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15 Years in the Making: Chris Trovador’s Journey from Tattoo Artist to Comedy Show Creator

October 28, 2024

Ink Addicted, a one-of-a-kind comedy show, seamlessly blends a passion for tattooing, music, and comedy into a creative experience like no other.

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Ascending the Art Scene

October 28, 2024

A peek into the colorful world of Punkmetender.

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Una Buena Vida

October 11, 2024

After three years, the Latin sounds of JHAYCO are coming back to the masses.

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Inked Threads: Must-See Tattoo-Inspired Clothing Brands

September 30, 2024

Elevate Your Wardrobe with Tattoo-Inspired Fashion for True Ink Enthusiasts

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Crossing the Proverbial Line

July 29, 2024

Rodrigo Salcedo challenges the norms of what it means to be an artist

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Master of Murals

July 8, 2024

Muralist Cheyenne Randall inks iconic photography.

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July 18, 2023

This Brazilian artist does peak justice to nature’s beauty with her tattoos

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January 18, 2023

Malfi proves that a picture made of words tells infinite stories

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September 14, 2022

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September 9, 2022

Things got naughty when we passed out paddles to some of our favorite tattoo artists

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July 1, 2022

Creating art has helped Jose López navigate through the darkest periods of his life

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May 18, 2022

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Jotham’s art is a throwback to the Baroque with a uniquely modern twist.

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November 3, 2021

Chris Regner, with his trusty airbrush at his side, is consistently pushing the boundaries of fine art.

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Saturday Morning Graffiti

August 27, 2021

Opake takes the cartoons of his childhood and puts them through a graffiti filter, transforming pop icons into something you’ve never seen before.

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August 6, 2021

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July 7, 2021

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June 23, 2021

Meet the artist who carves recreations of famous sculptures in marble, then adorns them with iconic tattoos.

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Just Smile

June 11, 2021

Bryce Wong does it all. Depending on the day, he’s a sneaker designer, a graphic artist, a tattooer or a painter. The only rule is that it’s only good if you’re having fun.

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Explosions of Color

June 4, 2021

Meet Okuda San Miguel, the Spanish artist who has made it his mission to fill the world with the most vibrant colors imaginable.

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The Skin I’m In

May 26, 2021

Nats Getty on his growing tattoo collection, self-discovery and coming out.

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25 Amazing Tattoos for Artists

May 3, 2021

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March 3, 2021

Will Blood is giving your favorite cartoons an artistic X-ray—no insurance required.

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January 25, 2021

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Dystopian Present

January 8, 2021

Mike Winkelmann—known to the Instagram world as Beeple—tells us what he’s learned from 13 years of creating new art every single day.

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Nude Illusion

September 16, 2020

Joyce Lee deftly melds sex with surrealism

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July 10, 2020

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May 28, 2020

Edible and beautiful? What more can you ask for?

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May 20, 2020

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May 6, 2020

This artist takes all of your favorite cartoon characters, dirties them up a bit, then brings them into the real world.

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January 31, 2020

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This Artist Makes Songs Come to Life on Sheet Music

January 9, 2020

From Disney to Harry Potter to Star Wars, this artist has made the music come alive

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November 21, 2019

Illustrator Karabo Poppy talks preserving the African aesthetic in art and the inspiration behind her favorite tattoo

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Exclusive: Shepard Fairey Makes His Tattoo Debut

January 18, 2019

Shepard Fairey Talks Futura (2000), the Obama Campaign and His Meaningful Tattoo

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Modern Muse: A Look at the Relationship from Canvas to Skin

January 17, 2019

Does the Artist-Muse Relationship Apply to the Tattoo World?

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Painter Kurtis Rykovich Brings New Life to Old Fairy Tales

December 18, 2018

Take a Look at How This Artist Reimagines Your Favorite Disney, Marvel and Tim Burton Characters

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War Paint—Minus

July 2, 2018

Bridging the Gap Between Anime and Street Art By Jonathan Drexler New York City, Bushwick in particular, is over-saturated with graffiti. Lost in the shuffle of tags and throws are…

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This Makeup Artist Uses Her Face as a 3-D Canvas

March 26, 2018

Check Out Her Incredible BODY of Work! Are you looking for divine inspiration for an avant-garde makeup look? Well, look no further than beauty maven, Laura Kalmakoff. This makeup artist…

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This Artist Looks Like a Living Bug

November 27, 2017

You Won’t Believe Your Eyes! We’ve seen plenty of incredible makeup artists on social media—from beauty gurus to YouTube vloggers to Instagram sensations, however no one can hold a candle…

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18-Year-Old Makes Art Using Ketchup and Spaghetti

November 17, 2017

Bon Appetite! We all know someone who can plate a meal beautifully, but how about someone who uses food as a medium to create readable portraits? Well, it’s about time…

