Bob Roberts was the founder and owner of the famed Spotlight Tattoo in Los Angeles, California and was known for his intense watercolor style, detailed compositions that pull from Traditional American Tattoo flash, Tibetan Thangkas Paintings, and outlaw motorcycle imagery.
Read MoreMaud Wagner was the first widely known Female Tattooer in the United States.
Read MoreAs we slowly glide into 2022, we at the tattoo shop, have been talking about all the rad tattoos that have come through Gate City Tattoo. James, Jean-Luc and Ryan are excited to share 1, just 1 tattoo per month from the many tattoos that have been created here.
Read MoreWhat is a walk-in tattoo? By it’s most simplest definition is a tattoo that can be done quickly. This doesn’t have to spur of the moment or spontaneous (although we welcome those moments too!). Your tattoo idea can be well thought out, it can be planned, but it also isn’t a sleeve or large back piece. Even if you don’t have an idea, most walk-in tattoo shops have tons of designs on the walls or in books for you to choose from! At Gate City Tattoo we have designs in books, designs on the walls, we even have designs on the ceiling!
Read MoreSeeking an apprenticeship was like no other job search, simply because tattooing isn’t just a job, as I would come to realize. Seeking a mentor is not easy, and I sought after someone who had not only years of experience but an unwavering moral compass when it came to tattooing, a strict code of ethics, and someone who would be as devoted to teaching me how to tattoo as I was to learning.
Read MoreThe Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand, most recognizable by the adornment of the Ta Moko, the intricate organic tattoo designs that embellish the Maori men and women. The type of tattooing practiced by the Maori is unlike that of any other race or culture, with their artistic designs adorned on the skin in a way that often completely covers everything up to the eyelids.
Read MoreBorn in 1888 in eastern Alabama in the small town of Anniston, Percy Waters is undoubtedly one of the most innovative and inventive forefathers of modern western tattooing setting precedence for many of today's standards whether it be to with machine building and manufacturing or they way in which he applied his bold and striking tattoos.
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