By Dawn Cooke
So I screen-shotted some of my favorite pictures from Intagram to share. My intention is to share some great work and give the artists every bit of the credit! I’m doing it to showcase what I consider to be some really great work. I hope you will all agree. One thing I want to make clear is that I am not trying to promote the idea of “stealing.” All artists are inspired by other artists. There’s a difference between being inspired and flat-out stealing. I think it’s important to know the difference. Most images in tattooing have been taken from other sources. It’s always good to know the source if you can, and try to be inspired by art outside of tattooing… and also by life and nature… (more…)
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January 21, 2013 | Categories: art, entertainment, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: art, blog, bloggers, blogs, dawn cooke, depot town tattoo, difference between, frank carter, Heather Bailey, Jackie Dunn-Smith, Jeff zuck, josh stephens, julio avila, justin shaw, krooked ken, mark cross, michigan, miss arianna, painting, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, professor falcon, Ron Wells, rose hardy, stefan johnsson, symbolism, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattoo culture, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, tim beck, Xam, ypsilanti | 1 Comment »
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 »





Phil Kyle: Would you recommend an apprenticeship to people knowing how difficult that is to do on your own?
Xam: Totally and definitely. It’s the only way. Not anyone can do it. Not everyone deserves it, people will still try it, like I did… Call me selfish if you want but there are too many of us now. It’s out of control. Some will fail and most will keep doing shit forever. And that’s it really… (more…)
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July 22, 2011 | Categories: art, entertainment, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: england, interview, london, phil kyle, photos, pics, pictures, spain, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattoo artist magazine issue 26, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, Xam | Leave A Comment »





Interview by Brian Seghers
Brian Seghers: If you could go back in time to any era, or to work with somebody, or somewhere, where would you like to go? Have you ever thought about that?
Isaac Fainkujen: Yeah, I think for me the era that’s most interesting is kind of the tattoo renaissance that took place in and around the Bay area in the 70s and the 80s with Ed Hardy, Bob Roberts, Greg Irons, Eddy Deutsche and people like those guys that started to push the boundaries of what was okay and what wasn’t okay to do in a tattoo…
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July 7, 2011 | Categories: photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: arizona, art, Bob Roberts, Cory Norris, ed hardy, Eddy Deutsche, Greg Irons, interview, mike malone, mike roper, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, pinky yun, TAM, tam #26, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine #26, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, tempe arizona, Xam | Leave A Comment »
ISSUE 26 IS AT PRESS NOW!!!
Tattoo Artist Magazine #26 will be going out to subscribers in two weeks! This amazing issue features Cory Norris, Pinky Yun, Xam, Isaac Fainkujen, a new Step by Step article on color theory, and a great article on Marcus Kuhn’s The Gypsy Gentleman documentary… [Pictures on expanded page]
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June 3, 2011 | Categories: artist profile, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: classic tattoo studio, Cory Norris, interview, Isaac Fainkujen, Marcus Kuhn's The Gypsy Gentleman, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, pinky yun, TAM, tam #26, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine #26, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattooers, tattoos, the family business, Xam | Leave A Comment »