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JoJo Ackermann: Fear of a Flash Planet

By JoJo Ackermann
About six months ago, three guys in their early 20s walked into the shop around opening time with the request to have a heart and the word “Mom” tattooed on their asses. Honestly, I thought they were just screwing around but after a few laughs and some more questions, I realized these dudes were serious about getting it done… (more…)

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Aubrey Trufant: Tattoo Giants of Texas Part II (Tony Hundahl)

By Aubrey Trufant
It gives me great pleasure today to be writing the continuation for one of Austin’s finest tattoo shops, Rock of Ages. A shop that has set a high standard for quality tattooing, with style and flare. The knowledge of the craft and the respect for tattoo history resonate throughout the shop with original artwork and vintage paintings. The positive creative energy and work ethic of Rock of Ages proves to be exemplary. I’m happy to have had the opportunity to talk one of Texas’ tattoo giants, the very talented, the infamous, Tony Hundahl…

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Aubrey Trufant: Tattoo Giants of Texas Part I (Steve Byrne)

By Aubrey Trufant
Austin, Texas is a vast melting pot filled with all kinds of food, entertainment, culture/counter-culture and lots of art. Austin has been home to many great tattoo artists, past and present. The talent in this city alone is overwhelming but I spent some of my time at Rock of Ages Tattoo (ROA). The ROA team consists of co-owners Tony Hundahl and Steve Byrne, supported by Jay Chastain and Bobby Padron. They live and breathe tattooing, which has established Rock of Ages as one of the best shops in Austin.

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ROC City Tattoo Expo: On the Road in Rochester, NY

By John
ROC City (now in its third year) had some pretty stiff convention competiton last weekend… ROC City was one of three major US shows that weekend, including the biennial Green Bay show and Hell City PHX. However, despite these shows, a hurricane, an earthquake and whatever other acts of God were thrown in the mix, ROC City definetely put the R-O-C back in rock…

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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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True Tattoo: The Grand Re-Opening! (VIDEO)

May 4, 2011 marked another milestone in the tattooing world with True Tattoo’s Grand Re-opening in Hollywood, Ca. Oliver Peck bought True Tattoo from long time friend Clay Decker January 1st this year, and in true Pecker fashion decided it was time for a party!!! [Video on expanded page] (more…)

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Richard Stell Prints

Pork Chops Sheet: 31”/42” 300.00 plus shipping but price changes at the end of the month of April or May to cover the paper cost going up… it will be 450.00 when he gets the last run at the price we are getting them for currently….

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April 15, 2011 | Categories: art, collectible, memorabilia, pictures, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoos | Tags: art, flash, Richard Stell, richard stell tattoos, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattoo flash, tattoos | 1 Comment »

Salt Lake City Tattoo Convention: On the Road in Utah

By Metal Allison

I land in Salt Lake City and holy crap there are mountains here! Mountains! I get to the hotel and discover that I have a flipping Sleep Number bed in my room! I know what I am doing later. Will I be a 48 or a 92? I’m stoked. Focus! I have a convention to set up for. I head down to the convention center to set up. CJ and the entire staff that put on the convention did an amazing job. Everyone was super friendly and this was by far the most space I have ever had in a booth. (more…)

February 25, 2011 | Categories: conventions, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo conventions, tattooing, tattoos, travel | Tags: Charlie Roberts, christopher lee hanna, conventions, Derek Noble, Grant Cobb, lee hanna, photos, pics, pictures, Richard Stell, salt lake city, slc, TAM, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, tony handahl, travel, wendy belzel | Leave A Comment »

West Texas Tattoo Convention: On the Road from San Angelo, Texas

By John

After a week-long stay in Austin, Texas (ATX) following the Star of Texas Convention, I jumped in a cargo van and drove out to the West Texas Tattoo Convention in San Angelo.

It turned out that a few people from the ATX show also made the scary journey through the west Texas dessert, including Richard Stell, Rock of Ages, Austin Tattoo Co., Electric 13 Tattoo and Triple Crown Tattoo. I’m sure there were others and I apologize for not mentioning you here. (more…)

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Star of Texas Tattoo Art Revival: On the Road from Austin, Texas

By John

It happened as soon as I landed in Austin, Texas. Not the Star of Texas Tattoo Art Revival- that would start the following day… however it didn’t take long to see some friendly faces, deep in the heart of Texas.

I was posted up in baggage claim, doing my normal multi-tasking: texting, listening to music, checking e-mails, playing Words With Friends (you know) the usual mindless activities while I waited for the baggage gods to release my personals. (more…)

January 19, 2011 | Categories: conventions, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo conventions, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: andrew conner, c-lo, Chad Koeplinger., chris trevino, conventions, Derek Noble, donnie kizzie, hunter spanks, keith underwood, photos, pics, pictures, Richard Stell, rock of ages, Steve Byrne, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, taylor street tattoo, thomas hooper, Timothy Hoyer, tony hundahl, triple crown tattoo | Leave A Comment »

State of Grace Tattoo Convention, San Francisco: PART II

By Crash

To continue with my list of highlights from the SF show… It’s always a treat seeing Thom deVita and, as usual, finding him in the hotel lobby every morning by 7a.m. (He and I are commonly the only people stirring at this hour). Sitting with Thom and listening to a few of his stories each morning was a real treat.

The first morning I asked him what he was doing…”Are you people-watching?”

“Lady-watching,” he said, with a wry grin.

DeVita "Lady Watching" in the morning

DeVita also sold some of his art (which we will soon be featuring on the TAM site) and he did several tattoos on some devoted tattooers over the weekend. (It was the first time I’d seen him wear gloves!)