iPhone Review- TatTap

TatTap is an iPhone application Visonsync Ink that aims to be a one- stop application for anything to do with the art form. It features many tattoo designs, including celebrity tattoos, users’ tattoos and “virtual tattoos”. Sounds promising, right?

Another Fantastic Tattoo Study

[Picture: chakpak.com

Oh, you’re all very studious, you lot! Just as I wrote about Annique’s study on tattoos and pain, I’ve since spoken to James, who is writing a dissertation on how society views tattoo art, and if it’s changed at all. You can, of course, also take part in this stody, which must be finished by December!

Scam Warning To British Tattoo Artists!

Picture: Solar Power Rocks

Flicking through Total Tattoo magazine this month I noticed something important in the letters section you may have missed: a warning to tattoo artists, about a scam artist on the loose!

Jeremy Swan New Record Holder

Okay, so I’m hearing all the news from over the weekend about this guy. The basic story is, Jeremy Swan now holds the Guinness World Record for the number of tattoos done in 24 hours. The long story is, should we care? Yes, it’s kind of cool, and every artist wants to be the best at something in particular- but should we care about how fast a tattoo artist can bust out a tattoo, or should we care about its quality? Should we give awards for speed, or artistic merit? Can you measure artistic merit?

Keeping things short, here’s what I’ve already written on the matter for TATTOO TV:

Swan Stops At Nothing For a Record <Via Tattoo.TV>

Your Chance To Take Part In A New Study

Today’s post may look different, I’m using the university’s computers- sorry about that!

This weekend I’ve been chatting to Annique, who’s about to conduct a brilliant project for her university dissertation about that pain people choose to endure when they are tattooed, and the experience of those with multiple tattoos. She’s currently looking for people to take part in this, which will be one of the few academic pieces actually written about tattoos (mine’s next year- terrifying!). If you’d like to take part, there’s more information after the jump!

How to Spot an Infected Tattoo

Via Loltatz.com

I’ll admit now, the above tattoo isn’t infected. But every picture of a real infected tattoo is absolutely disgusting, so I thought I’d just give you a picture of a bad tattoo that I secretly love. Anyways, yes, infected tattoos..

Some London Convention Pictures!

On Funzu.com today, they’ve uploaded some amazing pictures from the London Tattoo Convention. The convention took place in September, and was the city’s 5th of its kind. I really wish I could have gone, but these amazing pictures will have to do! Some of them really illustrate how far the art of tattooing has come, so they’re a pleasure to see! Click the link below to see all of the pictures.

London Tattoo Convention <Funzu>

Book of Lines Available NOW!

Okay, let’s have a short post while I’m still recovering from swine flu. Apologies about the lack of updates while I’ve been ill, should be back to normal during the coming week!

So yes, Thomas Hooper’s Book of Lines is now available. The book features artwork by Hooper, to be used as reference material for tattoo artists. I’ve been able to see a lot of the book, and it looks outstanding- even better than, dare I say it, the Book of Skulls. Really.

Still coughing up my lungs, so here’s a link to find out more:

BOOK OF LINES > VIA HOOPER’S BLOG.

Censorship Gone Insane

Let’s face facts here: No matter what laws, petitions and rules we put in place, underage kids will always get tattooed. The majority of whom have no idea what they’re doing to themselves until it’s too late. At Tattoosday UK we work so hard trying to let people, including kids, know about the dangers of unlawful tattooing- which is why I did not see this one coming at all- a school principal withdrawing the information his students need from a school paper.

Quick Pic: Tattooed Legos

While I get to grips with writing, doing university assignments and my other commitments, posts to this site may be shorter and further between- however as you can see from this picture, they’ll still make you smile a little! This is a picture from this funny little site that shows Lego characters sinning- I found it on Marissa Kakoulos’s Needles and Sins blog, which by the way is brilliant =]