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Watch This Artist Transform Superheros and Villians With the Power of Pencils

August 30, 2017

You NEED to See #6 When it comes to recreating superheroes and villains with pencils, the 25-year-old artist and illustrator Adam Bettley has everyone in the game beat. This technically…

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Worst Tattoos You Can Get

August 24, 2017

Tattoo Artists Hate These While we certainly feel that it’s your body, your choice as what you get inked, there are many popular tattoos that draw the ire from the…

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This Artist Paints Pop Culture Heroines as Beautiful Dolls

August 16, 2017

Kurtis Rykovich should be on every artist’s radar Kurtis Rykovich is a painter from Las Vegas who turns popular heroines into hauntingly beautiful dolls. His paintings capture the likeness of…

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Watch Miryam Lumpini Create Airbrush Magic (VIDEO)

August 4, 2017

The World Famous Tattooer and Self-Proclaimed Witchdoctor Visited the Inked Magazine HQs for an Amazing Artistic Experience While we all know that tattoo artists can turn out the tricks on…

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Take It to the Streets With Buff Monster

July 31, 2017

Meet the Street Artist Whose Work is Brings Humor to the Streets of NYC When you hear the word graffiti, what sort of images typically come to mind? Do you…

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Inked Exclusive: A Talk With Fiona Silver

July 18, 2017

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Check Out Toni Art’s Erotic Sketches

July 17, 2017

This Multimedia Artist Gets Inspiration Straight From Adult Film Scenes The human body in its most natural state has acted as a subject since man first began creating art centuries…

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What If Famous Painters Were Tattooers?

June 27, 2017

What Style Do You Think Your Favorite Painters Would Work in If They Were Tattoo Artists? It’s no secret that the great painters of yesterday have had a HUGE impact…

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One of the Best International Tattooers is Moving to the U.S.

April 13, 2017

Rumor Has it That Kobay Kronik May Be Tattooing in L.A. Soon We hear that award-winning artist, Kobay Kronik, is looking to relocate from Istanbul to the sunny streets of…

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Badass Women in the Man’s World of Tattooing

March 28, 2017

Once a gentlemen’s-only trade, the tattoo industry has come a long way regarding women in the industry. There was, in fact, a time when tattoos were made for men only,…

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Toronto Tattoo Artist Raising Awareness About Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

March 22, 2017

Jennifer Liles, a tattoo artist based in Toronto, is doing her part to raise awareness about the plight of missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada, by donating a day’s…

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PHOTOS: 15 Tattoos With Hometown Pride

March 16, 2017

15 Tattoos Reppin’ ‘Hoods Around the World Would you be down to represent your hometown or state with a tattoo? Rapper Paul Wall will tell you that reppin’ your ‘hood…

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Great Lakes Tattoo’s 2nd Annual Walk Up Classic Goes Down This Weekend

March 16, 2017

This coming weekend looks like a good time to get a tattoo. Chicago’s Great Lakes Tattoo will be holding their second annual Walk Up Classic, a two-day event featuring 22…

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Get Lucky: 13 Sultry Photos of Chandra Thirteen

March 15, 2017

From her long, black tresses down to her silky-smooth tattooed legs, Chandra Thirteen is a total knockout. The alternative cover model is known for driving her social media followers wild…

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People Are Really Getting Tattoos of the ‘Cash Me Ousside’ Girl

March 10, 2017

Tattoos of the ‘Cash Me Ousside’ Girl. Wait… What? Nowadays, it’s easier than ever to acquire fame. Whether it’s through the magical (and free) marketing machine known as social media…

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The Astonishing Black and Grey Realism Work of YZ Asencio

March 10, 2017

20 Awe-Inspiring YZ Asencio Realism Tattoos YZ Asencio is pound for pound one of the sickest black and grey photorealism artists in the game. His portraiture work is on point, and…

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Lensman Senén Llanos Exhibits Work at Juan Salgado’s Color Conspiracy

March 8, 2017

Getting together a bunch of hot tattooed models, splashing them with paint and photographing them sounds like a helluva good time! It can also yield some amazing photos. Fifteen-year photography…

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Thompson Seattle Hosts Tattoo-Themed Dinner and Pop-up Tattoo Shop

March 3, 2017

We don’t know about you, but getting tattooed gives us the major munchies—especially after a long tattoo session. After the artist securely wraps up our new tattoos, we scurry off…

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The Magnificent Work of Jay Freestyle

March 2, 2017

Check out Jay's amazing free-handed pieces!

