His Traditional is marked by a strong stroke, black outlines, always the same size, and a colour palette limited to the canonical colours of this style. As are the subjects he tattoos: roses, skulls, eagles, panthers… and mandalas. Meet Mors, a French-born tattoo artist currently based in Leeds with a great desire to get around and enjoy the work of tattooer he loves. Tattoo by Mors, @morstattoo Hello Mors welcome to Tattoo Life. We have recently published three ebooks of your tattoo designs in your typical style. Would you like to describe what they present and your style to our readers ..read more

This talented artist does not deny that she would like to be a model as a hobby, but at the moment she is totally focused on tattooing and painting. Let’s get to know her better. Tattoo model Julia Yukler Boo, @yukler_boo How did it happen that you became a tattoo artist in your life? It just happened! I’ve been drawing my whole life, as long as I can remember myself. And I was always fond of tattoos. At some point, I knew that I would have them, but I would never imagine that would be my occupation. Tattoo model Julia Yukler Boo, @yukler_boo How did this adventure of yours begin? The first ti ..read more

Norma works in her beloved Lille and gives us a lot of tattoo subjects (some of them of considerable size) dedicated to bird-and-flower painting. Hi Norma, have you always wanted to be a tattoo artist in your life or did you become one due to some special circumstance? I never imagined to become a tattoo artist but I’ve always drawn a lot. I worked like a graphic designer in videogames (was an accident too!) and made a lot of collective exhibition in bars with friends at that time. Tattoo by Norma, @norma_tattoo Then one day I met a tattoo artist who became a very good friend of mine… He offer ..read more

Manga and anime are very popular themes in tattooing. The Anime are heterogeneous subjects and are related to manga comics and cartoons originally created and developed in Japan. Manga can be about different subjects, adventure, horror, romance, history, science fiction or erotic, and consequently the design of the characters and the events involving them can change a lot between each other, with language that is aimed at children, teenagers, or adults. Tattoo by Anastasia, @tamagothchick Often after the success of a manga, the starring anime becomes so popular that it breaks away from the ori ..read more

We caught up while he was on a small world tour, with this excellent Brazilian tattoo artist who has his beloved private studio in Araranguá/Santa Catarina. Tattoo by Led Coult, @ledcoult Hello Led, is yours a real name or is it a stage name? It’s my artistic name. Led is short for my real name, Coult is a mix of my two last names. Tattoo by Led Coult, @ledcoult How did you fall in love with tattoo art and the Realistic (I’d like to say Ultra-Realistic) style in particular? I was tattooed for the first time when I was 17 and immediately fell in love with that vibe The whole environment, the pe ..read more

Everyone will miss him, because it was impossible not to notice his presence, so majestic and sunny. You could always be sure of a hug, a joke and an amusing and gentlemanly greeting. Meeting him at conventions you immediately felt at home. Mao: a life in tattooing and a life for tattooing, on the road all the time, together with his brother friend Mic, travelling all over the world to catch up with a community with whom he had always shared interests, passions and values. Problems travelling distances between one place and another or fatigue were not part of his life vocabulary, which consist ..read more

The most classical subjects of Japanese tradition are presented in this book as a miscellany of study drawings interpreted by the artistic flair of the author Ichibay. Real and imaginary animals, such as cats, carp, foxes, frogs, fudo, snakes, crabs, tigers and spiders are displayed in hundreds of different poses and movements, studied in close-up detail and full-length. Foxes in the classic features of the legendary characters from oriental mythology show the details of their fur through the black lines on the white paper, thus becoming sketches from which to start working on that subject ..read more

IN THIS FORMAT WE INTRODUCE YOU TO A TATTOO SHOP PRESENT IN THE “TATTOO ARTISTS YEARBOOKS”, A HANDY GUIDE TO THE TATTOO SHOPS IN EUROPE. Once rebel, always rebel. This is the story of a tattoo artist who works in Berlin (in her private studio) and sends ethical messages through her Traditional creations. Tattoo by Sonia Cash, @soniatattoolady Hi Sonia, you have been tattooing professionally since 2013 and every now and then you take a few months off to find new stimuli and influences, is that right? Yeah, I just need my time in between to fall in love with tattooing again. You know, when I do ..read more

From 28 March to 28 July 2024, Mudec, Museo delle Culture in Milan, is hosting the exhibition Tatuaggio. Stories from the Mediterranean curated by Luisa Gnecchi Ruscone and Guido Guerzoni, and with the collaboration of Jurate Francesca Piacenti. The exhibition project aims to investigate the tattoo from a historical, anthropological and cultural point of view, starting from the Mediterranean area where the first undeniable testimonies were found. A cultural-historical story featuring a rich collection of objects, historical artefacts, tools, interesting sound materials, video installati ..read more

Traditional style has always been his great love, from the very beginning of his encounter with tattooing that occurred through those strange coincidences of life that led Korean Ducky, real name Taeho Kim, to leave a career as a professional soccer player and become a tattoo artist, as he tells us in this interview, intercepted while tattooing in Seoul. Tattoo by Ducky, @ducky_valley Hi Ducky welcome to Tattoo Life. Would you like to introduce yourself to our readers? Where are you from, where do you live and work? Hello, I am Taeho Kim, and I am doing Traditional and Oriental style tattoos u ..read more