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Catching Up With the Ink Master Winner Fresh off winning Season 10 of Ink Master alongside his coach DJ Tambe, Josh Payne is finally here to set the record straight. You may have already formed an opinion of the upfront and unabashed tattooer from upstate New York, but there's ...read more

Featured Artist: Art Issue 2017 Inked: How did you get into tattooing? I grew up skateboarding, listening to punk rock and metal—tattoos were everywhere. In junior high and high school, I was quite obsessed with tattoo art and started designing tattoos for myself and for ...read more

Featured Artist: Art Issue 2017 Inked: How did you first get into tattooing? It was a rather natural process for me. I was always artistic, and I went to art school in Israel. I also always liked tattoos; my dad has them so it wasn't ever unusual for me. A few years after I ...read more

Last night we were at a cocktail bar in Los Angeles when a group of, well, “bros," saddled up next to us and asked the bartender, “What’s on special?” The bartender recoiled, then steadied himself and asked them what kind of spirits they prefer. He talked them up from from well ...read more

Tackling Multiple Mediums Fifteen-year tattoo veteran, Darwin Enriquez, didn’t intend on slinging ink for a living. His entrance into tattooing started through his skill for drawing. Looking through tattoo magazines, Enriquez felt that he had the necessary artistic aptitude to ...read more

World-class tattoo artist, Mike Rubendall, came up in the '90s era of tattooing, where things like the Internet weren't available and Photoshop had still not made its way into tattoo shops. Every design Rubendall and other artists of that time created were done through "real" ...read more

[os-widget path="/inked/pok%C3%A9mon-or-type-of-sushi" of="inked" comments="false"] Credits: Pokémon tattoo by Courtney Raimondi, sushi tattoo by Kelly McGrath. ...read more

Alysha Nett checks in with us as often as her busy schedule will allow to give her insight on modeling,tattoos and art. She even throws in a recipe from time to time. We all know how good she looks in front of the camera, but now she has flipped the script and is shooting her ...read more

On first glance the device looks like either a medieval torture device or the kind of accessory you would see on a Steampunk aficionado at Comic Con. Both of those guesses are wrong, as you'll see in the video below it is the world's first prosthetic tattoo machine. And it is ...read more

Jenni Farley, better known as JWOWW from MTV's Jersey Shore, made headlines when she debuted a huge tattoo of a tiger inked on her hip, and again when she got a massive tat on her shoulder blade of her daughter’s name and baby footprints. Now the Snooki & JWOWW star is at it ...read more

Want to become a leading influencer in the tattoo society? As the tattoo community grows Inkedmag.com is looking for new voices to contribute to the site. At Inked we hope to not just reflect the culture but contribute to it and shine the light on talented individuals from the ...read more

A photo of a tattoo artist and his proud 12-year-old client blew up the internet this week. The tattoo was legal, but was it right? We talk to the artist responsible for the ink about the tattoo and the immediate backlash in this exclusive interview. This week Larry Ray Jackson, ...read more

Behold the exclusive world premiere of Mesplé’s “Killing Time.” When is the last time a piece of art made your synapses explode? If it’s been a while then you are reading this description before clicking play on the video above, just go ahead and do that now. It isn’t very often ...read more

Glenn Hetrick has devoted his life to making your wildest nightmares come to life. Have you ever imagined the horror of watching a loved one’s guts ripped open by a voracious zombie? Hetrick is the guy you turn to if you want to bring that nightmare to life. Have you ever needed ...read more

Photo Gallery Follows the Text Alysha Nett checks in with us as often as her busy schedule will allow to give her insight on modeling,tattoos and art. She even throws in a recipe from time to time. We all know how good she looks in front of the camera, but now she has flipped ...read more

It’s still hard to believe that Louis Tomlinson is a father, but the 24-year-old One Direction singer appears to be embracing his role as doting dad, posting an adorable Instagram photo just last week of himself holding baby son, Freddie, and stroking his face. In the sweet snap, ...read more

Our new resident Sex Columnist Jessica Wilde (@jessicawildemfc) is here to answer your burning sex questions—though if it burns consult an actual doctor right now. She’s not a doctor, but she once role-played as a nurse so she’s beyond qualified. Send your questions to ...read more

