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85 Great Tattoos as Art and Inspiration #2

GisMullr — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:54:09 +0000

As our previous 85 Great Tattoos as Art and Inspiration post was a big hit and we received several comments about it from our readers, we decided to do a sequence of it! The difference is that for this one we pick some samples of the work from the artists and studios that the readers suggested at the last post. As we received a huge amount of suggestions we will have to brake them to be able to show all of it to you... so here goes the part 2 of the 85 Great Tattoos as Art and Inspiration. Hope you like it!!

Click at the images or at the artists/studios name to visit their website! And thanks for all the comments and suggestions... Enjoy! :)

Jason Vaughn Tattoos and Artworks

Paul Booth's Last Rites Tattoo Theatre

VIMBY - Tattoo Artist Paul Booth

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85 Great Tattoos as Art and Inspiration

GisMullr — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:43:47 +0000

Tattoos are now recognized as art, body painting, form of illustration and also as inspiration, it all depends on the point of view! Some years ago unfortunately they were pointed as marks or symbols of rebels, people with tattoos were even discriminated because of their "marked skin". After some cultural evolution and also good sense, people left all the taboos surrounding tattooing and started to admire this way of art.

I started my researching for this post after a suggestion from one of our readers, Jake, that mention that would be nice to have a tattoo post at abduzeedo. I have to mention that it was a bit hard to get good quality tattoo images online, but I got some pretty nice ones to show here. I also would like to thank the guys from all the studios used at this post for having such great sites and images to show us their art! It's very nice to have an opportunity to mention at a post some TV Series that I like to watch as Miami Ink and LA Ink for example.
So I really hope you enjoy the post!!

Chris Garver

Chris Garver is a very talented tattooer and also a member of the Miami Ink TV series. Chris is known as one of the best tattooers in the world not only because of his art quality but also because of his humble demeanor. He started his painting and drawing by the age of 6 and had the first experiences tattooing around the age of 17. After that he moved to New York, has tattooed in Asia, both Americas and around Europe. His work is really worthy to show here!

Kat Von D

Kat Von D is another very talented artist that is a former member of Miami Ink and now is the main runner of the LA Ink TV series. Besides her amazing work Kat is also known for her great personality and enthusiasm for tattooing, at the show we can see that she loves her work! To check out another pieces from Kat go to her personal site.

Ami James

Also from Miami Ink Ami James is an amazing tattooer with a very particular and tough personality. At the series we can see his temper and also his great tattoos. Ami did his first professional tattoo by the age of 15 and since then just evolved his art.

Chris Nunez

Chris is the ladies' man from Miami Ink. He first started his career as a graffiti artist and after traveling around Brazil and Europe tattooing with his favorite artists he expanded both his artistic sense and knowledge about the art.

Daren Brass

Another Miami Ink member also known as the teddy bear of the team due to his very kind personality. Daren tried some arts schools but most of his talent came from a very known technique: trying and error. He also has some awesome work that we must mention here!

Kat Von D's High Voltage Tattoo

High Voltage is a studio from LA that besides Kat Von D counts with some great artists and that "borrows" they events and histories to the TV Series LA Ink. Here we will show some of their work.

Jeff

Nikko

Dennis

Khoi

Corey

Mojo

Adrian

Dan

Hart & Huntington Tattoo Company - Hawaii

Hart & Huntington is a tattoo studio in Hawaii that counts with very talented tattooers with different kind of specialization. Here we will check out some samples of their work!

Wakako Yamamoto

Maxwell Kilbourne

Jack Omoto

Hart & Huntington Tattoo Company - Las Vegas

Hart & Huntington has also a studio in Las Vegas witch is the one from the TV Series Inked. Check out some of their work!

Blanco

Dizzle

Jime Litwalk

Emiliano Gabaldon

Jason Tritten

Tee

Miscellaneous Tattoos

The ones suggested by our reader Jake

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Cool Painted Tattoed Portraits by Shawn Barber

Daniela — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:24:56 +0000

I'm not a huge tattoos fan, I don't even have one, but the quality of the drawings and artwork created by Shawn Barber has blown me away. His paintings have been exhibited in NYC, San Francisco, LA, Berlin and many more cities and cool venues. Also he has done some work for The Grammy Awards, Rolling Stone, MTV Networks and Converse.

As you can see Shawn Barber is really good, so take a look at some examples of his work and visit his website, I'm sure you will get impressed. The url is: http://www.sdbarber.com

Shanw Barber's body of work focuses primarly on painting, portariture and documenting comtemporaty tattoo culture. He received his BFA in 199 from the Ringling School of Art & Design, is Sarasota, FL. His painting have been exhibited in diverse solo and group venues including: The Shooting Gallery in San Francisco, Lineage Gallery in Philadephia...

Some Works

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My name is Daniela Zatti, I'm a graphic and product designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil . I Love art, music and colors, currently working with surface design for products. You can contact me at danielazt@yahoo.com or follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/danielaz

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85 Great Tattoos as Art and Inspiration #2

Heidi Hay

Niki

Guy Aitchison

Michele Wortman

Jamie

Nikko

Ronnie

Calle

Maria

Jolly Jonny

Filip Leu

Shige

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85 Great Tattoos as Art and Inspiration

Chris Garver

Kat Von D

Ami James

Chris Nunez

Daren Brass

Kat Von D's High Voltage Tattoo

Jeff

Nikko

Dennis

Khoi

Corey

Mojo

Adrian

Dan

Hart & Huntington Tattoo Company - Hawaii

Wakako Yamamoto

Maxwell Kilbourne

Jack Omoto

Hart & Huntington Tattoo Company - Las Vegas

Blanco

Dizzle

Jime Litwalk

Emiliano Gabaldon

Jason Tritten

Tee

Miscellaneous Tattoos

The ones suggested by our reader Jake

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Cool Painted Tattoed Portraits by Shawn Barber

Some Works

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