’s sermon with a series they call Permanent Ink.  Yes, someone gets tattooed right up there in front of the congregation.

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