Our first convention of 2023, kicking off a year of excellent tattoo events, is Brighton Tattoo Convention 2023 on the 25th and 26th February! Held in the Brighton Centre which sits on the seaside, over 450 artists and traders will be flocking to the city to showcase their skills, with an overall incredibly high quality […]

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 […]

Founded in 2005 by tattoo artist and rotary pioneer Artemis Rosakis, Stigma-Rotary® is one of the world’s best known tattoo machine manufacturers. While every machine is hand assembled in Europe and signed off by Artemis himself, the Stigma® line goes beyond the brand’s signature rotary tattoo machines, extending to power packs, cartridges, grips and footswitches. We […]

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 […]

Cheyenne is the company that revolutionised the tattoo landscape with the invention of pen-style tattoo machines and backflow-preventing needle cartridges, which are now an industry standard. We spoke to Head of Product Management and Customer Relations, Richard Weiss, about the history of Cheyenne, how the team develop new products, and what the company has in […]

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 […]