Freddy Did it First!
Happy Day of the Dead, everyone. I hope you’ve had a good time, and I apologise for not posting yesterday (it was my birthday- day off!). Since it is the Day of the Dead, many people around tattooing seem to be excited whether they’re Mexican or not. For years now, the sugar skulls associated with … Read more
Troy Denning and Dan Santoro Shocker!
Read all about it! Tattooer Troy Denning chops off Dan Santoro’s head with only a hat! Wow, that sounds like something from a strange dream, doesn’t it? Instead, it’s from a cheeky weekend post I was sent from Vice.com yesterday with some extra Tattoo Age footage in it. I know you all really love this … Read more
Tattoo Age is Back!
I’ve been waiting for this for ages. Finally, the second series of Tattoo Age is coming back, and will air their first episode next week.Following Valerie Vargas, Mutsuo and Thom Devita, the series will take a look at their life, their work, and everything in between. Tattoo Age is a show from Vice.com, which had … Read more
Review: The Woodcut Portraits, by Alex Binnie
The guys over at Kintaro Publishing were very generous and offered to send me Alex Binnie’s new book recently. Naturally, I didn’t have to think about whether to take up their offer. This new book by Alex is a series of woodcut portraits, which are absolutely beautiful and technically brilliant. You may have read about … Read more
Alex Binnie: The Woodcut Portraits
I know we’ve been a bit heavy on books lately, but there are some really cool ones out right now, a lot more than usual. This week we’ve got word of a fantastic book by tattooer Alex Binnie. Alex has been putting together woodcuts for this book, of many tattooers he’s friends with. I think … Read more
Tattoo Age, and the Godfathers of Tattooing.
Tattoo Age’s newest Freddy Corbin episode is out now online, and it’s absolutely astounding. It features tales not only about Freddy, but Ed Hardy, Dan Higgs, Sonny Tufts and other great tattooers, to make it the most fascinating episode of the whole series. In this episode, Freddy goes back to the $75 tax return that … Read more
This is the Beginning of the End.
I’d love to be able to tell you that I haven’t written about the newest instalment of Tattoo Age because I’ve been busy, or because my computer is a huge turd, but I think deep down I just didn’t want to admit that this is the first instalment of the last (ever?) episode. With … Read more
Tattoo Age Looks Awesome.
I think this is the TV show we’ve all been looking for. You’ve probably already seen this on a whole bunch of other tattoo blogs and websites, but after seeing the trailer for this show, I don’t even care. Tattoo Age is a new show from VBS.TV, which looks like it’s an internet TV channel. … Read more
