Snoop “Doggy” Dogg Tattoos, and that groundbreaking first album
It was the end of 1993 when ‘Doggystyle’ came out (produced by Dr. Dre)’, the album which would turn Calvin Broadus Jr. into a subject in great demand for Realistic…
Tattooing A to Z #24: Don Ed Hardy
Don Ed Hardy is an American artist, perhaps the most famous artist in the world of tattoo. He is best known for his tattoo work, his art and his eponymous…
Bob Marley Tattoos: the icon of reggae music
Supreme icon of reggae music, the great Robert Nesta died one sad day in May, but his cult lives on thanks to the power of tattoo. It had all started…
Rolling Stones Tattoos, and the new album is on the way
While album number 36 from the band that came out with ‘Tattoo You’ shuld arrive by the end of 2018, we discover that their energy in studio is as high…
Tattooing A to Z #23: Freddie Grossman “CONEY Island Freddie”
“Coney Island Freddie” Grossman, born in 1934, is one of the famous old New York style tattoo artists. He got his name from the years he spent tattooing at New…
Madonna Tattoos: Happy Birthday!
On 16th August the Italian-American singer will be sixty years of age. Let’s celebrate with a gallery of tattoos and talking about her new album. It’s her birthday and rumours…
Tattooing A to Z #22: Ole Hansen “King’s Tattooer” / “Tattoo-Ole”
Born in 1925 and raised as an orphan, Ole Hansen was a Danish tattooist who worked in the middle of the twentieth century. Ole is best known as “Tattoo-Ole”, the…
Amy Winehouse Tattoos: Remembering a True Artist
Alcohol, loneliness, fondly remembered by Tony Bennett and thousands of people who have had her tattooed: it was around now, 7 years ago, that we lost a true jazz artist.…
Tattooing A to Z #21: William Grimshaw
William Grimshaw was a tattoo artist who apparently operated in the Norfolk, Virginia area, during the 1940s and 50s. Little is known of him, including which Grimshaw family line he…
Tattooing A to Z #20: Bert Grimm
Bert Grimm was born in a little town near Portland, Oregon, on February 8, 1900. He started hanging around tattoo shops when he was about 11 or 12 years old,…
Tropical Fishes Tattoos: just a curiosity
If you think that the images of your tattoos dedicated to these amazing sea creatures come from some exotic ocean, you better read carefully here… The question is peculiar: what…
Tattooing A to Z #19: Doc Forest
Born Ove Skög, Doc Forest’s career as a tattoo artist began at sea. He was a sailor for seven years in the sixties, during the glory years of the Swedish…
Marilyn Monroe Tattoos: The last night of the Hoollywood star
The Hoollywood star – who is immortalised in a myriad tattoos – is the most alluring and despairing woman of the last century. This is our definitive tribute Alone. Locked…
Tattooing A to Z #18: Doc Forbes
Doc Forbes was a pioneer of Canadian tattooing, he was born in 1900 and died on Lyle Tuttle’s birthday, on October 10, 1977. He was well known for his classic…
Tattooing A to Z #17: Maurizio Fiorini
Maurizio Fiorini was born in 1928, in Montelupo Fiorentino, a small town not far from the city of art and crib of the Renaissance: Florence. He felt in love with…
Tattoo Portraits: remembering Dimebag Darrell
Celebrated as one of the most important axemen of the 90s, the Dime portrait is a very frequent subject among tattoo lovers. This is the tragic story of his last…
Tattooing A to Z #16: Gian Maurizio Fercioni
Gian Maurizio Fercioni was born in Milano, Italy, on December 19, 1946. He studied at the art school and took his degree in 1970 at the “Accademia di Belle Arti”…
The Godfather Tattoos: a Bloody Saga
With ‘Apocalypse Now’ (directed by F.F. Coppola too) it’s considered by critics worldwide to be one of the greatest films of all time. Let’s find out why. The movie which…
Happy birthday, Beetlejuice!
The iconic cult movie directed by Tim Burton turns thirty this year. And we decided to celebrate it with a bunch of related Maitland household tattoos… ‘Beetlejuice’, the original movie,…
‘Maleficent 2’ finally comes true
The first movie has become one of the greatest blockbusters of the 21st century. All thanks to the performance by Angelina Jolie you can admire in these tattoos It was…
Tattooing A To Z #15: Chuck Eldridge
C.W. Eldridge, or Chuck, as his friends know him, is the owner of the “Tattoo Archiv”” in Berkeley, California. Chuck is the keeper of the secrets, the guard of the…