AUGUST 7, 2009 FEATURED STUDIOS 0 COMMENTS As you drive up to Artistic Tattoo on Camelback you notice right away the flames painted on the building façade…you think wow, this is artistic. As you get closer your heart starts to race a bit and fear sets in, like with any unknown variable, and you think…”this [...]
+Continue ReadingArchive For: Independent Interview Tattoo Studio in Arizona Offers Scratchers Tattoo Lessons DECEMBER 15, 2009 11:47 PM AZ TATTOO NEWS 5 COMMENTS Article submitted by public contributor Natalie Rivas (Editor’s note: Superior contacted us about this article, asked us to pull it. We offered to let Superior write an answer letter or allow us to [...]
+Continue ReadingAUGUST 7, 2009 FEATURED STUDIOS 2 COMMENTS With a Dollar Store to one side and a vacant and vandalized lot to the other, it’s not the most appealing area in town but you wouldn’t know it after walking through the doors of 2012 Tattoo Studio. I caught up with the folks at 2012 just as [...]
+Continue ReadingAUGUST 5, 2010 FEATURED STUDIOS 2 COMMENTS TAG Tattoo Supply and Studio Tempe Arizona TAG Tattoo is a double suite shop in the Tempe corridor handing out $12 tattoos and $40 machines. You heard me…$12! This is a one time only promotional event happening TODAY Aug. 7th in lieu of their grand opening a couple [...]
+Continue ReadingWe had the pleasure of meeting up with Nic while we were checking out the entire gang at TAG Tattoo. A younger tattoo artist, Nic has his head in the game and is itching to put some custom artwork in your skin. “I’ve been tattooing for about 11 months now, my degree is in sociology [...]
+Continue ReadingWritten by CR Jordan Thursday, 29 January 2009 22:13 Cosmetic tattoo…can those two words even be in the same sentence? I am kidding, but seriously – you cannot expect to learn to cosmetically tattoo in a few weeks. You cannot expect to learn to tattoo in a few weeks period. Tattoo is Tattoo. I don’t [...]
+Continue ReadingWritten by CR Jordan Saved by the bell (the tattoo years) Its all right cause I’m saved by the BELL!! Hello my fellow Arizonians, no Screech is not going to pop out of Kelly’s ass with a Seth Ciferri shader…sorry. There are a lot of tattoo “schools” sprouting up all over the US of A [...]
+Continue ReadingPortfolios are the tangible version of you. As a new tattoo artist / apprentice you should focus a lot of time and effort in the way you present yourself artistically. It is always hard to get a solid portfolio going if you are new to the tattoo industry because you don’t have a lot of [...]
+Continue Reading“I first got introduced to tattooing when i was 10. My moms boyfriend was a tattoo artist and she soon became one too. I started tattooing when I fell onto hard times and decided to give it a try. I never did a formal apprenticeship, my mom showed me how to use all my equipment. [...]
+Continue ReadingHey yo! CR Jordan here – and yes I am angry again. So I was sitting down with this kid the other day – who had his shiny little tattoo kit out.. looked like he had a “plastic frame” something (which I actually thought was kind of a cool idea – metal frames are so [...]
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