Total Tattoo – August 2019

TATTOOIST INTERVIEW One thing we're noticing in the UK is that some traditional tattooed images are being seen as potentially pr ...

What have your years in tattooing taught you? There’s been times in my career where I’ve experimented with different line weight ...

A lot of your work is monochrome. Is it difficult to balance the black and the shading? Not particularly. I think you just need ...

Do you think it’s important for tattooers to be able to draw? Yes. The thing about drawing is that you can create a design that ...

TATTOOIST INTERVIEW Whenever I have free time, or if I make time to do it, it’s a very peaceful activity for me – listening to m ...

You need to get that perspective from other people. Yeah, and actually that’s also what’s so beautiful about travelling. You get ...

TATTOOIST INTERVIEW To many people, your name is now synonymous with Spider Murphy's. That must feel like a huge responsibility? ...

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Report and pictures by Doralba Picerno Wes, Insider Tattoo THE BIG NORTH TATTOO SHOW We asked Doralba Picerno, one of our guest ...

CONVENTION REPORT Jez, Travelling Man Tattoos Mark Boyle, Nothing Sacred Tattoo Dean Gunther, North of Winter Paul Terry, Old St ...

Jairo Camona, Morning star tattoos Kyle Shields, Empire Ink Jessie Foakes, Good Ship 13 Endre Szabo, Tattooend ...

The entertainment was fun, interesting and varied, with acts including the magical Jyoti Supernatural, the father and daughter t ...

A big innovation this year concerned the tattoo contest. Inspired by Asian tattoo shows, the competition model was updated to th ...

Liam Jackson, Liam 31 CONVENTION REPORT ...

Yogi XIII Exhibition Patryk Mazur, Surrealistic Sanctuary Patryk Mazur, Surrealistic Sanctuary Tenkiryu Brent McCown Kirsten Pet ...

No parading in front of the jury was involved; instead, the tattooees all went on stage at the same time and were given tokens b ...

The competition stage itself was more like an accessible platform at one end of the arena, with plenty of seating around it. Thu ...

Mogwii & Paul Goodwin Winner Best Large Black & Grey Sophie Brown, Helter Skelter. Winner Small Black & Grey Burch, ...

Gorski, Ushuaia Tattoo - Winner Large Colour Impermanence Tattooing Paul Vander Johnson, On The Road Among the international art ...