Damien Wickham is the owner of the Ink Attack tattoo studio on the Sunshine Coast of Australia. In this tattoo video, Wickham creates a newschool pin up tattoo of a cute girl with a cheeky grin, adding to a collection of pin up tattoos that his client already wears. Wickham’s using a pop surrealist style […]
Gábor Jelencsik is a new school tattoo artist from Budapest, Hungary who goes by the nickame “Jelo”. His style is an interesting combination of new school tattoo design and pop surrealism art. New school tattoos are very cartoonish and often use warped perspectives inspired by graffiti art. Pop surrealism is based on traditional surrealism, but […]
In this tattoo culture video, Wolfgang Herbert explores the influence of society on tattoo art in Japan. While traditional Japanese tattoos are accepted in Japan, they are still linked in society’s mind with gangs such as the Yakuza and other criminal personalities and to this day, the general belief in Japan is that tattoos are […]
Daemon Rowanchilde is a talented tattoo artist based in Ontario, Canada at the Urban Primitive Tattoo Studio. His history with art and tattooing is an interesting one because he has dedicated his life to a soulful pursuit of a relationship with his chosen art forms. Catherine from Ratta Tattoo asked him some questions about his […]
Little is known about this mysterious tattoo artist from Argentina, though his gallery of tattoo pictures speak louder than words to tell a story of an artist with an excellent grounding in geometry, mandala design and tattoo techniques. Nazareno Tubaro works only in black ink, using only the shade of his client’s skin to create […]
American tattoo artist Mark Longenecker spends his days between the beach and his tattoo shop, surfing and creating cheerful surf tattoos for his clients. The name of his shop, Endless Summer, is based on an idea that surfers around the world often refer to; the concept of travelling around the world chasing the summer season […]
Isreali-born tattoo artist Guil Zekri has created his own style of tattooing by combining his art training in Paris with a love of surrealism and fantasy. While the effect of Zekri’s tattoos is realistic, the subject matter in his tattoos is out of this world. Bizarre creatures, humanoid figures and alienish biomechanical shapes combine to […]
Nuno Costah is a multi-talented guy. He plays in a band, paints graffiti and creates not only tattoos but tattoo machines too. This video shows Costah working with one of his hand-made rotary tattoo machines to create a full back tattoo. He’s an advocate of the style he’s using, which he refers to as “graphique”. […]
Noon is a tattoo artist based in France who works in an individualized Avant Garde tattoo style. As a frequent traveller, Noon takes his abstract people and animal designs to New York City, London, Berlin and France, leaving a host of happy customers and creative tattoo designs in his wake. His style is reminiscent of […]
Klaim is one of two highly skilled tattoo artists who work out of the Street Tattoo studio in Franconville, France. Along with his partner Niko Inko, Klaim creates artistic and imaginative tattoo designs that flow with the natural form of the client’s body, accentuating or disguising physical features. The result is living artworks that merge […]