The brand new Inked Girls is available for digital download and you'll hardly believe all of the sexiness we have in store for you. Cover model Refen Doe frolics through a field wearing nothing more than a pair of Chucks and a smile. Tattoo artist and model Little Linda spends ...read more

Alysha Nett checks in with us as often as her busy schedule will allow to give her insight on modeling,tattoos and art. She even throws in a recipe from time to time. Alysha always makes sure to include plenty of sexy pictures of her exploits, so check back often to see what ...read more

Photo Gallery Follows the Text Alysha Nett checks in with us as often as her busy schedule will allow to give her insight on modeling,tattoos and art. She even throws in a recipe from time to time. Alysha always makes sure to include plenty of sexy pictures of her exploits, so ...read more

Photo Gallery Follows the Text The new issue of Freshly Inked is about to hit the newsstands and you will not believe what we've got in store for you. Every page is chock full of amazing artistry and interviews with the tattooers who make it all possible. It all starts with our ...read more

Photo Gallery Follows the Text Alysha Nett checks in with us as often as her busy schedule will allow to give her insight on modeling,tattoos and art. She even throws in a recipe from time to time. Alysha always makes sure to include plenty of sexy pictures of her exploits, so ...read more

Karen Civil is a Jane of All Trades. While helping grow the digital footprints of artists among the likes of Lil Wayne and Jeezy, the New Jersey native has simultaneously built a personal brand so reputable that Hillary Clinton employed her services at a recent campaign rally ...read more

Gallery Follows the Text Since 2003, the iconic brand of alternative pin-up models, SuicideGirls, has hosted a pop culture packed and nerd enticing burlesque tour known as Blackheart Burlesque. The show features high-energy burlesque performances to cult classics like Star Wars, ...read more

In a society where even children seem to be wildly aware of their “personal brand” it has become remarkably refreshing when you meet someone who is genuinely what they say they are. Refreshing is probably an understatement, “shocked” is a more apt description of the feeling I had ...read more

Photo Gallery Follows the Text Alysha Nett checks in with us as often as her busy schedule will allow to give her insight on modeling,tattoos and art. She even throws in a recipe from time to time. Alysha always makes sure to include plenty of sexy pictures of her exploits, so ...read more

Nikki Nichole is one of our favorite Inked Girls, or, at least she was before we learned that she was a bloodthirsty killer. OK, we know that she's not an actual killer, she's just really into Halloween. Head to the gallery below to take a gander at the sexiest slasher you've ...read more

We love Halloween and we love cake art, if only there was some way to bring our two great passions together. Oh wait, there is! May we present Sugar Spooks, a collaborative group of cake makers from around the world that have turned their focus toward creating some of the most ...read more

After putting Madzilla fully decked out in Day of the Dead makeup on the cover of our latest issue it was only a matter of time before people would be eager to emulate her look. But it's so complex, it's difficult to even know where to start. That's why we've turned to a ...read more

Last weekend tens of thousands of people packed the Javits Center on the west side of Manhattan to attend the 2015 New York Comic Con. Among the enormous celebration of pop culture were a ton of people who weren't just dressed as their favorite characters, but they also had those ...read more

Video and Photo Gallery Follow the Text Inked is pleased to host the exclusive premiere for the latest video by Vancouver-based rockers, The Pack A.D. The track is called “Animal” and the video was filmed in the band’s hometown and helmed by long-time friend and collaborator ...read more

Alysha Nett—the gorgeous model and writer of our "Beyond the Ink" series—recently sat down withInked Girls cover model Samii Ryan for an interview. In the article, which you can read here, Nett learns about Ryan's passion for jewelry and the line that she launched. If Nett ...read more

Catey Shaw speaks like an animated character out of a Disney fairytale with the goldilocks to match. Her voice is soft and sweet and glitters with girl power, just like her music. You may remember her summer hit (or miss) "Brooklyn Girls," the song that everyone loved to hate and ...read more

The April/May issue of Freshly Inked is about to hit newsstands but you don't have to wait any longer before getting a look at what is waiting inside. This issue features an insane number of tattoos (over 500!) and interviews with 12 of the top artists in the game as well as ...read more