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JTG: The South American Experience

By JTG
So I just left Buenos Aires after being there for a month-and-a-half or something like this… The guys from Welldone Tattoo and I started a really tough gang, this is our first group shot. We are tougher than leather… (more…)

May 10, 2012 | Categories: entertainment, photos, pictures, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos, travel | Tags: Henk "Hanky Panky" Schiffmacher, Holly Ellis, jason tyler grace, JTG, kings ave, kings avenue tattoo, moving, New Amsterdam Tattoo Museum, nyc, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, South America, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattoo museum, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, travel, well done tattoo | Leave A Comment »

JTG: On the Road in Amsterdam and Beyond

By JTG
After my time at Royal Tattoo in Denmark I headed to Amsterdam and The Amsterdam Tattoo Museum just a week before Christmas. Amsterdam is that city where for the first time in my life I felt like I could have died from partying. This was years ago: I remember looking out the window of my room at like five in the morning, the street lights shimmering on the black water of the canals, while my friends snored around me in drunken, coked-out stupors as my heart raced, my jaw a vice, with teeth that could have cracked walnuts, shit, they could have cracked themselves… (more…)

March 29, 2012 | Categories: entertainment, photos, pictures, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos, travel | Tags: Henk "Hanky Panky" Schiffmacher, Holly Ellis, jason tyler grace, JTG, justin shaw, kings ave, kings avenue tattoo, moving, nepal, New Amsterdam Tattoo Museum, nyc, paintings, paris, photos, pics, pictures, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattoo museum, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, tobacco dock, travel | 9 Comments »

JTG: On the Road in Helsingør, Denmark

By JTG

Henning Jørgensen is 50 years old and has been tattooing for 32 years. That’s one year less than I’ve been alive. Royal Tattoo (his shop) has been open in Helsingør for 28 years and 26 of those years in the current location.

I was five years old when it opened… (more…)

November 29, 2011 | Categories: entertainment, photos, pictures, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos, travel | Tags: Aaron Hodges, florence, france, Holly Ellis, italy, JTG, london tattoo convention, paintings, paris, photos, pics, pictures, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, tobacco dock, travel | 6 Comments »

JTG: On the Road in Paris, Italy and Beyond

By JTG

Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Japan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Australia, Britain, Italy, France. This is where I’ve been since I left home in January 2010…

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October 26, 2011 | Categories: entertainment, photos, pictures, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos, travel | Tags: Aaron Hodges, florence, france, Holly Ellis, italy, JTG, london tattoo convention, paintings, paris, photos, pics, pictures, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, tobacco dock, travel | 1 Comment »

Horitaka Talks About the Upcoming Bay Area Tattoo Convention

By Takahiro “Horitaka” Kitamura
It’s already August, and the tattoo convention I throw with Roman Enriquez (Strong Tattoo/45s Forever) is coming up soon! This year the convention in scheduled for October 21-23 and we are returning to the SFO Hyatt Regency. Even with last year’s power outage on Sunday, the hotel is perfect for us and we look forward to a great weekend. Here are some highlights of this year’s show…

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Ink ‘N Iron Tattoo Convention, On the Queen Mary in Long Beach (VIDEO)

By Kent Smith

I’m going to start this out by saying what an incredibly long week it was leading up to this convention. Crash, John and I all woke at 4 a.m. (well Crash and I did, I think John got up at 5 a.m.) to catch a flight from Atlanta to L.A. on June 3rd…

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