Why can you Still Buy a Tattoo Machine on eBay?
I came across this horrible story while perusing the Mail Online this week. I found this article about a 15 year old in Blackpool who had been tattooing his friends in his bedroom with a tattoo machine he could easily have bought off eBay. The article states: “It is believed the 15-year-old boy had attempted … 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
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
Advice for Beginning Tattooers, by Jason Lambert
Above tattoo is by Jason Lambert… duh. Today this has been doing the rounds on my Facebook news feed. A lot of the time, people post up boring crap on Facebook that I think is lame, but this time it’s something cool, so I’d be stupid not to encourage it. Jason Lambert’s blog is pretty … Read more
Worst Tattooer EVER!
If I have seen, say, 10 tattoos online every day that I’ve been writing, that would mean that in total I’ve seen over 10,000 tattoos already. If you add in around 30 new ones a month from magazines, that’s an extra 1,000. Add in around 20 a month from seeing people around or in my … Read more
Untrue Shit I hear about Tattooing.
We’re at a time now, where everyone with access to Google is an expert, and everyone who can (or a lot of the time can’t) string a sentence together can make a lot of money from pretty much anything. This is no different around tattooing, and I see a lot of people who don’t really … Read more
Check out Beyond the Ink!
Over the week I received a lovely message from Mark Newman (whose work you should see!) about a fairly new project called Beyond the Ink. I’d seen this around before, though I didn’t really know enough about it before to really comment, so it’s a good thing Mark pointed it out to me again! … Read more
Updated Information Page- Finally!
Hey everyone. I keep getting a lot of emails about some trashy whore having her TV show cancelled. I’m pretty sure this doesn’t really qualify as news since this probably happens once a week in Hollywood, so instead I’ll tell you about the updated information page we now have on Tattoosday UK. The old page, … Read more
So, You Watched Tattoo School….
Last night (or perhaps tonight, according to where you are? Time zones are confusing sometimes), TLC went ahead with their terrible show, Tattoo School. I’m assuming many a wannabe tattooer who’s watched it will be looking up Tattoo Schools online, so hopefully some of them will find this website, and learn a little about why … Read more
Guest Spots: Where to Find ‘em, How to Book ‘em.
Tattooers’ guest spots are awesome. For tattoo artists, it gives them a chance to go around the world, see the sights, and learn about tattooing in another country. For the rest of us, it means having a chance to be tattooed by someone you may not usually have the chance to visit, and get … Read more
What the Funk?
The fabulous Guy Creighton at 18 to Life (Devon, UK) showed me his website the other day for his studio, and I found something there I had to share with you guys. Amongst the usual online portfolios and “about us” pages, one stood out as extremely intriguing. Simply titled “What the Fuck?”, this page ended … Read more
2011: Now with More Portraits!
Happy New Years everyone, did you miss us? Of course you did. We’re officially back, albeit still sleepy from the holidays. I’m not going to bore or insult your intelligence with any news you’ve heard about over the past week or so, though I will link to this piece here for Shone Davis, because that’s … Read more
Tattoosday UK: Best Posts of 2010
Well, it’s that time of year again, folks. Another time to kick back, relax and have a great time both reading the best posts of the year and laugh at my crappy Photoshop “skillz”. Fun times ahead! Thanks for another great year everyone, I promise 2011 will be even better.
Q&A Time: This week, Jem’s ‘Mature’ Apprenticeship
I had originally intended this post to be a general Q&A session, where I try to answer some of the more popular questions people ask around tattooing. However, Tattoosday UK regular Jem posted a really interesting question, so perhaps a weekly Q&A post which does into a little more depth will work a little better … Read more
Getting That Foot in the Door- Advice for Aspiring Tattooists and Piercers
So, you’d like to break into the business, eh? In that case, if you read one thing today, let it be this. Kim, a friend of mine also known as the Skin Seamstress, is a wonderful piercer, scarification artist and occasional tattooist, and has written some really useful advice which she’s let us use for … Read more
