“My art has become a history lesson for me,” reflects San Francisco artist Shawn Barber. “I’m constantly learning about the tattoo industry, the people that have defi ned it, and those who have changed it.” The 37-year-old painter has devoted the past three years to creating Tattooed Portraits, a bold collection of paintings of artists with tattoos, tattoo artists, tattooed art, and tattooist materials. The pieces, which average about 30 inches by 40 inches, reveal Barber’s talent for capturing a raw sense of simplicity existing in a swirl of intricate designs, patterns, and colors. He creates more than 100 paintings a year, and those have been collected into two books, ...
JJ Anderson, host of Blackbelt TV’s Three Rounds With, talks martial arts and tattoos.
Meet Ruth “Ruthless” Pineda, the new firecracker on LA Ink. Look out Kat Von D: this one has claws.
Few tattooers have built a name like Shige of Yokohama. With countless magazine articles, a room full of first-place trophies from conventions worldwide, a book, museum appearances, and, most importantly, throngs of ecstatic clients, Shige is definitely a success.
"I've gotten to play a lot of drug addicts and hookers this year," muses actress Shirly Brener. The Bardot-esque blonde, who possesses a paradoxical mix of girl-next-door charm and femme fatale-worthy dark sensuality, revels in her distinctiveness. She's as comfortable portraying the bubbly love interest in a romantic comedy as a depraved addict in an indie flick. "Once you really get to know me you see that I am actually pretty edgy," she purrs over the phone. "There is a darkness, an edge, in me, and I really like to go against what is first expected." The Israel-born and L.A.-by-way-of-London-bred actress got her start in the business at age 2 ...
After a few wayward entries, the eighth installment of the classic survival horror series returns to the formula that made the franchise a fan favorite.
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