Here Be Dragons

Writing a book is not something you do sitting comfortably on your chair. Well, you can, but if you don’t have enough imagination to create entire worlds and civilisations for your stories, you may find yourself doing what most writers do: observing the world around you and taking inspiration from it. Isn’t reality stranger than fiction anyway? When living in Japan, Nick Hurst definitely got hit by his experience in the far East. But when it comes to exploring the underworld of the yakuza and irezumi, you never know where reality can take you.

Weird Science

Beccy Rimmer talks to four talented UK artists, in an attempt to unearth the hidden meaning behind geometric tattoos

Tatoo Freeze 29 January 2017

Our one day family show in the middle of winter continues to throw up some surprises and this year was no exception. Let’s take a look…

I Put A Spell On You

Have you ever considered your tattoo session as a form of spiritual guidance?

Fierce Vixens And Altered Beasts

Longhaired, furious vixens stare defiantly, ready to meet battle in Isnard Barbosa’s stunning tattoos. With warrior like calmness each woman readies for attack, their perfect resemblance to the human form gives the impression they will rip right from the skin to meet head-on with antagonists drawn from the pages of fantasy

Bad Hands

The Circle—that infamous London hangout in Noel Street—has always had quite the reputation when it comes to ‘blink and you could miss it’ guest spots…and this time around, the boss happened to be passing by and who should he stumble upon but Pitta…

The Serpents Of Bienville The Transformative Tattoo

As a child I spent many late nights in front of the glow emitted from my television. The midnight movies, full of Universal monsters and favorite was the original Twilight Zone episodes, reruns from the original 1960s broadcast. These stories have stuck with me over the years, but one in particular stands out because of the true fear it caused me

Grace Under Pressure

From the illegal underground tattooists of South Korea to Brazilian women challenging social stereotypes, Grace Neutral’s productions with VICE are offering an edifying shift away from the usual fetishising of tattoos by using them as a conduit to highlight the often contentious social and political realms of each wearer.

After Hours

What do tattoo artists do when they’re not tattooing? In After Hours, Wayne Simmons talks to some of his favourite artists about the  things they get up to when the studio lights go down. This month, he meets Amy Savage, tattooist and animal rights activist.

Snap & Tickle

Claire Seville has worked as an ice dancer, club dancer, DJ and model. But when her daughter was born she picked up a camera to keep a record of the new life and found, well, a new life of her own. Now an acclaimed professional pinup photographer, she's shot some of the biggest alt models in the world—folks like Masuimi Max, Ulorin Vex and Cervena Fox—and her very first solo book is coming out this year. We got her to come out from behind the lens for a chat.