As different industries continue to embrace tattoos, the importance of pre serving the integrity of the culture has never been more important. That’s where Todd Burnes and Olivia Miner, of Canvas Los Angeles, come in. Originally conceived as a modest boutique, Canvas Los Angeles quickly expanded into a 4,000-square-foot store and gallery showcasing the cloth ing designs and fine art of the world’s most legendary needle artists. “The original vision, which remains the current vision, [was a] place to fully appre ciate what tattoo artists are capable of outside tattooing itself.” Not a tattoo shop, but an innovative fine-art gallery and retail store exhibiting the non-skin-based work of tattoo masters worldwide. “Tattooing is ...
When Tomato Tattoo owner Robert Hixon set out to name his shop, he jokingly suggested an unusual moniker to his girlfriend. “In our history, tomato is symbolic of love,” he says. “So I threw it out there and the more we thought about it, the more it seemed to make sense.” The name does seem perfect for the little shop, which emphasizes passion for the craft over big personalities. “We all love what we do. We all do what we do well, and we aren’t about cutting each other’s throats,” says Hixon about himself and the other artists at the shop. And, he adds, “Nobody here has a rock-star mentality.” The shop is a “local’s place,” where the clientele is as varied as the work they do. And an emphasis ...
Part Owner and designer of Too Fast Brand Maureen Keough sits with Inked Magazine and chats about the evolution of the brand...
Born in the spit and blood of the mixed-marital-arts world, Tapout clothing is the uniform for guys who are (or at least want to look) tough. The MMA world was still in its relative infancy in the United States when Tapout was launched in 1997 as the brainchild of Charles Lewis Jr., better known as Mask for his trademark face paint. "We were pushing a lot of small shows at the beginning," Punk Ass (real name Dan Caldwell) explains. "It was basically illegal in California. Even the UFC was still really small at the time. We were there in the beginning." Their persistence has paid off. The Tapout empire now ...
Toronto is known for its welcoming attitude (49 percent of the city’s population was born outside of Canada), and that hospitality extends to the tattoo community when Northern Ink Xposure takes over the downtown Hilton June 13 through 15. For the Canadian expo’s 10th anniversary, there’s plenty going on: the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art will host “Art of the Human Canvas,” a show featuring artists such as Bob Tyrrell and Paul Booth, and a wide range of tattooists will be in attendance, including Canadians Paul Oliver and Cory Ferguson. After the convention, hit the galleries of Queen Street West, then swing by The Drake Hotel to check out its site specific installations.
I was the first Japanese pro skater to become a traditional Japanese tattoo artist. It’s not as common as it is in the U.S., with guys like Fred Smith and the Godoy Twins. There’s not as much crossover in Japan.
Two years after Metro Station decided to part ways, front man Trace Cyrus is back with his solo album Geronimo. After returning to California from a short tour Cyrus took some time out to talk to Inked about his tattoos, Ashland HIGH and his new clothing brand Southern Made Hollywood Paid.
Tracy Morgan isn't shy. Anyone who's caught him on a talk show knows he's as quick to strip down as he is to declare his intentions to impregnate half of the audience. (A quick YouTube search will yield plenty of results, especially with the keywords "Tracy Morgan is wasted"). This rep is bolstered by Tracy Jordan, the comedian's thinly veiled and completely batshit alter ego on 30 Rock, who is just as prone to bust out with wild pronouncements and other inmate-running-the-asylum behavior. Neither of these, it turns out, is really Tracy Morgan at all.
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