Last weekend, at the Hell City Tattoo Fest in Columbus, Ohio, my husband and I had the pleasure of meeting some really awesome people with some equally awesome ink. One of the most fun things about meeting many of these collectors is seeing how excited they are to be able to show off their [...]
Famous people with tattoos are nothing new but rock stars are a breed of celebrity that seem to appreciate-not just tattoos, but good tattoos. One of my favorite examples of this very point is the members of Saving Abel. I had the chance to chat with Saving Abel about their ink, and they told me [...]
Question: Does it make a difference if you are being tattooed during your menstrual cycle? Say feel more pain or effects the tattoo itself?
Answer: I’ve found that my cycle has a pronounced effect on how much pain I feel while getting a tattoo. The week before seems to be the worst, and the week of [...]
Ten new events have been added to the calendar, and one event (Milwaukee Beer Festival) had a venue change , so be sure to check out the list to see what’s going on in coming months. There’s a lot happening this month, including my personal favorite, HELL CITY in Columbus, Ohio, which I am greatly [...]
Deputy Fired for Religious/Marines TattooYou know, I already take issue with requiring our servicemen and women of any kind (military, police, firefighters, etc.) to have to cover their ink, especially when there’s nothing offensive about it, but this goes way beyond the line of intolerance, all the way to sheer stupidity. Not only was [...]
If you love to draw and want to find a way to make some money at it, you might want to give flash art a try. Flash is the name for all of those drawings you see on the walls at a lot of tattoo shops. Those drawings are money makers for many tattoo studios, [...]
Ruby Dickinson has been learning how to tattoo from her dad ever since she could hold a machine in her hand. Now at three years of age, father Blane Dickinson is ready to be her first client. Blane is a tattoo artist himself and the owner of Inkaholics Anonymous in Penmaenmawr, Conwy (London) and has [...]
When I first heard about the 3D tattoo preview application, I knew I had to try it out. It just so happens that I’ve been working on a facial tattoo design and had actually been wishing that I had access to something just like this. So, I headed over to Obsessive Ink to give [...]
As many of you know, one of the things I’ve been doing these past few months is re-organizing the tattoo galleries. I’ve been removing a lot of the substandard photos and creating new galleries that consist only of quality artwork and clean pictures. This week I finally finished the Flora gallery - it’s now [...]
Well, South Carolina may be a bit slow on the uptake, but officials have finally decided to lower the legal age for getting a tattoo to 18. South Carolina was one of the last remaining states to allow tattooing at all, lifting an outdated ban in 2004. But when they lifted the ban, they also [...]
