This week I thought I’d do a little educational post on different terminology surrounding black tattoos in the industry. Ever since the Brutal Black article came out I’ve noticed some confusion with all the differentiation between tattoos that rely heavily on black. So I’m going to summarize the difference between: Brutal Black Project, black out, […]
Category: Styles
Informative posts about different styles, their key characteristics, often some of the best artists in the category, examples from our shop.
American Traditional Part 6: Paul Rogers
Franklin Paul Rogers, known as Paul Rogers is a monumental tattoo figure, he has participated in every part of the industry through his years in tattooing. He is even referred to as the Father of American Tattooing. Rogers was born on September 9th, 1905 in a cotton mill town in North Carolina. He worked at […]
Geometric Tattoos
Geometric is a unique tattoo style that utilizes clear shapes to create or accentuate an image. Like with American Traditional there are certain meanings attached to the symbols; but just because there are common meanings doesn’t mean that they have to have those meanings to you. Geometric can be anything from a small simple mandala […]
Dotwork
Dotwork, sometimes known as stippling, is a technique that uses a lot of really small dots to create shading within an image or even the image itself. This is a very specific aesthetic and it creates beautiful, delicate artwork. At our studio Roxie and Loren both really enjoy utilizing this technique. The more concentrated the […]
American Traditional Part 5: Doc Forbes Hendry
The story of Canadian tattooer Doc Forbes is very much intertwined with the height of the American Traditional tattoo scene in the 1950’s across America. American Traditional is just the name of the style, it was extremely present in early Canadian tattooing at the same time. Forbes apprenticed under Frederick Baldwin, the first Canadian tattooer […]
Surrealism
Surrealism is tough to define but often is described as having a sort of dream-like quality. In tattoos surrealism is getting more popular, these tattoos are weird and trippy, it’s easy to see why they’re gaining traction. There is a huge range of subject matter in surrealism, a really common one is a play on […]
Battle Royale
Battle royale tattoos are a specific American Traditional tattoo that generally depict an eagle fighting a snake and dragon. These tattoos have a heavy Japanese influence as well, the dragon is usually a traditional Japanese style dragon. Though these are the typical animals there are variations. There is always a predatory bird, representing the sun […]
Why You Should Research Your Artist
This post just focuses on why it’s important to research your artist’s art style, if you’re interested in researching if a shop is safe checkout my other post: How to spot a reputable tattoo shop. This week I wanted to do training wheels on why it’s important to research your artist before choosing, I think […]
American Trad Part 4: Lyle Tuttle
I have been putting off publishing a post on Lyle Tuttle for a few weeks now. He is just such an involved person in the tattoo community that there is a lot to cover and I wanted to make sure I got all of it. Tuttle lived from 1931-2019 when he passed away at the […]
Realism
Realism is one of those styles that is always trending. Realism can lend itself to anything and when done well it is incredibly striking. So it’s not surprising that it’s always popular. Recently I have had lots of requests for booking realism which makes it a great time to explore this style more and learn […]