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 MoreThere have been some questions as to how we are going to hold our annual Valentines Social if we can’t be social. Here’s how!
It will be like every other year. You come in, pick out your design, pay for tattoo BUT instead of hanging around in the shop for your turn.. you will come back at the allotted appointment time.
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.
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 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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