The adornments of Mr. Michael Bennett are exquisite....
The adornments of Mr. Michael Bennett are exquisite. Concentric configuration of geometric shapes that collide to create striking works of art that conform serendipitously to their wearer.With...
View ArticleThere’s a careless refinement to the works of Pietro...
There’s a careless refinement to the works of Pietro Sedda.His compositions are an amalgamation of abstract surrealism, woodblock line work and digitally composited illustration. This Milan native’s...
View ArticleDivine calligrapher Sadhu Le Serbe is finding his style within...
Divine calligrapher Sadhu Le Serbe is finding his style within the industry. His work is a sampling of Buena Vista Tattoo Club and Gastown Tattoo, but he has not quite found his way.The one significant...
View ArticleMy eyes have been impaled. Mr. Jp Wikman, the european enigma of...
My eyes have been impaled. Mr. Jp Wikman, the european enigma of finely crafted black and gray has caused me to have such a visceral reaction to his work, that it’s left me completely immobile.The man...
View ArticleI would sell my right tit to be in Los Angeles this weekend to...
I would sell my right tit to be in Los Angeles this weekend to see the first solo show of Nikko Hurtado, ground breaking tattooer turned fine artist.He will be sharing the Copro Gallery space with non...
View ArticleEvery Halloweenie, Mr. Paul Acker floats into my periphery and...
Every Halloweenie, Mr. Paul Acker floats into my periphery and reminds me why he’s the king of horror.Apparently nothing’s stopping the man from pumping fistfuls of bloody ink into the membrane of new...
View ArticleI couldn’t fucking choose. Petra Hlavackova has a myriad...
I couldn’t fucking choose. Petra Hlavackova has a myriad of hash line spot color illustrations whose whimsey tickle my soul.Dynamic, expressive and surprising, she covers space like Christo and...
View ArticleThe owl, the girl and the orchid. The image of this tattoo has...
The owl, the girl and the orchid. The image of this tattoo has haunted me for three years now and to my own disbelief, I was unable to pinpoint the artist at large. This illusive genius goes by the...
View ArticleBeyond greatness there lies a place where you can hear the...
Beyond greatness there lies a place where you can hear the melancholy melody of a classical violin and the pages of a Sylvia Plath novel flutter in the breeze of an oncoming storm. And you can’t quite...
View ArticleThe details in Cat’s Sacred Geometry whisper otherworldly...
The details in Cat’s Sacred Geometry whisper otherworldly refrains into my ear, as I find myself fixated on the intricacy of each dot. Within the petals, swirls and lines of every mandala there is a...
View ArticleIf anyone has come close to immortalizing Lisa Frank in ink, its...
If anyone has come close to immortalizing Lisa Frank in ink, its definitely Ms. Anna Belozerova. With a palette that’s whimsically extravegant, this Russian master takes femininity to the next level....
View ArticleCuriouser and curiouser I find myself as I slide down the visual...
Curiouser and curiouser I find myself as I slide down the visual rabbit hole that Mr. Azivaras Ly has crafted. A mixture of abstraction and patterning, his work is a virtual bomb of enigmatic...
View ArticleLosing yourself in the faceted concoctions of Mátyás Csiga...
Losing yourself in the faceted concoctions of Mátyás Csiga Halász is futile. His prismatic techniques bring drama to his work and force the viewer to spend time with the subject. Halász unleashes an...
View ArticleThis girl…oh holy Moses, has cut my tongue out and served...
This girl…oh holy Moses, has cut my tongue out and served it back to me on a golden platter.The raw talent of Nomi Chi simply escapes me. Her skeletal process of exposing sketch lines within a final...
View ArticleSince the birth of Undefinedink, no artist has evolved and...
Since the birth of Undefinedink, no artist has evolved and pushed their limits quite like Mr. Fabian De Gaillande.This ink slinging storm trooper has been upping his hit list exponentially with an...
View ArticleMr. Mark Blanchard has me at a straight “what the...
Mr. Mark Blanchard has me at a straight “what the fuck?”His imagination is crawling with fleshy beasts riddled with eyes and hair. His neo-traditional abstractions are done in such a pronounced high...
View ArticleIf you’re a tattooer you want to be him. If you’re the average...
If you’re a tattooer you want to be him. If you’re the average joe blow, you envy the fuck out of him. That’s right, the man in question is the one and only Jes Strickler.I’ve yet to meet an artist...
View ArticleKelly McGrath lives in an alternate universe that makes Willy...
Kelly McGrath lives in an alternate universe that makes Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory feel like the DMV and Lisa Frank look like Martha Stewart.Her aura of colors makes my inner child jump for joy...
View ArticleBlack work. Everyone and their sweet mothers are...
Black work. Everyone and their sweet mothers are attempting “purposeful” and “deliberate” configurations in this relatively new and emerging style. Unfortunately, most of today’s simplistic symbols are...
View ArticleHighly imaginative and visually nonsensical, Gifford Kasen’s...
Highly imaginative and visually nonsensical, Gifford Kasen’s diabolical creations ooze horror film nostalgia. His petri dish of biomech will leave you simultaneously disturbed and curious.Upon first...
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