In lieu of Friday the 13th I thought I’d dig a little more into the history and see what the trend is all about. Many of the articles I found credit the trend to Ink Master judge Oliver Peck and his shop Elm Street Tattoos in Dallas Texas. Though Peck was one of the first […]
Author: Gatekeeper
Hi there! I'm Taylor, you may know me as Sterling Skull reception, or gatekeeper, or most recently Tater (thanks Chris). I love writing, creating and I love tattoos; so what better way to use my passions than to bring you a personal experience of our studio via a blog! Welcome, please stay a while!
The Evolution of Biomechanical
Biomechanical is getting popular again after it’s original peak near the early 2000’s so let’s look at it a little closer. Biomechanical, or Biomech for shorthand, is credited to H.R Giger, a Swiss artist who was behind the lifeforms in the 1979 film Alien; he was part of their award winning team, designing the main […]
Piercings Within Tattoos
Tattoos and piercings are stunning and super fun on their own, so combining them only makes sense. Slowly I have started seeing more and more of these collabs online that show just how much you can do when thinking outside the box. Piercings and jewelry can elevate a tattoo to just give it that something […]
Meet the Brutal Black Project, Constructive Torture
Warning: Some images may be graphic. I chose images that weren’t too bad, if you’re interested in seeing how brutal this project can get I’ll include more resources that have more photos and interviews at the end. The Brutal Black Tattoo Project is a lot like it sounds, a brutal take on your typical blackout […]
Training Wheels – Pregnancy
Welcome to another Tuesday Training Wheels! This week we’re here to remind you that you can’t get tattooed if you are pregnant. Tattoos always have an infection risk, we do our best to mitigate that by: using high quality materials to tattoo you, providing you with a state of the art bandage that promotes happy […]
Numbing Cream
There are lots of reasons that people choose to use numbing cream. It definitely has mixed reviews in the tattoo community but it is a great option for a lot of people, whether it’s your first tattoo, a particularly spicy area, or you just prefer less pain. Here is what numbing cream is actually doing, […]
Whang-od Oggay: A Living Legend
Whang-od Oggay is a 104 year old Phillipino woman who lives in Buscalan, a mountain village in the Kalinga province of the Philippines, about 15 hours from the capital of Manila, and she is single handedly keeping the tattoo tradition of the Butbut peoples alive. She is the last of the mambabatok, which is the […]
Boogie Machine
You probably saw on our social media that Chris got a new puppy this week! Well little Boogie Machine is still too young (8 weeks old) to be alone during the day so I have got the wonderful job of babysitting the little booger. It has been so fun watching how fast he’s learning even […]
The Dermal Abyss Project
Two postdoctoral fellows at Harvard Medical School, Nan Jiang and Ali Yetisen, have been working on a study involving bio-sensitive tattoo inks that could become the next thing in wearable medical technology, The Dermal Abyss Project. Working with MIT researchers the study has started the development of smart tattoo inks that would change colour to […]
6 Benefits to Tattoos That May Surprise You
It’s officially summer with the passing of the Summer solstice last weekend on June 20th so I think it’s a great time to do a light, fun post that’s a little different from my other posts. Checkout some hidden advantages you get when you have tattoos: Having multiple tattoos can actually improve your immune system […]