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Tattoo Master 13
  • Hello, My Name Is: David Corden
    Our Guest Editor this month, David Corden, is yet another of this country’s hottest new artists. It is amazing to discover that he has only been tattooing for five years, having followed an unlikely early career path as a Ventilation Engineer before...
  • Stigma Bizarre V2 - Product Spotlight
    It seems that every time we start to put a new issue of Tattoo Master together, yet another new rotary machine pops up on the horizon screaming for our attention. However, when the machine in question is from those innovative souls over at Stigma®,...
  • Cut to the Chase - Dan Chase, Ritual Art Tattoo
    Dan Chase came to work at Ritual Art a few months after I had started, and from the very beginning brought a professionalism with his work that forced us to step up a gear. The creativity and imagination in his design work is second to none, and...
  • Producing Customer Artwork with Photoshop: A Tutorial by Dan Chase
    Firstly, I’m not aiming this tutorial at people that have never used Photoshop, but rather just showing you the processes involved in what I do to create a quick sketch for a client to view.
  • FK The World - Gaston Siciliano, FK Irons
    Accomplished tattoo artist, former musician, owner of two successful tattoo studios and one of the most celebrated machine builders in the world today; it is not too much of a stretch to describe Gaston Siciliano as something of a modern day...
  • Teneile Napoli - Garage Ink
    I first met Teneile in January of this year after having followed her work for some time via the internet. She is beautiful, funny, incredibly talented and quite honestly seems to have no idea. Her black and grey work is some of the best that I have...
  • Very Metal - Mr. H Fabrications
    For years I have struggled to find an armrest that provides me both with the versatility I need to work on my customers, yet also provides the visual statement I want from any furniture that sits within my studio...
  • Pulse International - Brett Bryan
    Those of you that have been reading this magazine for the past year will know that in issue ten I worked very closely with a certain Brandon Bond in putting together an ‘All or Nothing’ special edition. Well, it was during that time that the name of...
  • Cruzes Control - Paulo Cruzes
    Busy, busy, busy, is the best way I can think of to describe the work ethic of Paulo Cruzes, and while this likeable machine builder may not have been a part of the tattoo world for long, he seems determined to make up for lost time.
  • Jim Gambell - Ritual Art Tattoo
    Every story should start at the beginning and Jim Gambell is it. The owner of Ritual Art Tattoo, my mentor and one of my best friends. He took a huge financial risk in training me up based solely on a small portfolio and has given guidance, praise...
  • One In Emillion - Emillion Irons
    If there is one thing the tattoo world is not short of, it is genuine characters, and there is no doubt that larger-than-life Dutch machine builder Emillion comfortably falls into that category.
  • Meet Mr. Lowrider - Jose Lopez
    Jose Lopez is one name I hear with such frequency from other artists as being a source of inspiration, that I knew the trip out to Fountainhead in Orange County, whilst a bit of a debacle, would be worth it to see this master at work.
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Tattoo Master 12
  • Rotary Revolution: The Dragonfly Product Spotlight
    Less than a year ago, the first few Dragonfly machines began to appear on the market. Colourful, quirky, versatile, they have since proceeded to take the tattoo world by storm. I decided it was time to talk to the machine’s creators, try this...
  • Start to Finish: Cecil Porter - Catwoman
    To complement our Dragonfly showcase, Cecil Porter offered to walk us through one of his tattoos, carried out with his machines.
  • Hello, My Name Is: Mick Squires
    In only six years Mick Squires has become one of the biggest names in tattooing. He travels the world, paints with Jeff Gogue and can be found regularly gracing the covers of magazines such as this one. He is also a very humble and friendly man,...
  • Jeff Gogue - Gogue Art & Tattoo
    I first met Jeff Gogue in 2009 at the Paradise Tattoo Gathering in Hancock Massachusetts. I was meant to sit Jeff’s seminar - Gut Level Tattooing. The first morning of the convention started just like any other convention until the power went out,...
  • Chris "Crispy" Lennox
    Chris Lennox (Crispy) was a name I noticed when I went to a PTAA tattoo convention in Tweed Heads (New South Wales and Queensland border) when I was over chatting to my mates Luke Brannif and Nixx and they had hand painted Vans canvas shoes for...
  • A Tutorial With Chris Lennox
    Sketching is great. I try to carry a sketchbook whenever I think I’ll have the chance to get into it. Travelling is perfect, Planes, Trains, waiting in airports…….all sketchable. If you are ever at a convention and need some work a nice collection...
  • Special Technique - Hand Crafted Rotary Machines
    I first came across Bill, otherwise known as Special Technique, when Seth (Ciferri) sent me a link to his wall on Facebook. Seth was going on about some crazy piece of equipment, so instantly I clicked on the profile and was totally smashed away by...
