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Skin Deep 223
  • The Invisible Man - Swastika
    He creates vast, abstract tattoo works that burst with so much ambition that they require not one, but two bodies to accommodate them. They’re a sight to behold. But however big his art gets, literally and figuratively, you won’t find the artist...
  • The Ink Master - Steven Tefft
    As much as everyone seems to enjoy bashing reality TV shows these days, whether they be related to tattooing, cooking, singing, or any other topic under the sun, let’s face it, they can, contrary to what the pessimists preach, be entertaining. They...
  • Black Holes & Revelations - Miss Jo Black
    Back when I was in my teens, all the ‘old’ people would bang on about ‘how time flies’ the older you get, and of course, I never believed a word of it. So why does it seem like yesterday and not the three years that it really is since I first made a...
  • The Colour of Magic - Ivana
    Ivana is a tattooist from Slovakia specialising in eye-popping colour work which is so vibrant it practically jumps off the skin. Having recently finished up a guest spot at Modern Body Art, she has been going back to her roots to create tattoos...
  • Draw the Line - Chaim Machlev
    “I got my first tattoo done by Avi Vanunu in Tel Aviv when I was 29, and during the procedure something happened inside me that changed me forever!” So began this remarkable interview with Chaim Machlev, known in the tattoo world as Dots to Lines…
  • The Real World - Levi Hilton
    For the most part, Levi Hilton grew up in North Louisiana, where in grade school he’d draw amongst other things, Dragon Ball Z characters. By high school, he had progressed to “drawing tons of naked chicks and that kinda thing”. As Levi puts it, his...
  • Surf 'n' Ink 2013
    Bikinis, exotic animals, a more than liberal dose of the yellow ball in the sky – nice work if you can get it. Aga Hairesis gets shipped off to Surf n’ Ink to make sure nobody is having too much fun out there… though, now she’s back, we’re not sure...
  • Holes in the Ground - Craigy Lee in New Zealand
    Another month another country, and I’m sure as you get to my article each issue that’s what you all expect. Indeed it has become the norm for me the past couple of years. But some things do change and as we venture into 2013, most of this year I...
  • Quick-fire Questions 223: Khan at Skintastic
    The man’s art speaks for itself, but we thought we’d give Khan a shot at practising his English here too. We wouldn’t care if he never said a word though – this work is simply wonderful.
  • Steampunk 101
    Unless you’ve been spending your days in a deserted cave or on a secluded island, you’ve likely heard of, read about, or maybe even worn something related to steampunk.
  • Behind Closed Doors 223 - Sam Jackson
    On our continued hunt for what those tattoo dudes get up to when they’re not pounding in the ink, we keep turning up some extraordinary material. This issue, Sam Jackson. Over to you Sam…
  • Paul Sweeney - 223: "Tatts the Way, Uh-hu uh-hu, I Like it, Uh-hu uh-hu!"
    I couldn’t help myself! I think you immediately know when a day is going to be the best day since records began and equally when it is not.
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Skin Deep 222
  • Electric Warrior - Sway
    Leeds’ Sacred Electric has become something of a haven for traditional tattooing up North. Located right in the heart of the city, and just a stone’s throw away from the city’s commuter-heavy train station, the studio has become known for...
  • In a Darkened Room - Cris Cleen
    Early 1900’s men and women, sometimes in sensual poses, are often on the menu when Cris Cleen at Saved Tattoo in Brooklyn gets to work: “It’s all about the chase,” he says. “Drawing a woman cooking for a man is not interesting…”
  • The Thin White Duke - Duke Riley
    Initially, Duke and I had decided we would do our interview over here in England as he was in London at the time, but due to the severe damage caused by Hurricane Sandy back at Duke’s home, he decided to go back to New York City to help with the...
  • Electra Ladyland - Coco
    In paintings by Danish artist, Coco, a big-eyed girl, strikingly much like herself often appears, but it’s no matter of self portrait. She makes that very clear, even though she’s started to recognise somewhat of a protagonist in her art.
  • Rotofugi Toy Store & Gallery, Chicago
    If you find yourself in the Windy City and happen to run into a 47-year-old former computer industry consultant whose arms are covered with designer toys, feel free to gawk and ask questions about his jaw-dropping ink, courtesy of the über talented...
  • Women & Children First
    We’re always digging into every feature of the tattoo landscape here at Skin Deep. So we asked a few leading ladies to give us a snapshot of the industry from their perspective: do female artists really offer a different approach to tattooing? Do we...