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Jacob Whitesides Gets a Tattoo That’s Out of This World

February 24, 2017

Tennessee-born singer-songwriter Jacob Whitesides may make his living melting the hearts of ladies across the country, but once upon a time, the 19-year-old dreamt of being an astronaut, an adorable…

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Awe-inspiring Hindu Tattoos

February 23, 2017

People often display their devotion to their faith through tattoos. Considering the many gods and goddesses in the Hindu faith there are a heck of a lot of cool tattoos…

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Illustrator HuskMitNavn Brings Drawings to Life

February 8, 2017

25 Cool 3-D Drawings by HuskMitNavn Danish illustrator, HuskMitNavn, has a unique skill for bringing his drawings to life. Cutting, snipping as well as placing his own hand and other objects here…

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Cover Up Tattoos: Things You Should Know Beforehand

January 20, 2017

Got a tattoo that you’re not too fond of anymore? Were you the victim of getting a “Spring Break Tattoo” in the folly of your youth? Or, perhaps you got…

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Yomico Moreno: Realism Tattoo Artist

January 10, 2017

Having been enthralled by art since childhood, Yomico Moreno always knew that art was his calling. He had been drawing, sketching and painting since a young age, but it was…

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TOP TATTOO ARTISTS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2016

December 23, 2015

Every single day, the Inked crew searches the depths of the interwebs for the hottest and newest tattoos, artists, and inked girls. As the end of 2015 rapidly approaches, we…

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10 Top Tattoo Artists Working in Paris, France

November 18, 2015

On November 13th, 2015, a series of terrorist attacks rocked Paris, France. There were a total of three suicide bombings and four shootings between 9:20pm and 10:00pm Central European Time…

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Meet the Creative Baker Christine McConnell

October 15, 2015

Gallery Follows The Text While some people are talented in one aspect of their lives, others are lucky enough to be given multiple talents. As unfair as it seems, you…

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Masculine Tattoos

October 5, 2015

Not every flower tattoo is girly, and not every skull tattoo is manly; it all depends on the artist and design. For those of you who don’t know or have…

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Rock Star by Day, Tattooist by Night—David Foral of the Dirty Heads

September 14, 2015

One of the most intriguing things to witness is when an artist’s creativity spills into other media. For David Foral, bassist of the Dirty Heads, that other medium has become tattooing.…

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Mind Blowing Art from Eloy Morales

September 8, 2015

It takes a heck of a lot to surprise us here at the Inked office—we see some of the craziest collections of art and wildest tattoos on a daily basis—and…

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Skull Art for Everyone!

September 2, 2015

All the way from the Gold Coast in Australia, an artist named Andy (he gives no last name) is staying on top of the skull art game. If you haven’t…

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Doctor Dan the Pancake Man

August 24, 2015

It was always looked down upon to play with our food as children, but for people such as Nathan Shields and Daniel Drake, it is now being praised. Both of…

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Miniature Art

August 21, 2015

Tatsuya Tanaka has really set a high standard for tiny art. The art director, designer, and photographer from Japan has been creating epic miniature scenes for his everyday calendar since…

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The Coffee Monsters

August 19, 2015

Coffee may be the savior of every weekday morning but there is one drawback to that magical elixir—the stains. They can be seen as dirty or gross, and just the…

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Unconventional Pencil Art

August 18, 2015

Artists from around the world use different mediums when they want to create and bring their art alive. A common medium used are colored pencils. Meghan Maconochie, a teacher and…

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Taxidermy with a Twist

August 6, 2015

We’ve all seen taxidermy in the past, usually in the form of a deer head mounted on a wall. Perhaps a stuffed bear if you’ve been hanging out in really…

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Reverse Graffiti

August 6, 2015

Surfing through the inter webs always leads us to the most interesting and unusual findings. Today while we ventured through, we found an article about an eco-mural in Poland. According…

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Bloody Maria

June 29, 2015

Unlike regular make-up artists, special effect make-up artists tend to terrify rather than beautify. Meet Maria, she spends her time making herself extra bloody for her followers. Check out her…

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The Tattooed Bouquet

February 24, 2015

Today’s tattoo of the day is this beautiful piece by Xoil. Xoil is a very unique tattoo artist based in France who is best known for his tattoos that showcase…

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Fresh Paint: Anthony Clarkson

February 20, 2015

There is something very alluring about dark art. No, not the evil magic you find in fantasy novels like Harry Potter, but real macabre, gothic, and horror-style works of art…

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Magnificent Minimalism

February 18, 2015

Today’s tattoo of the day is this rad piece by Duke Riley. Riley is best known for his minimal style comprised entirely of black line work. Unlike many line work…

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It’s Never Too Late To Get a Drake Tattoo

February 16, 2015

Getting a tattoo to commemorate your favorite band or musician is nothing new. In fact, tattoos dedicated to those inspirational artists are some of the most common we come across…

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Fine Art Body Painting by Craig Tracy

October 24, 2013

The Fine Art Bodypainting of Craig Tracy.

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