Knowledge is Power
If you read this blog often, you’ll know how much I hate Facebook. One thing I always see on the rare occasions I log in is at least one picture of a terrible tattoo, normally captioned with the words “my next tattoo”, or some stupid crap like that. It reminds me why I hate people. … Read more
TAM and Larry Brogan: Building a Solid Portfolio
After a Sunday of looking at anything and everything on the Internet, I found a pretty cool piece on the TAM Blog by Larry Brogan, on building up your tattoo portfolio. It’s a really cool piece that tattooers should read. I really like the TAM blog, and I like how they put up loads of … Read more
Tattoo Age: Valerie Vargas Part II
Vice posted up the second part instalment of their coverage of Valerie Vargas today. Honestly, I think this is one of the best videos they have posted so far, it’s really great. This week’s show takes a look further into Frith Street, and the relationship between all the guys there. The shop, which Valerie describes … Read more
Anatomy of a Tattoo Scam Email
(Header image source) It’s literally been years since I’ve written a word about how ridiculous and crap spam emails aimed at tattooers are. most of them are of Nigerian Prince proportions where most people would never fall for them- sometimes, they’re convincing enough for some poor soul to fall for it and loose money. There’s … Read more
Scarification Theory and Practice Workshop- September
Iestyn Flye and Ron Garza will be running a workshop on scarification over the weekend of the London Tattoo Convention (30 September and 1 October). Attendees will learn basic theory and practice of scarification from these two leading practitioners in the field. The course will cover the various elements required to create beautiful scar work, … Read more
London Presents the World Wide Tattoo Conference
I just received in my inbox a flyer for a really cool program of seminars which will be hosted by the REAL London Tattoo Convention. This program will join Joe Capobianco, Bob Tyrrell, Nikko Hurtado, Boris, Stephane Chaudesaigues, and Alex De Pase, where they’ll be talking through technical aspects, tips and anything they think you’ll … Read more
When did Tattoos first have a bearing on your life?
Hey folks, sorry for the lack of general stuff from me, been having all manner of troubles technology wise, I was in a deep thinking move today and was thinking, when was the first time I thought “Wow, Tattoos are rad, I’m going to have to get me a whole body full of those.” After … Read more
Markus Lenhard and TAM: Health Tips for Tattooers!
Most of my friends who are tattooers have a bad back at some point. This isn’t the kind of job where you can sit in a desk chair or a Lazy Boy (imagine how cool that would be for any job!). Thankfully, Markus Lenhard has collected for the TAM blog some really helpful tips to … Read more
Quickfire Q&A with Clara Sinclair
Clara Sinclair is the newest addition to 13 Diamonds Tattoo in Soho, an area which is not only the sex shop mecca of Our Nation’s Capital, but also home to several excellent tattoo studios. Clara trained as an oil painter and prosthetic designer and, after travelling for a while, settled in London and discovered tattooing, … Read more
Avoid that Infected Tattoo in the First Place.
Every single day I see this on my dashboard for the site: I wrote this post in 2009, and ever since then tramps who didn’t get tattooed by a pro have been looking at it every week for some really basic ideas on what an infected tattoo might look like. Here’s a bright … Read more
Public Property?
Hey guys, I almost have a complete crew working on the site now- while we’re working out the kinks, I would like to introduce you all to Hannah Smith. She really rocks, and she’s already written something cool for us! -Mel When you get your first tattoo in an obvious, very visible place, you become … Read more
Oh Great, Tattoo School is Back
Hey, remember what a great show TLC’s Tattoo School was? Yeah, me neither, it was dogshit. For some stupid reason, though, TLC have now decided to make the one-off show into an actual series. The series will be in a reality TV game show style format (no, really), where wannabe tattooers will be given two … Read more
You’re Owed Nothing.
Tattooed ladies and gentlemen, we have to talk. I love all your faces, but sometimes your attitudes absolutely stink when it comes to how much you expect tattooers to grovel at your goddamn feet. I’ve seen this a fair few times, but today made me irritated enough to actually put pen to paper- or at … Read more
Stop Stealing Our Shit.
TattooMule.com needs its ass kicked. Today I found out that the leeches who own this “tattoo resource” (ha!) website have been stealing work from my friends at Inkslingers in Newcastle Upon Tyne, from their blog. The morons didn’t even bother to remove the watermarks. Well, I write that blog, and I make those watermarks, so … Read more
Your Tattoo Sucks.
I’m sure I’m not the only person around here who thinks that, if you exclude tattooer’s blogs, Tumblr is a great place to look online for really crappy tattoos. You know the ones, the crappy ones which were done in someone’s house, with about three paragraphs some chick as written alongside them to explain why … Read more
