Flash Your Tattoo

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. (continue reading…)

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. (continue reading…)

Lyle Tuttle Tattoo museum – very interesting material you don’t see on every other tattoo site http://lyletuttle.com/captdonleslie/captdontattooflash.html (continue reading…)

If you are very industrios and like to know all aspects of your art, this site offers step by step instructions on how to make your own tattoo machine:
http://www.instructables.com/id/EXST1ETDDOEQ2W3CNJ/

The first electric tattoo machine was first invented by Thomas Edison in 1876, who drew out blueprints for an electric engraver that became the machine that revolutionized tattooing. Patents for tattoo machines were filed less than ten years later by different individuals, each adding their own improvements. Samuel O’Reilly is credited with the first created “electric pen”, the device built from the Edison blueprints.