Painting Archives

The Grumpy Winter Creatures of Scotty Munster

December 8, 2017

From Moody Snowmen to Chilly Woodland Animals Neo-traditional tattooer Scotty Munster is a true multi-media master—birthing kooky and crazy creatures on a plethora of unique surfaces. From human skin to…

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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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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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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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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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Culture

Watercolor Tattoos

March 22, 2017

Does your artist have these skills?

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Artist Audrey Ryan “Wolves Like Me”

December 2, 2016

“So much of art is trying to make a personal connection,” says Audrey Ryan. “The most frustrating thing about the culture in which we live is the huge amount of…

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Celebrities

Banksy Paints a Mural on Building Named After Him

June 6, 2016

When administrators returned to Bridge Farm Primary School in Bristol, England, after their half-term break they were greeted with quite an exciting surprise—a mural painted on the side of the…

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Music

Slayer’s Gary Holt Has The World’s Most Metal Guitar

January 26, 2016

Metalheads don’t put up with posers. So when you play guitar for Slayer one imagines that you have to go out of your way to make sure that you are…

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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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Events

The Best of the World Body Painting Festival 2015

July 10, 2015

Artists from over 40 countries have come together for the 18th Annual World Bodypainting Festival in Carinthia, Austria this past weekend. With music performances by national and international bands, runway…

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Body Art Unlike Any You’ve Ever Seen

July 9, 2015

To me blacklights have always represented two things—”cosmic” bowling and hippies. Considering that I am not overly fond of either of those I pretty much dismiss the idea of blacklights…

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5 Unbelievable 3-D Paintings by Stefan Pabst

May 13, 2015

Artist Stefan Pabst makes a living painting portraits for people, and while those are pretty amazing, his 3-D art pops right off the page and blows your mind. The 35-year-old…

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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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