Iron Maiden Tattoos and the first steps of a legend
40 years ago marked the release of an album with a logo and mascot which would be a hit with thousands of tattooists. The music, needless to say, caught on…
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Tattoo Life Postcard From Jenna Kerr
Beautiful as well as talented, Jenna Kerr has written this postcard for Tattoo Life. Here she describes in person her recent eBook “Sketch”: it’s a journey through her marvellous creative…
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The creative old classic traditional altars of Rudy Fritsch
We all know him for the unmistakable “Rudy Fritsch” style which has left its mark on Old Classic Traditional. It is him that we have dedicated the volume Lacrime e…
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Poseidon Tattoos: the god of the sea as skin art
Here’s how the brother of Zeus managed to escape death and become lord of the oceans in a period when the ancient Greeks had abandoned exploration over land. Poseidon (who…
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Postcard from Simone El Rana
His is a familiar face on the tattoo scene, not as a tattooist – he tried that but realised it was not for him – but for the creativity he…
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Have a nice weekend with Kelly Ann Shuman
This week’s Have a Nice Weekend features Kelly Ann, a tattoo lover of Traditional black. Fashion, metalcore and grunge music are her big loves. She lives in Austin, Texas, and…
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Ozzy Osbourne: Not an “Ordinary Man”
The Madman, celebrated in thousands of tattoos, brings out a new album where past and future go hand in hand. Here’s our enthusiastic review. Ten years. Ten long years have…
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Postcard from Guen Douglas
Tattoos by Guen Douglas are unmistakable: brilliant colour, technically impeccable, full of grace and irony. This British-French Candian tattoo artist who now works in Berlin has created a particular style…
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Pandémia: an Art Project by Miki Vialetto
Faced with such a painful event as the one we’ve all been experiencing and touched by over the last few months – regardless of our geographical location, social position or…
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Tattoo Gallery Repost #6
The feature “Repost” aims to show you ten fabulous tattoos every week by the best professionals in the world, selected by our editorial team on Instagram and reposted here. It’s…
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Have a Nice week-end with Helen Hitori
Helen is a tattooist who is originally from Russia and has a very particular style, extremely decorative, but also charged with an energy that is mystical and spiritual – influenced…
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“The Artist Family”: a documentary on the art of the Leu Family
In April 2018 the Leu family presented an unusual exhibition of artworks by 21 of its members, including the children. This documentary chronicles the project, from its beginning in an…
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Postcard from Gian Maurizio Fercioni
A fully rounded artist, one of a kind, who always manages to express his wealth of culture from the mcro to the macro, whether on paper, skin, or even on…
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Horimasa: Tattooing and the art of good manners
Observing and learning: this is how Horimasa was taught the Tebori tattoo technique by his teacher Horitoshi. Most importantly, as a member of the Horitoshi Family he learned human courtesy…
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Twin Peaks Tattoos on its 30th anniversary
10 things you never knew about this unforgettable series It was in spring 1990 that the TV channel ABC first aired the brainchild of David Lynch which would capture the…
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Valerie Vega is the Tattoo Life Calendar Girl of May 2020
We spent some words with this delicious Canadian girl, Tank Girl diehard fan, devoted daughter of a sailing family, big tattoo lover and race speed enthusiast Valerie, how you became…
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Have a nice weekend with Torrie Blake
A bit country girl & a bit rock’n roll: this is Torrie Blake! And she likes two things in life most of all: the tattoo art and all the animals…
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Postcard from Mike Dorsey
Here we are in Cincinnati (USA) in the studio of Mike Dorsey, his marvellous creative workshop crowded with paintings, sketches, thousands of drawings, sculptures and koi fish – a constant…
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Postcard from Mojo: the Creator of Lost Souls
We have spoken about Mojo on a number of occasions, both in Tattoo Life magazine and here on our website We love to chat with him, because Alfredo Raimondi, aka…
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Jen Tonic Tattoos and the secret life of plants
This gorgeous “Stick & Stones” tattoo artist works in Berlin. She especially loves botanical gardens and it’s from nature that she finds inspiration for her art… Hi Jen, how did…
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Nurses tattoos: the story of Florence Nightingale and a tribute to our heroes
“Every woman has in her charge the personal health of somebody. Every woman is a nurse.” Let’s find out more about the woman who created a profession out of nothing……
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