Tattoo Articles

Don’t let the digital world intimidate you. Direct mail marketing continues to be an effective marketing tool especially for local businesses like a tattoo shop. The tattoo industry generates approximately 50 billion dollars a year and…

In the tattoo industry Filip Leu is a name that speaks for itself, and if you don’t know who he is, I suggest you go back to and do your homework. Filip is a historical…

Tel Aviv artist Joe Ankave has been tattooing for 7 years. His style is best described as Neo-traditional Japanese. “My passion is only about tattooing! Even if I do something else besides tattooing, the motivation…

An Idol to Many The tattoo community is reeling today from the sudden and unexpected loss of Canadian tattoo model/artist, Rick Genest. Genest, aged 32, passed away on August 1st, 2018 – just a few…

We’ve admired the art of Caleb Neff for several years – most of it in the form of beautiful tattoos on his Rockstar brother Ryan Neff, bassist for the Metalcore stalwarts Miss May I from…

No more Ozzfest… or Uproar Festival… or Mayhem Festival… and in a few short weeks, no more Vans Warped Tour.  It is certainly the end of an era, both in terms of the death of…

Tucked away in “Middle Earth”, otherwise known as Mansfield, Ohio, is the historic and infamous film location for the movie ‘Shawshank Redemption’ (and recently several ghost hunting shows).  On July 13th (Friday the 13th!), 14th,…

Melvin Tay is a tattoo artist from Singapore who specializes in Chinese Oriental abstract, he’s also a dear friend of mine. I met Melvin for the first time in 2011 during a convention in Belgium and…

If you’re a fan of Paramount Network’s hit show Ink Master, then no doubt you know who Robbie Ripoll and Jayvo Scott are! The brothers appeared on the show’s Rivals Edition to battle out their…

The Niagra Tattoo Expo is shaping up to be fun for the whole family! Kicking off on July 27th, the show runs until the 29th and will feature contests, Ms. Tattoo Niagra competition, Tattoo seminars,…