The 14th Annual Bay Area Tattoo Convention
The Bay Area Tattoo Convention is a small convention focused on building a sense of tattoo community and camaraderie. Tattoo Life has been there from the start and watched and…
Boxing tattoos: the beginning of the noble sport
Yes, we’re truly passionate about boxing. And maybe have a nice Traditional boxer tattoo somewhere on our skin. So let’s take a look at how it all began.… Boxing is…
Owen Paulls Tattoo: Realism to the Unreal
Most of our favourite childhood films would have been animated. We invested all of our emotions into these cartoon characters, believing they really existed on some level. With the dawn…
Foo Dog Tattoos: defending our homes (and skin)
Dog or lion? From China or Japan? The origin of the legend of the “stone temple dog” is lost in the mists of time and, according to Feng Shui, they…
The International Brussels Tattoo Convention 2018
This great show took place once again on November 2018 (8/9/10th). Find out our photo report by Kamila Burzymowska and discover more on next issue of Tattoo Life magazine! brusselstattooconvention.be
Dillon Forte and the Archetypal Truths
We talked with Dillon Forte about his career, his new eBook and a very special tattoo he made for the australian actor Chris Hemsworth (better known as Thor) in Morocco.…
Leonardo DiCaprio: a legend in tattoo, the Osage and the Manson family
The Californian actor will be starring in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon”, but also appear in the new film directed by Quentin Tarantino. The news came out a…
Interpretation of Community
Art is subjective to our own interpretation. The majority of people will want to interpret their own body art themselves, but what about the ones that take solace in having…
Teneile Napoli: Express yourself
She became a tattoo artist after pursuing artistic studies in which she developed other forms of expression. Today she truly is an excellent tattooist, and the perfect manager of her…
Q&A with Anka Lavriv
The tattoo scene in NYC is constantly changing and evolving. While few shops remain as longtime pillars of tattooing, often new ones open and a plethora of new talents come…
The symbology of cherry blossom tattoos
It stands for life, but also for ephemeral existence where all it takes is a breath of wind to start the never-ending cycle again. Meet the true star of Hanami.…
The International London Tattoo Convention 2018 by Killer Ink
Killer Ink filmed the London Tattoo Convention to tell us the story of the event from a very special point of view! Don’t miss this video and find out the…
Tattoo Energy December 2018 /January 2019
Tattoo Energy December 2018 /January 2019 An issue on the road (from the editorial by Miki Vialetto) You rarely come across tattooers who haven’t seen travel as a critical part…
Elizabeth Bathory Tattoos: reign in blood
The “Bloody Countess” was responsible for a hundreds of awful crimes in Hungary at the turn of the 17th century. Who knows where the truth lies? Erzsébet Bathory, also known…
Stan Lee: Farewell to a Legend
Stan Lee passed away last Monday (12th November, 2018) at the age of 95.He was a revolutionary comic book writer, editor, and publisher: an American icon, known worldwide for his…
“Lyle Tuttle: 70 years in Tattooing” by Juan Puente
During a beautiful weekend in September in the city by the bay, Lyle Tuttle – a San Francisco and world staple in tattooing – had his 70th year in tattooing…
Tattooing A to Z #27: Owen Jensen
Owen Jensen was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah. As a young man he worked in the railroad shop in Ogden, Utah. In 1911 he saw the “Buffalo Bill Wild West…
Horse Tattoos and the legend of Kelpie
Just maybe, behind this awful mythological figure which is present in Scandinavian and Celtic cuture, there might be a vague connection with the famous Loch Ness Monster… The Kelpie is…
Adam Hathorn: “Animals with occupations”
Ironic, incisive, and graphic: these three adjectives perfectly describe the style of San Diego tattooist Adam Hathorn- During our interview he leads us onto the imaginary bridges which connect his…
Ink: Stories on Skin
The Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) presents Ink: Stories on Skin Ink is a unique retrospective about Chicano LA tattoo tradition, innovations and its social evolution as a cultural…
Barcelona Tattoo Expo and BAUM Festival 2018
Once again this year thousands of people visited Fira de Barcelona to enjoy the art of tattooing, and 300 tattoo artists from 32 countries have made more than 1.000 tattoos…
The countless meanings of rose tattoos
From passionate devotion to blind jealousy, but also honesty, energy, admiration and even deceit. There seems to be no end to the symbolic meanings of your floral tattoos! One of…
Frank Zappa Tattoos (and his last phantasmagoric ride)
Let’s relive ‘The Yellow Shark’, the amazing symphonic album which came out a few months before the Baltimore genius told us goodbye… The bad news arrived in the middle of…