Mike Moses creates clean-lined, fantastical art, and recently made the move from Richmond, VA, to New York City.
Mike Rubendall is the tattoo artist’s tattooer. More than half of his clientele are fellow artists from all over the world who come to “Rube” for his contemporary approach to traditional Japanese tattoo style.
There are thousands of reason to visit Milan (the food, the art, the women, to name just a few), but the reason to visit now is the Milan Tattoo Convention, which takes place February 8 through 10. For the 13th annual convention, planners are expecting some of the world’s best artists. So check in with your favorites, but definitely make time to meet the Italian greats, like Angelo Colussi, of Milan’s Quetzal Tattoo, and portrait specialist Andrea Afferni.
Every tattoo artist has a style that they are known for, whether it be realism, old school, Japanese; you name it there is someone specializing in it. Vinny Romanelli of Red Rocket Tattoo in New York City specializes in mini portrait tattoos.
It’s true a British accent makes anyone sound more interesting, but that’s only part of what makes people want to listen to rapper Misfit Dior. She first got attention for starring on VH1’s White Rapper Show (she was the only contestant good enough not to have to audition), but she’s been rhyming since she was 12. “I started because I was fascinated with gangsta rap, and I loved groups like N.W.A.,” she says. At 20, she met Proof, of D12, who gave her constructive criticism—and her name. “In the UK, if you’re cute you’re declared fit,” says Misfit. “We was kind of high when the name came up.” In honor ...
The explosion of tattooed, pierced, and otherwise modified models can be traced back to one Portland, Oregon, woman who was fed up with "siliconeenhanced Barbie dolls." Using her prior experience on the Web and the camera skills she learned in art school, Selena Moody (now known as Missy Suicide) snapped photos of her friends in pinup-style poses and worked with her friend and former boyfriend Sean Suhl to set up Suicidegirls.com as a place to post these sexy photo sets. "I'd always loved the knowing glances that Bettie page gave," Suicide recalls. "there's something empowering and beautiful about the pinup photos of the '50s that I thought was missing in ...
Mistah Metro’s grandfaddah, a painter, passed down the artistic gene to Metro, who decided to use it on skin.
“Everybody thinks I came into the tattoo world with a red carpet at my feet,” says venerated artist Mister Cartoon. It’s easy to understand why this misconception exists: Cartoon was already well known in as a muralist and illustrator before becoming interested in tattooing. “Being a professional artist was a handicap,” he says. “I would have had an easier time if I had been selling disk brakes for a living.” Cartoon worked out of his mom’s kitchen (“I don’t advocate it,” he warns) for years before beginning an apprenticeship with Baby Ray at Spotlight. Now he’s working out of an inconspicuous three-floor loft in downtown L.A., where he deals exclusively with black-and-gray work. Cartoon’s pieces can be seen on celebrities like Eminem and, most recently, Meena Suvari. And, while it’s ...
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