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Tattoo Master 20
  • Hello, My Name Is: Sean Vasquez Part 1
    When I first thought of asking Sean to guest edit issue 20 with me, I knew I would hear great stories of the tattoo world, past and present. What I didn’t realise, was how rich and widespread those stories would be....
  • Handmade Machines by Roman - Cosmic Fusion
    Roman was born in New York and moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, when he was around 13; at 15 he got tattooed by his friend’s brother and since then was totally hooked. When he was 17, he was lucky enough to get an...
  • Bullets Tattoo Ink - The House of Applied Sciences
    It was during a project at the Esslingen University of Applied Sciences near Stuttgart, that chemical engineer, Michl Dirks, noticed that the pigments from tattoo ink could be made less hazardous and easier to use,...
  • Guil Zekri - A Design for Life Part 2
    In the last issue of Tattoo Master, Guil talked to us about how he takes a customer’s idea and turns it into a killer design. In part 2 of his tutorial, Guil sits us in the big chair and chats about how he then takes...
  • Sean Vasquez - Go With the Flow
    There is a big difference between tattoo artists who just know colour theory technically and artists who have that but also understand how colour works within the skin. These artists seem to feel the colours as they go...
  • Pictures for Pleasure - Photograph Submission Tutorial
    Well, this is weird – writing something that somebody else might take a hatchet to. It’s also a good opportunity for me to help you help yourself with something that’s obviously an issue… picture resolution.
  • Henk Schiffmacher - Loyal to the Coil
    There are many tattoo icons. Many an artist has helped to pave the way for the modern tattoo world. The paths that we tread on at present were cut out of a much rougher terrain; one that was filled with unknowns and...
  • Infinite Irons - The Iron Giant
    The last time we spoke to Joey D. was around ’08/’09. At the time, Joey was working out of his two-car garage at his house and was struggling to keep up with production demand. Now he has bought a CNC mill and lathe and...
  • Horimitsu - Fighting Spirit
    Horimitsu, based out of Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, is one of Japan’s tattooing masters. With nearly five decades of experience under his belt, his work shows all the best qualities of traditional wabori – elegant...
  • Digging Deep
    My journey to the pages of this magazine has been a long and twisted one that has taken me on many adventures, that have all led me to where I am now… the co-owner and artist at Artefacto, a bespoke tattoo studio in...
  • Szabi Oravecz - Perfect Chaos
    Szabi Oravecz is a rising star in the tattoo world and soon a lot more people will be seeing his amazing work. He is one of the top names on the Hungarian tattoo scene. I admire his patience and his love for what he...
  • Elspeth Oram Curiology
    Elspeth Oram has been designing for just over two years now. Her work started small and simple, but as she has gained experience and skills, it has now developed into ‘art jewellery’. Elspeth likes to make her work as...
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