Katya Krasnova’s studio in Los Angeles feels like a place where quiet ideas stay safe. Sunlight settles across shelves stacked with small ceramic figures. Sketchbooks sit open on her desk, filled with delicate characters that look like they are thinking about something private. The space is calm and intentional, the same way her tattoos feel.…
Mother Son Tattoos can appeal to everyone. A mother means love, comfort, security, and faith, while a son signifies strength, loyalty, and care. The emotional ties between a mother and son are unbreakable, and a mother-son tattoo is an excellent way to celebrate that bond. Mother Tattoo ideas From the moment a son is born,…
This young tattoo artist originally from Belgium works at the semi-private studio ‘Atelier Opiate’ in Caen and loves Black-n-Grey to give even more contrast to his works. Hi Thomas, is it true that you started tattooing professionally only four years ago? What did you do before that? Yes, I started tattooing in 2021. Before that,…
When the National Women’s Soccer League created Angel City Football Club in 2020, the professional Los Angeles team was quickly poised to become the hottest women’s soccer team, thanks to its social impact, strong fan base, and all-women founders Natalie Portman, Kara Nortman, and Julie Uhrman. Today, Angel City Football Club is primarily owned by…
Let’s discover this Australian tattoo artist who manages to blend science fiction, psychedelia, ancient deities, elements of Japanese tattooing and Syd Mead-like visions within his precious and original works on skin. Henri, it seems like tattooing was your destiny – you were already interested in tattoo art at ten years old and sketching designs for…
The world is a scary place right now and we’re heartbroken at the suffering in Gaza – the starvation of babies and children, widespread suffering on a scale that we can’t get our heads around. It’s easy to feel helpless. But we’ve taken comfort in the fact that the tattoo world is trying to do…
Swirling black lines that look like letters and symbols joined together. These abstract tattoos are like works of art, but you can just tell that something much deeper is at play. We’d never seen anything quite like them, these “sigil” tattoos created by tattoo artist Varvara Zelenko (@neohexe.ttt), known as V, we just had to…
NYC-based tattoo artist Sol (@solgrim_) thinks the meaning of a tattoo can only be defined by his clients. His interest lies in composition and how his tattoos work on the human form. He draws his designs directly on to skin – from the initial composition to the intricate details of the finished tattoo. Here he…
A taboo topic and popular among those with a criminal background, inked skin in South Korea was, once upon a time, synonymous with social deviance and those on the outskirts of society. In recent years, however, tattoos have become a growing form of self-expression and incredibly popular amongst the younger generation, thanks in part to celebrity…
People who see art as part of themselves recognize something right away when they step inside GalaxyCon. Before the first panel starts or the tattoo machines warm up with their familiar buzz, there is already a charge in the air. It feels like walking into a place where identity is not just worn, it is…
