When covering a scar with a tattoo, it is essential to exercise caution. Scars, whether from accidents, surgeries, or self-harm, can be a constant reminder of past traumas or experiences. However, tattoos offer a unique opportunity to transform these scars into beautiful works of art.
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One artistic trend that has gained popularity in recent years is getting tattoos without black outlines. While this approach offers a distinct aesthetic appeal, it's important to consider both the pros and cons before taking the plunge. In this post, we'll explore the various aspects of tattoos without black outlines, helping you make an informed decision.
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When it comes to getting a tattoo, many people experience a mix of excitement and apprehension due to the potential pain involved. To alleviate this concern, some individuals turn to numbing creams as a solution. However, before you rush to Amazon, it's essential to understand the potential drawbacks of using numbing creams. We will explore the reasons why you should think twice before opting for numbing cream during your tattoo session.
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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.
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Maud Wagner was the first widely known Female Tattooer in the United States.
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Although Ötzi isn’t the only mummy to be found with tattoos, he is probably one of the most consequential and oldest discoveries in tattooing’s history, suggesting the diverse use of tattooing in the Bronze Age and, therefore, predating written history.
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As 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.
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What 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!
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Seeking 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.
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The 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.
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Tattooing, for a very long time, has been a very sealed, underground, essentially male-dominated subculture. And prior to the 1960s, women in tattooing were quite the anomaly. It was almost exclusively military, bikers, and carny folk that got tattooed. It was extremely taboo for women and civilians to be tattooed at all, far less to be heavily tattooed.
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Born 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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Tattooing in America, as well as tattooing as a whole, tells a rich and diverse story in that it permeates every facet of human society. From indigenous tribes of the Amazon to street gangs in South LA, tattooing is heavily ingrained in our societal DNA.
In this blog post, we will examine the life and legacy of tattoo icon Professor Phil Sparrow, a pioneer of counterculture and proponent of the nonconformist.
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A lot of time clients will come in and immediately tell us where they want the tattoo before telling us what the tattoo actually is. They just know they want a tattoo “here”. Right now in 2019 fingers, faces and hands are the more popular and trendy places to get tattooed. Sometimes tattoos don’t work in those locations and sometimes they do. As your Atlanta Tattoo Artist, lets discuss this, so the next time you go to get tattooed you have fully thought about all facets.
Read MoreHere at Gate City Tattoo we have a few tattoo artist in house that work by either appointment or walk-on bases. So what is a walk-in tattoo and what is an tattoo appointment?
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