  • Rachi Brains - Black Thorne Tattoo
    Rachi is one of the first Australian artists I really looked up to as a whole. She tattoos super clean but with a sense of illustrated style. I love everything that she does and I know a lot of other people feel the same. She influences so many...
  • Johan Finne - Evil Twins Heavenly Tattoo Studio
    I first met Johan Finné in Singapore 2010 at the Singapore Tattoo Convention, and strangely enough that’s where I’m headed to next in a few hours for their 2011 show. I’d never seen his work before, and holy shit it’s simply amazing! Smooth...
  • Byron Drechsler & Chris Cashmore - Inkjecta
    I met Byron Drechsler at my first tattoo convention in Melbourne, just a couple of months after I had started tattooing in 2006. Initial impressions were that he was loud, constantly trying to get his opinions heard and trying a lot of new...
  • Elvin Yong - Elvin Yong Tattoos, Singapore
    I’ve actually been to Singapore quite a few times now, I totally love it! But I’d never encountered Elvin Yong before. I actually just came across him and his work via Facebook and we started chatting. I then later visited Singapore in December...
  • Steve Cross - Korpus Tattoo Studio
    I came across Steve Cross at a small Melbourne tattoo convention a few years back where he proceeded to get me drunk on Heineken. Little did we both know we would later end up working along side each other in his studio, Korpus, based in Brunswick...
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Tattoo Master 11
  • What's in Your Drawers? 11 - Brandon Bond
    Every issue we will be introducing a new feature called ‘What’s In Your Drawers’, where we will take a look at the machine collections of artists from all over the world. This issue it’s Brandon Bond... who else?
  • Todd Hlavaty - Doin' It Texas Style
    While he remains a staunch advocate of solid no frills ‘Texas style’ tattooing, Todd Hlavaty has also built a worldwide reputation as a producer of beautifully elaborate, hand engraved, one-of-a-kind tattoo machines. Guaranteed tough enough to last...
  • Kerry-Anne Richardson - Cock a Snook Tattoo Parlour
    I first met Kerry-Anne just over a year ago at the opening of her studio Cock A Snook and have since become really close friend. I found that we share a lot of similar opinions on all things tattoo and both haven’t been tattooing for very long.
  • Stigma Fly Product Spotlight
    German rotary manufacturer Stigma has turned the tattoo industry on its head in recent years with its innovative range of versatile, high quality machines. Well, at the end of 2010 the company unveiled a new addition to its family... the Fly, and I...
  • Hello, My Name Is: John Anderton
    When I first saw John Anderton’s work close-up, my first thought was ‘wow!’ My second thought was... why I hadn’t I heard of him sooner’ His stunning colour portraits leap off the skin, and for my money rank as some of the best tattoos of their kind...
  • Coloured Pencils: A Tutorial with Beany
    This issue Beany from Middleton Studios has taken the time to walk us the techniques she employs when creating beautifully smooth drawings using colour pencils.
  • Knowledge is Key - Jay Cavna
    Jay Cavna is tattoo artist from Arizona, working out of his studio, Sanctity. He does superior Japanese work, and is certainly one of the best in the States for this style. Testimony to his humble attitude, and dedication to research and hard work...
  • Workhorse Irons - Soba
    Known to the world of tattooing as SOBA, BJ Johnson is a former graffiti artist who first moved his artwork onto skin way back in 1998, before moving onto building his now world renown machines just a couple of years later. In fact, this year...
  • Start to Finish: Sass Obuhov - Heath Ledger's joker
    When a 24 year-old artist from Estonia won ‘Best in Show’ at last year’s Halloween Bash in Newton Abbot, I was interested to find out a bit more about this promising young talent. So, when Sass Obuhov asked if he could visit my studio in Torquay for...
  • The Story of Tebori Rori - Jim Rosal
    With a clientele base that includes the likes of Ed Hardy and Eddie Deutsche Jim Rosal is a tattoo artist who specialises in both large-scale Japanese work and producing ‘no bullshit’ tattoo machines.
  • Best of British - Plinth 2000
    Plinth 2000 have been making furniture for the beauty and medical industries for over 40 years now, but it is only in recent years that they have begun to venture into the tattoo world. Their chairs and couches tend to be no-frills, built-to-last...
  • Joey Desormeaux - Coil Re-Deaux
    From this issue onwards I am delighted to announce that Infinite Irons supremo Joey Desormeaux has agreed to provide readers of Tattoo Master with regular machine maintenance and building tutorials. We begin with a detailed look at breathing life...
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