Question: “May I ask if you where I could get CDs with names done with Chinese symbols, or if not could you point me in the right direction please? A friend of mine runs a Tattoo shop and keeps getting asked for name tattoos done in Chinese, as you can guess he doesn’t want to [...]
This is an excellent guest article written by my friend and tattoo artist, Lagena Davis. Lagena and I worked together during our apprenticeships in Dallas, Texas–she went pro just a few months after I started my apprenticeship and even though she was pretty “green” at the time herself, she taught me a lot about the [...]
verucalane writes: “Usually custom designs require you to make an appointment with an artist who is then paid hourly to consult with you. Your best bet is to talk to people about their tattoos beforehand and see which shops around your area are most reputable. Each artist at each shop will have a portfolio [...]
You know, it’s really not in my nature to be mean, but I do grow weary of being sent emails like this, and I seem to be getting them more and more lately. The fact is, if these people actually read the articles on this site, they would know better than to think I would [...]
Have you been thinking about getting a tattoo but still haven’t even stepped foot inside a tattoo studio? Are you intimidated by the idea of entering the shop for the first time? Are you afraid the people might look scary or be mean? Or are you just afraid you might make an impulsive decision you’ll [...]
Carey Hart (of Hart & Huntington in Las Vegas and ex-husband of rock star, Pink) has recently done a public service announcement for P.E.T.A. (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) to endorse decorating your body with ink instead of mink. I’m not a vegetarian and I don’t agree with many of the extreme [...]
The Associated Press has reported that Don Ed Hardy has filed a $100 million lawsuit against Christian Audigier over the continued use of his name and artwork to endorse a line of products when Hardy had terminated the contract between them. According to the blog on Needled.com, there’s a pretty extensive list of contract violations [...]
What would you do if you were in a situation like this?”On the day of the tattoo the snow had delayed his arrival, which I understood so didn’t have an issue with, I stayed outside to finish my smoke to give him chance to set up. When I got in…he then spent about twenty minutes [...]
I received an email from a reader who needs help in deciphering this tattoo. He wrote, “My friend has this tattoo that he just got last year and he ended up getting a symbol on the tattoo. He would not tell me what the symbol means because he told me that he doesn’t know [...]
needtoknowyo writes: “I recently got a tattoo and received some terrible information that keeping it moist was a good idea; I now know that was bad info. For a few days after I got my tattoo I had plastic wrap on it at night to keep the goo on while I slept. I have noticed [...]
