Tag: Religious Art

2024, the 6th Seaside Tattoo Show

Post author By The Tattoo Journalist
Post date July 26, 2024
Categories In Birds, Black and Grey, Blackwork, Body Art, Color, Conventions, Conventions & Shows, Dark Art, Horror, Tattoo

When much of California experiences heat waves in July, visiting the Ventura County Fairgrounds, which has a microclimate with temperatures in the mid-70s Fahrenheit (mid-20s Celcius), is excellent. We can breathe and enjoy a three-day convention there. The organizer, Christina Diaz (who also manages Evolved Tattoos and Fine Art) and her key sponsors Working Class […]

Freddy Corbin, Oakland’s Tattoo God

Post author By The Tattoo Journalist
Post date October 3, 2022
Categories In Art, Black & White, Blackwork, Body Art, Fine Line, Interviews, Legends, Mixed Media, Special Feature, Tattoo

Freddy Corbin was born in Tampa, Florida, in 1966, grew up in Sacramento, and at 18, went to San Francisco, California, to pursue a career as a tattoo artist. Joshua Golden gives him his first professional tattoo at Lyle Tuttle’s shop. Corbin spent a lot of time at studios and received body art from various […]

Stephen C Stratton: The Journey of a Tattoo Anthropologist

Post author By The Tattoo Journalist
Post date July 6, 2021
Categories In Interviews, Storytelling, Tattoo

Stephen C Stratton, a youngster in the late 1970s, tattooed his buddies with a popsicle stick and taped sewing needles. At The Needle Master studio, he got his first professional tattoo, a Lambretta-scooter motif connected with the Mod revival subculture. Stratton joined the military and became a nurse a decade later. Because tattoos were frowned […]