By Jimmy Perlman
Unfortunately I don’t get to most tattoo conventions anymore. I know and hear about tons of great shows all over the world. Fact is, I work in a field that has me traveling between six and nine months a year so when I’m home from work it would be a real shit move to tell my wife and kid “alright now I know I was gone for a month working but I’m gonna go to this city for the weekend and hang out with some friends, have a good time and get tattooed.” (more…)
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May 15, 2012 | Categories: entertainment, photos, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo conventions, tattooing, travel | Tags: art, brad fink, Bruno, Chad Soner, Clifton Boggs, conventions, danny reed, dawn cooke, Ezra Haidet, Greg Christian, Henry Rodriguez, Ian Dana, Jason Phillips, Jeremy Swed, jet love hate tattoo, jimmy perlman, Joseph DiProjetto jet, justin shaw, Keet, krooked ken, Marie Sena, Marina Inoue, photos, pics, pictures, Rennie, roc, roc city tattoo convention, rochester ny, Skye James, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, tony derigo, travel | 2 Comments »
By Dawn Cooke
This is for the guys…
So I featured ladies-only last time and I didn’t want the guys to feel left out. So I sent messages to all the guys who I admire for their contribution to the tattoo community. Some of these fellows I know personally and some of them I do not but for some reason their work, ethics or both caught my eye… (more…)
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October 14, 2011 | Categories: art, entertainment, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: Aaron Hodges, Adam Forman, art, Bill Falsetta, blog, bloggers, blogs, Chad Chesko, Chad Soner, chriss dettmer, Clifton Carter, Cris Cleen, Dana Helmuth, danny reed, David Flores, dawn cooke, depot town tattoo, Don Yarian, El Bara, El Carlo, El Monga, Frank William, jason brooks, jason tyler grace, Javier Rodriquez, Jeff zuck, Jon Larson, Joseph DiProjetto jet, Josh Mason, justin shaw, krooked ken, Lupo HoriOkami, Marc Warnick, Matt Arriola, matt shamah, michigan, Mike Emmett, Murray Sell, Nick Colella, Nick Fabini, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, Regino Gonzales, Steve Turner, symbolism, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, Tomas Garcia, Tomek Szumiec, tony derigo, tony hundahl, Xam, ypsilanti | 17 Comments »
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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August 19, 2011 | Categories: conventions, entertainment, photos, pictures, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo conventions, tattooing | Tags: aaron bell, Aaron Crocker, Adrian Lee, Andreas Coenan, Andy Johnson, Bay Area Tattoo Convention, Beau Brady, Beppe, Bert Krak, Bill Henderson, BJ Betts, brad fink, Brent Patten, Brian Bruno, Brian Hutflies, Brian Wall, bryan burk, Bryan Randolph, california, Chad Koeplinger., Chad Soner, Chris Brand, Chris Danley, Chris O'Donnell, Chris Paez, chris trevino, Chris Yvon, Chuey Quintanar, Cory Norris, Dan Moses, Daniel Forrester, Danny Boy, danny reed, Dave Moore, dawn cooke, Donavon Kinyon, doug hardy, Eddie Reyes, Edu Cero, Eiland Hogan, Eli Quinters, Eric Gillespie, Eric Jones, Eric Reed, Frankie Mancuso, Freddy Corbin, G. Kosmo, GEORGE CAMPISE, Grez, Grime, Heather Bailey, Henry Dever, Hiroshi Hirakawa, Holly Ellis, Horikiku, Horimasu, Horisuzu, Jason Kundell, Jason Scott, Jeff P, Jojo Ackerman, Jon Hall, Jondix, Josh Palmer, juan puente, justin shaw, Kahlil Rintye, Katie Sellergrent, Kent Smith, kevin LeBlanc, kim saigh, Klem, Lil Roy, lindsey carmichael, Luke Stewart, Mao, Mario desa, Mary Joy-Scott Dalyrymple, Matt Hamlet, Matt Ziolko, Mike Davis, Mike Emmet, Mike Rubendall, Mike Schweigert, mike wilson, Mutsuo, Nate Banuelos, Nick Collela, oliver peck, Orly, Paco Dietz, Paulo Manabe, photos, pics, pictures, Reiko, Richard Stell, Rob Benavides, Rob Struven, Robert Atkinson, robert ryan, Ron Wells, Roxx Twospirit, san fransisco, Sarah Schor, scott sylvia, seth ciferri, Sezuki, Shaun Hanna, shawn barber, shige, Steve Byrne, Steve Looney, Stuart Cripwell, Stuart Robson, Takahiro "Horitaka" Kitamura, Taki, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattoos, The Trufant Brothers, thomas hooper, Timothy Hoyer, Todd Noble, Tomo, tony derigo, tony hundahl, Uzi, Valerie Vargas, Venjamin Jimenez, Wakatomo, Zuno | 1 Comment »
You arrive to Melbourne 16 hours after flying leaving Saigon, four and a half hours of which were spent in a Chinese airport where you ate beef-noodle soup that would soon destroy your stomach and have you gassing people out on the plane. The fat pimply, greasy Chinese 20-something sitting next to you keeps drinking milk, after milk, after milk, chugging them down as you fart into the cushion trying to drive the smell deep into foam oblivion… Before landing the flight attendants walk by and hand out napkins to cover your faces while they spray down the cabin in some disinfectant to rid the plane of dangers to Australia’s agriculture. You watch the stewardess walk by spraying the overhead bins and the bathrooms with what looked like air freshener. You fart some more beef noodle gas into the cushion, and the fat kid next to you is sitting there with his mouth open, burps up his milk. Welcome to Melbourne… (more…)
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May 31, 2011 | Categories: art, entertainment, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos, travel, Video | Tags: australia, crash TAM, Dynamic Tattoo, Grime, Grime tattoo, jason tyler grace, jet love hate tattoo, justin shaw, mark warnick, melbourne, photos, pics, pictures, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattoos, tony derigo, travel, trevor McStay | 4 Comments »