Artists and Studios

Valentine’s Day is a time for love, romance and tenderness - and while we’re usually more into blood and ink, there’s no reason we can’t have both! This year, tattooing power couple Keely Glitters and Andrew Goldsmith invited us to the Valentine’s Tattoo Studio in Royal Leamington Spa to watch them create these fabulous pieces. […]

French tattoo artist Thomas Vincent creates stunning black and grey realism pieces from his tattoo studio by the sea in Brittany. Over the years Thomas has developed his style and technique, steadily improving his lifelike pieces, particularly in portrait tattoos – of which he does many. We spoke to Thomas about artistic inspiration, conventions, and […]

Award-winning black and grey tattoo artist Brad Wallis invited us to his studio, New Dawn Tattoo Gallery in Waterloo, Liverpool, for a chat and the chance to film him working! Brad is known for his detailed and realistic black and grey pieces, which range from portraits of humans and animals to landscapes and scene compositions, […]

Norwegian tattoo artist and co-owner of the Dropout Collective in Copenhagen, Ruben Langsted creates black and grey work inspired by classic art and architecture. From the beginnings of his career to becoming a world-renowned artist with complete artistic control over his work, Ruben’s tattoos have become better, larger, and more intricate over time. We asked […]

2020 and 2021 were, frankly, a bit much. In 2022, we managed to regain a little bit of normality by making it to a bunch of conventions and visiting some of our sponsored artists. We were treated to a few new products, got the inside scoop on some of our favourite companies, and filmed plenty […]

Christmas might not be as cool as Halloween, but so what? In an industry like ours, we make it cool - from your Hallmark holiday movies to those technically-a-Christmas-film pictures, there’s a killer tattoo artist ready to turn your favourite festive flick into an epic tattoo! Don’t be a cotton-headed ninnymuggins, have a look through […]

British tattoo artist Joe Frost creates bold neo-traditional tattoos from his own White Boar Tattoo studio in Sheffield. From large and intricate sleeves to smaller neo-trad pieces, Joe’s style is adaptable across animals, people and scenery, and takes inspiration from British history. We talk to Joe about how he set up his very own studio […]

Kuro Sumi is a brand known worldwide for the high quality and rich colours of its vegan-friendly tattoo inks. Reacting to the latest EU REACH regulations, Kuro Sumi released the Imperial tattoo ink line, featuring vibrant colours as well as all-new sets for black and grey work. We had a chat with Zhang Po, tattoo […]

Based in her own Electric 07 studio in Mannheim, Germany, Sissy_Ink creates incredible realism tattoos across black and grey and colour styles. Specialising in portraits, Sissy_Ink has immortalised family members, pets and celebrities on her clients’ skin, as well as iconic moments from TV and film. We had a chat with Sissy_Ink about the tattoo […]

It’s spooky season and we’re getting excited for Halloween by rewatching some of our favourite scary movies! And for every frightening film and iconic monster, there’s a brilliant tattoo made to match. We’ve brought together some of the best horror movie-inspired tattoos from our talented sponsored artists spanning 100 years of horror excellence, from 1922’s […]