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What's in: Tattoo Master 14

Hello, My Name Is: Paul Acker

At only 29 years of age, Paul Acker has become one of the world’s must respected artists in the field of horror realism. Locked into a sinister world of b-movie icons and slasher flick imagery, his tattoos are as...
Adriaan Machete - Machete Ink Gallery

A Mexican artist, trained in Spain and now making his home in Berlin, Adriaan Machette is not only well travelled, but he is also one of the nicest guys I have ever met. While deceptively simple, his distinctive style...
Start to Finish: Chris Lowe - Parrot Fashion

I am fortunate enough to have watched American artist, Chris Lowe, tattoo a couple of times now. And each time I have been impressed both with the calmness with which he works, and his undying belief in the relatively...
Start to Finish: Phatt German - Cracking the Whip

If someone would have told me a year ago that I would do a tutorial with a rotary machine, I’d probably just laugh. I used to be really stubborn and afraid of trying new things, so going from a heavy diesel-driven coil...
Swede Dreams - Jacob Pedersen

I first met Swedish artist Jacob Pedersen in 2011 when I invited him to Tattoo Freeze in Telford as my guest. I was instantly won over by his warmth and openness as well as his total commitment to professionalism. At...
When Traditional Gets Real - Timmy B, Black 13 Tattoo Parlour

As always, every Guest Editor gets to choose which friends and colleagues he wants to share his issue with. This time around Paul Acker has opted to interview Nashville based artist, Timmy B. Within the last few years,...
Swashdrive Whip

Best known for their Gen 7 machines and their pioneering use of swash plate technology within tattoo machines, it came as something of a surprise this year when the chaps at Swashdrive revealed the Whip; a new rotary...
Bishop Rotary - Franco Vescovi

Franco Vescovi talks openly about the ‘Bishop’, his enduring love of rotaries as tattooing tools, and even briefly about his plans to reveal yet another new machine in December of this year.
Loic Lavenu (Xoil) - Needles Side Tattoo

Loïc, from Needles Side in the town of Thonon les Bains, France, is one of the pioneers of graphic style tattoo work. His designs are reflective of his own innate design sensibilities, eye for balance and composition....
The Erotic Collection by Paulo Cruzes

Oh my word! At this year’s London Tattoo Convention, Paulo Cruzes unveiled what most surely be one of the most outrageous and gratuitous tattoo machines of all time.
The Second Coming - Hawk Spirit

When Cheyenne first introduced their revolutionary HAWK tattoo machine to the industry a few years ago, the company had their work more than cut out trying to convince artists that their machine represented a viable...
Tattoo Jam 2011 - Photo Album

A visual round-up of all the action from the 2011 edition of Tattoo Jam...