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 MoreAlthough 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.
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 MoreTattooing saw what one might call a controversial start to 2020. A “celebrity” tattooer was essentially called out for distasteful and socially insensitive photos that surfaced on the internet. These images would go on to spark debate throughout the tattoo community, especially among marginalized groups within tattooing, particularly people of color. But rather than focusing on the ignorance and negativity of the controversy and in light of black history month, I would prefer to give credit where credit is due, which leads me to the topic of this blog post.
Read MoreTattooing, 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.
Read MoreTattooing 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.
Read MoreA 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?
Read MoreAwesome!! You finally got that new tattoo you have been planning and telling all your friends about. Now what? Now you have to heal it. Make it look as good as the day it was tattooed for the REST OF YOUR LIFE because tattoos are, well, permanent.
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