As a coverup artist, Joe Matisa, owner of Ink Junction in Flemington, NJ, and Kiss of Ink in Trenton, NJ, is so focused on his clients and their coverup art, he makes charts. Progressive charts of color hues and skin tones. Charts showing how those factors correspond to certain colors when covering other colors. [...]
Ink Therapy Tattoo has been inking Arizonans for more than a decade. But this studio isn't just about creating one-of-a-kind custom tattoos: they're also about showing off the talents of their artists, who dabble in other mediums as well, from oils and acrylic to watercolor painting. “It's as art-driven as tattoo-driven for sure,” says [...]
Prestige Body Arts in Avon, IN, has made itself known as a force to be reckoned with. At barely one year old, they’re not settling for mediocrity. Already one of the top five shops in the city and top twenty in the state, the combination of owners Jason Dempsey and Jim “Gypsy” Finuf is [...]
As one of the first shops who recognized the capabilities and benefits of Tatt2Away®, Glenn and Jana House, owners of Private Ink & Design in Texarkana, TX, jumped on board early. One year later, they’ve done a number of treatments, all successful, and believe in it more than ever. Yet, like a few other [...]
Yael “Jelly” Sanchez almost wasn’t a tattoo artist. If her life flows smoothly now, it’s because she paid the early years in sweat. Sanchez owns The Surly Skull Tattoo Studio in San Angelo, TX, a shop lodged in an antebellum house with a unique stone front and an interior fireplace. In high school she sold [...]
At 15, Jessica Weichers decided she would one day own a tattoo shop, although she didn’t know anyone with tattoos. Already planning on art school, she had found herself in a tattoo studio a considerable distance from where she lived, and she was amazed. “All the people were carrying pieces of artwork on their [...]
John Hudson, owner of Ink Wizard Tattoo in Clinton, MD, and California, MD, almost became just another laser removal location. Twice. “The first time was back in 2004, but then the economy took a crash so I put the brakes on it,” said Hudson. Then his daughter, Jessica, began piercing and working the front [...]
“I turn down a lot of business, because I can’t do the coverup a client is asking for with the work they already have,” said Albert Smart, a long-time tattoo artist at Stained in Pain in Chicago, IL. “Tatt2Away® is a great opportunity to stop turning away clients and give them a second option. [...]
Justin Luckow, owner of True2U Ink in Grand Forks, ND, became a Tatt2Away® center in September of 2016 because he knew it would provide his clients with better coverup options. “I was tired of doing coverups I didn’t want to do. If anything, I’d turn them down,” he said. Tatt2Away is a non-laser, all-natural [...]
South Vineland’s Firehouse Tattoo is captivating. Not only have they become a certified Tatt2Away® center, but they’re also actually in a firehouse. And no, there’s no pole. “We get that question a lot,” said Joey Letizia, co-owner with his wife, Marcy. “It was all volunteer so no one slept here.” Last used as a [...]
The artists at Embassy Tattoo in Washington, DC have you covered. Led by owner and tattooer Fernando Gonzalez, the crew at Embassy are ready, willing and able to take on any tattoo request a customer may have. “We're a very friendly shop. . . we strive to be the best at what we do, [...]
The artists at Cali Soul Tattoo and Piercing Parlor take great pride in bringing a new level of customer service, professionalism, and quality work to those in Fresno, California who might have before been intimidated about getting tattooed. “The idea was a place where anybody from any walk of life could come to and [...]
How Opportunity Knocks When Tom Begley was in school, his talents were centered in firefighting and carpentry. With his woodwork a well known studio asked for his services. That's when opportunity came knocking! Fast forward many years to 2013, his wife Meagan decided to leave the corporate world and in 2015 cofounded Electric Tattoo [...]
When Passion Turns Into a Career As with every first in an industry needs to be celebrated, for Tatt2Away's non-laser tattoo removal systems, Canada's first location has opened up and is now being offered by the founder of Ink Hunters, Marie Lauriault in Montreal Quebec Canada. Having been a part of the tattoo community [...]
El Paso is Where It Is Happening Even if it may be one of the last road in Texas, til you hit the border, it is first in tattoo innovations. Just ask Mike Alqassimi, proprietor of El Paso's very own Aspired Vision Studio. With his team, Omar Orozco and Lindsey Blinsmon has turned his [...]