Artists and Studios

‘The Scientist’. No, it’s not the name of a boring song by Coldplay, it’s the nickname given to Ryan Smith, one of the UK’s top tattoo artists. We met up with the travelling tattooist (and Killer Ink sponsored artist) Ryan Smith to film him continuing with the awesome leg sleeve that won him ‘3rd Best […]

When it comes to neo-traditional tattoo artists, there is only one queen, and her name is Debora Cherrys. Based in Madrid, Spain, Killer Ink sponsored artist Debora Cherrys started on the road to becoming a multi-award-winning tattoo artist in May 2012 and currently works at La Mujer Barbuda tattoo shop in Getafe. Although Debora says […]

A lot of people who get a new tattoo often go and get more – it’s not an out-there concept. Summer McInerney took it a step further by spending over $15,000 on tattooing most of her body with the artist who did her first tattoo. What makes it cooler for us is that it was […]

When it comes to tattooing institutions, none are as well-known and have as much history as the Bristol Tattoo Club. The Bristol Tattoo Club, or BTC for short, was the brainchild of the Champion Tattoo Artist of All Great Britain, the legendary Les Skuse. Les had the original idea for the BTC back in 1951, […]

A brand new, highly-anticipated exhibition has recently opened at the National Maritime Museum in Cornwall, offering a ground-breaking and comprehensive history of British tattooing. Tattoo: British Tattoo Art Revealed delves into the rich history of tattooing in Britain and aims to challenge preconceptions and long-standing myths about the practice when it comes to class, gender […]

Ushuaia Tattoo London is the home to some of the UK’s finest artists, including abstract/realism virtuoso Damian Gorski, one of Killer Ink’s sponsored artists and owner of the studio. We headed back down to London recently and made our way to Fulham to film Damian working on an awesome new tattoo using our supplies. Check […]

We got the chance to interview Stigma-Rotary® Pro Artist Karina Cuba at the 2017 Milano Tattoo Convention and talk to her about her favourite Stigma® machines, as well as the new Soldier and cartridges. After shooting our feature for the convention, we went to find Karina as the day was winding down and she was […]

Did you know that Latvia is home to Europe’s widest waterfall? More importantly, it’s the country that brought us the incredible tattoo artist Sandra Daukshta! Sandra started tattooing in her home country before moving to the biggest Latvian tattoo parlour, Home of Tattoos, in capital city Riga. 2017 saw her up sticks and move to […]

Milan may be known as a fashion capital, but they sure know how to put on a killer tattoo convention! We headed over to Italy at the start of February for the 22nd annual Milano Tattoo Convention, which this year changed venue and was held at the largest convention centre in Europe, the Milano Congressi. […]

We headed down to London recently for a brand-new convention that celebrates the best of British and Irish tattoo artists: The Tattoo Collective. Fresh from the minds behind the London Tattoo Convention, The Tattoo Collective took place over three days at the Old Truman Brewery in London. Many of the best British and Irish tattoo […]