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Tattoos prints and paintings
To be a great tattooist, you have to be a great artist. Many tattooists
are involved in other mediums such as oil or ink painting.
This gives tattooists another way to express themselves and an
opportunity to work on a canvas that doesn’t move. If you can’t
get a tattoo, you can always buy it as a painting or print.
At events such as The New York City Upstarts Show (held every
year in May during the NYC Tattoo Convention) or in stores like
Tattoo Elite International, fans buy prints from amazing tattooists
such as Mike Rubendall and Henning Jorgensen. Prints are great
because they won’t break your bank account to purchase, but you
can still have a beautiful piece of artwork to hang on your wall.
The least you should know:
- Tattooing has been a part of human culture for over 10,000
years.
- In tribal cultures, tattooing was used to show the social status
of an individual.
- The beginning of western tattooing came from the sailors
who explored the South Pacific.
- Sailor Jerry Collins and Ed Hardy played an important role
in the modernization of tattooing by building international
correspondences.
- Tattooing is becoming more of a fine art with the development
of custom tattoos and the buying and selling of
tattoo-influenced art.
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