Tattooist Mark Walker is originally from Liverpool and now residing and working in San Diego, California, since February 2018, at The Grand Reaper along side other talents like Primm, Glendalebully, Justin Hartman, Lukas Adams, Steve Wimmer and Michael J Kelly. Specializing in palm tattoos—from roses to mandalas—you name it and it is likely that he […]
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The Nude Tattoo Studies of L’oiseau
Last February L’oiseau attracted massive crowds at the Mondial du Tatouage in Paris. It isn’t a surprise that this native French man has impressed hundreds with his sharp drawing and painting skills that have been transitioned very well onto skin. Although L’oiseau regularly illustrates flowers and wildlife, what stands out is his figure-drawing-style tattoos—some are human […]
Dark Realities: An Update from Kavan the Kid
Bound in thick rope, suffocating under a wet cloth … Kavan the Kid has continuously dedicated his lens to capturing dark and dramatic portraits. He shares behind-the-scenes footage to his creative process and editing of various works like “Relics” and “Heartless”on his Youtube channel. And mentioned (in a past interview) that “almost every photo that […]
Graffiti Bombed Faces: Tattoos by Mashkow
Looking at the portfolio of Russia’s Mashkow is like a flashback to 90s graffiti in New York City. Instead of walls and subways being bombed, it is his tattoo designs of female faces. They’re composed in an emotional and beautiful way—colors, textures, lettering … showing distinctly how skillful Mashkow is. And for the veracity of […]
Medieval, Stainless Glass Inspired Tattoos by Mikael de Poissy
With over 20 years of experience, having started at 17, Mikael de Poissy has seen the underground of tattooing rise to mainstream; today he keeps busy as editor of Tatouage magazine and ambassador of Tattoodo. He’s also an avid vintage and antique collector of tattoo memorabilia, and his continuous study of history has been a […]
Master of Brutality: The Transformative Tattoos of Valerio Cancellier
Valerio Cancellier’s journey as a tattooer started 20 years ago. His first tools were these; today using tattooing machines for his evolved large-scale, savage body-art style. He is not one to be reassuring clients through the intense tattoo process (that is like a ritual), one that contains much pain and blood and sometimes the person […]
The Beautiful Blue Tattoos of Lea Le Faucoon
Léa Le Faucon studied arts and communication design at École Estienne and was an art director in advertising for some years. Now focused as an illustrator and tattooer working along side five other artists at La Menuiserie, a private studio in Paris; what really stands out is her all-vibrant-blue tattoos that look like 18th-century hand-painted “azulejo” […]
From Graffiti to Tattooing: The Body Art of Ninne Oat
He has been a graffiti artist since 1999 under the name of “Ninne.” Nineteen years later he is still using a similar name but now as a tattooist, having started working in the tattoo industry in 2015. “I decided to become a tattooist because I believe it is a form of art that is more […]
The Norse God Tattoo: Interview with Carlos Torres
While setting up his new studio in 2017 named The Raven and The Wolves in Long Beach, California, Carlos Torres was also attending the London Tattoo Convention—where we met up with him for an interview. He worked three days straight on a massive Norse god tattoo in his typical black and grey inks on client […]
Mimicking the Flow of Nature: Tattoos by Sanne Vaghi
Having studied fine art and illustration (and specializing in photographic etching) at the Rotterdam Academy, it was only after Sanne Vaghi’s graduation in 2008 that she decided to focus on tattooing. “It has been a long difficult road,” she comments. Now based in Berlin; her work in the last few years has evolved into something […]