New Shirts and Destroy Site Goes Live!
Money burning a hole in your pocket? Get to this site then. The new Shirts and Destroy website has gone live, and is bigger and better than ever. The site features clothing from some great tattoo artists who work at Tattoosday UK favourite, New York Adorned. We’ve also noticed Jondix, an NYA friend, will … Read more
New Website: Tattoo Road Trip
There’s a new kid in town, and I’m already jealous. This the new website by Bob Baxter shares the name of his book, which looks at tattoos all over America and Canada, so I guess it’s safe to assume this site will work towards the same theme. As you can see, it looks beautiful, … Read more
Daniel Albrigo, and the Three Kings
I don’t usually post up news of where artists are going to be tattooing (mainly because I’d be here all day!), but I had to put this up, just so I could include this fantastic tattoo! So, here’s the news to go with it: From July 1st, Daniel Albrigo will be taking appointments exclusively in … Read more
Job Interview? Ink Armour has you Covered!
We’ve all done it- you’ve landed a great job interview, chosen your outfit, planned what you’ll say, and then it hits you… will by tattoos be an issue? Unfortunately, some employers still prefer tattoos to be covered (and this is fine really, by the way, most have good reasons), but some of us have a … Read more
All You Need to Know: Scratchers
While I’m away, I thought I’d post up this fantastic piece Loz Turlington wrote for me a while ago for the petition for regulating the sale of tattoo machines I set up with Matt Hughill at Tattoo UK. The petition, of course, was unsuccessful (aren’t they all?), but this piece of writing is such an … Read more
Evolution of a Backpiece
This is my favourite website that I’ve found today- the Evolution of a backpiece. The basic idea is, this awesome woman you see above you, whose name is Sarah, is documenting the progression of a wicked backpiece by Stephanie Tamez. It’s really cool to see the piece come together, as well as some things up … Read more
Time for a Swift Exit?
Here’s something to give you a little chuckle. This is actually an advert for the new Suzuki cars, which bear the slogan, “Time for a Swift Exit?”. If you’re bored and fancy a little laugh, you can check it out below! Oh, and before you ask, we’re not associated with Suzuki in any way ; … Read more
New York Adorned’s New Site
After becoming so popular that their Facebook page actually has too many friends, New York Adorned have decided they’ll only be uploading new pictures and information to their Tumblr site. They say this is a new site, but I can see updates from last year on this thing- which means I’ll be wasting a lot … Read more
Still not Convinced?
After writing the other day about the importance of wearing sunscreen, I happened to come across this after reading Guy Aitchison’s blog, Tattoo Education. If you’re still not convinced sunscreen makes any difference, take a look at this!
David Bruehl Interview on Tattoo Snob
There’s a fantastic interview on Tattoo Snob right now with David Bruehl. In the interview, David talks about his favourite styles of work, the way he works and conventions, as well as talking about the many different birds that find their way into his tattoos. It’s a really good read, and there are some gorgeous … Read more
The Tattoo Bible: Review and Interview with Alex Guest!
As you may be aware, The Tattoo Bible, by Alex Guest, was released to the general public today. The book, which is from the makers of Skin Deep magazine, does exactly what it says on the tin: inside is everything you need to know about getting a tattoo, going to a convention and brushing up … Read more
A Vote That’ll Count!
If you live in the UK, you’re probably sick of hearing about voting right now. Chose between a bunch of wankers, and what happened? We don’t even have a Prime Minister. Fantastic! To cheer you all up, here’s a vote you can bet counts towards something- the Liverpool Convention’s Industry awards have announced their nominations, … Read more
This week on Tattoo.TV…
Since I write for Tattoo.TV’s news page a lot, I thought I’d post something up here once a week rounding everything up so you guys can all read that too. Since everything here’s been so busy, I thought you’d all like having something extra to read. I should probably point out here that Tattoosday UK … Read more
Some Tattoosday News
Our sister- site, Tattoosday has just finished up the Tattooed Poets project for this year, and I have to say I enjoyed every one of the submissions this year. They were fantastic, and Bill did a great job finding poets, seeing their awesome tattoos and writing about them. Bill’s rounded up the project for this … Read more
Ian Parkin in Skin Deep Magazine!
Friend of Tattoosday UK Ian Parkin is in Skin Deep this month, with a sheet of beautiful artwork! The sheet is part of the issue’s Black and Grey Flash Suppliment, which features some fantastic work from tattoo artists all over the world. It’s a fantastic supplement, and we’re super excited to see a good friend … Read more
