Are LED Light Implants the Future?
November 18, 2015
If this is the future of body modification, it is bright, well, at least the lights are. Tattoo artists are beginning to implant LED lights beneath people’s skin in an effort to…
Events
An Inside Look At the ‘Ink Master’ Live Finale
October 14, 2015
On Tuesday October 13th 2015, Spike TV unveiled their live finale for season six of Ink Master. Hosted at the Manhattan Center, nestled between 8th and 9th, this live finale…
Traditional Tibetan Art
October 8, 2015
“The process of thangka painting seems to parallel tattoo art like no other art-form. Like tattooing, the process is thousands of years old. If done correctly, the paint is hand-mixed…
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An Examination of New York’s Single-Use Ink Law
September 15, 2015
When Inked first heard about the changes to New York State law that would require single-use ink to be used in tattooing we reached out to Tattoo Lou to get an…
An Insider’s Take on Single Use Ink
August 27, 2015
Tattoo artists in New York state are scrambling to comply with a new law mandating the use of single use needles and ink. While the use of single use needles…
Is A POUND OF FLESH THE NEW FLASH?
August 19, 2015
Gallery Follows the Text Back in the day, aspiring tattoo artists were left with no choice but to convince their brave friends to volunteer their precious bare skin as a…
Converse is Punk Rock
July 28, 2015
Full Photo Gallery Follows the Text The Converse All-Star is a unique sneaker. It is synonymous with sneaker culture, basketball, music, fine arts, street art and more. It is quite…
Keith ‘Bang Bang’ McCurdy Inks Supermodel Cara Delevingne for Met Gala
May 5, 2015
GALLERY OF BANG BANG’S WORK ON DELEVINGNE BELOW THE TEXT When celebrities walk down the red carpet at high-profile events like the Met Gala that everyone is reading and writing…
Some Like it Hot – A Preview of the NYC Hot Sauce Expo
April 17, 2015
It’s called the scoville scale, used to measure the amount of spice in food. These are units of measurement that fans of the Third Annual NYC Hot Sauce Expo are…
Aaron Hernandez Found Guilty of Murder
April 15, 2015
After six days of deliberation a jury has found former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez guilty of first degree murder in the killing of Odin Lloyd. Hernandez, who…