  • Crazy Like a Fox - Drew Le Fox
    I asked Drew how his day had been. I knew he had already had a client, so I was curious to know how it went. “I loved today. It was ace; an ace client. Really spiritual, really well travelled, meaningful. Not only that, my friend, but I think I...
  • Tattoo Freeze 2013
    It wouldn't be Tattoo Freeze without a little touch of frost, and this year, in the dying embers of a great show, the snow made an appearance too.
  • Unusual Objects 222 - Studio IX Custom Ink & Art Gallery
    Hopefully, the first in a new series in which we cruise around the planet hunting for weird things tattooists have collected and have on display in their studio. We figured that if anybody is going to collect oddities, it’s those guys. Let’s put...
  • Hey, Cabbie!
    Hey you – with the glasses. I know you can read. I know you’re game for something a little different – it’s assuming a lot, but as a reader of Skin Deep, you should know by now that anything can happen around here. It’s the nature of the beast,...
  • Behind Closed Doors 222 - Alan Aldred
    This issue, we take a look at the very cool work of Alan Aldred who makes a home at the mighty Cosmic Tattoo over in Colchester. The dude is big and ugly enough to speak for himself, so over to you Sir…
  • Paul Sweeney - 222: Techno-Fable
    Once upon a time there was a handsome young tattooed man: it’s beside the point to mention just how handsome this young man was, but let’s just say, if he was ten times uglier than he is now, he’d still be a million times more handsome than the most...
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Skin Deep 221
  • An Eye Is Upon You - 221: Love/Hate
    Tabloid newspapers love an opportunity to describe those accused of crime as ‘tattooed’, casually and continuously reinforcing the accepted narrative, sailor, criminal, whore.
  • Craigy Lee: Return to Oz
    For many, going to Australia is the trip of a lifetime, so I feel very privileged to be boarding a plane headed down under for the second time in my life. My love affair with the country has only just begun, and with the cold weather drawing in on...
  • Celebrity Skin 221: Kazzer from Redlight King
    A couple of months back, I ran into Kazzer from the band Redlight King. We got to talking about tattoos and music and that's always worth a share in my book...
  • Jeremy Miller - New School Rules
    It’s an early-ish convention morning after a late night before. Not traditionally a time for creative souls to be firing on all cylinders – more a time for mumbling into coffee and waiting for the caffeine to kickstart all the other essential...
  • Graphik H - The Illustrator
    It’s times like these that you wish you had paid more attention to that lovely lady called Mrs Barlow, who drove a Peugeot she could barely see over the steering wheel of in order to teach us kids some French… amazingly, some of it stuck. But...
  • The Mark of Cain - Russian Criminal Tattoos
    In 2001, a documentary that uncovered the dying art of Russian criminal tattoos was released called The Mark of Cain. It is a brilliant and objective piece of documentary filmmaking that has had a subtle, yet profound influence on the tattoo world...
  • New Zealand Tattoo & Art Festival 2012
    A two-year wait proved more than worth it for the second The Mill New Zealand Tattoo & Art festival, as over 250 of the world’s best tattoo artists converged on the small seaside town of New Plymouth on November 24-25.
  • Paul Sweeney - 221: Happy Anniversary!
    What’s that? You’d completely forgotten it’s been a whole year since I first started scribing; loosely tattoo-related nonsense, for the wonderful people at Skin Deep magazine? For the love of Shakespeare! I don’t know why I bother sometimes?
  • Behind Closed Doors 221 - Todo
    This issue, we have the mighty Todo from ABT in Georgia. There’s nothing like a little bit of steampunk to propel some art into the ‘no brainer’ zone.
  • Welcome to the Freakshow - Coney Island
    As the sun sets on Coney Island, Adam Rinn, better known as Adam Real Man, or The Professa, tells stories about the Brooklyn sea shore community of old and its heyday…
  • Tim Kern - My Evil Twin
    Secret governmental experiments on past generations and growing up under powerlines in Missouri have made him a seventh generation twin. At least that’s the theory. Today, Tim Kern adorns skin with realism in a teeny, tiny studio in New York’s...
  • Mark Cross - Come Bite the Apple
    New York City continues to be a hotbed of artistic talent; in the last few months I would say that 90 percent of my interviewees have hailed from (or at least, made their home in recent years) the Big Apple. Next up is Mark Cross, who plies his...
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