Daniel DiMattia Interview Posted

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

Continuing my interview series with tattoo artists, I’m very happy to post a chat with Daniel DiMattia of Calypso Tattoo today. Click through to read it now, and come on back to comment if you’d like.

Speaking of nice blackwork

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

People said they liked Morgan’s tattoos that were featured yesterday, so I wanted to post another half-sleeve of blackwork that I quite like, this one on Theo by Dave at Bunker Tattoo in Breda, The Netherlands.

Blackwork vs. Implants

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

In this photo by Oz, Morgan of Lyon, France’s implants were done by Lukas Zpira, and his tattoos by Cy.

Striped Hands

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

I’m definitely liking the stripes that run across SilentWes’s hand, tattooed by ~~Jim at Inkaholics in Moreno Valley~~ Kim Dunham from Brewery Ink in Los Angeles. It looks like it’s been difficult to keep in at the fingertips, but that’s to be expected.

Tribal Lattice

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

My old friend Trash, who tattoos in Campinas, SP, Brasil, is working on this great geometric leg sleeve inspired by Brazilian indigenous tribal designs.

Dotwork Tribal Leg Tattoo

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

This great dotwork tattoo was poked by Eric at Kunst Med Puls in Oslo, Norway. I really love how dotwork has taken off in the last year… I posted a lot of amazing pieces to BodyTwo and hopefully soon we’ll get all that content moved over here.

Hand-Tapped Samoan Tattoo Experience

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

Procedural photos continue after the break.

Abacrombie sent in these shots of a truly old-school tattoo experience at the home of Petelo Sula’Ape, a tattoo artist from Faleasiu, Samoa. The tattoo was done over about eight painful hours of tattooing in a single day. Several assistants helped by stretching the skin as Petelo hammered the tattoo in place using traditional tools in his open-air home — which was a good on account of all the smoking!
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In The Tube

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

Alexis‘s tattoo is great work but what I’m super jealous of is that he got to play in this very fun looking free diving pool — he’s a free diving instructor! I’d love to hear his input on it, but I’m sure there’s enormous crossover between free diving and suspension and body ritual as BME covers. If you’d like to see the work on his back, continue reading.