TATTOO TALES

What makes up a successful career?
It takes vision, courage, confidence and a few more ingredients. Today Big Meas, a global reference in the world of lettering, shares with us what brought him wher…

With 30 years of tattooing under his belt and an intimate knowledge of Japanese culture, Crez is a reference in Italy for Japanese tattooing. 

What I like about him the most, beside his expertise, …

It’s been a privilege to sit down with Claudia De Sabe in this beautiful autumn afternoon to listen to her story and pick her brain on her own process. Over the course of this interview we learn how …

I’m really happy to have had the chance to chat with Swasthik, she is such a beautiful presence in the tattoo world. Known as gunga_ma, for Swasthik tattooing runs deep in her blood. Her grandma, cal…

Have you ever struggled with feelings of inadequacy?
Self-doubt?

Do you set impossible standards that bring anxiety when unmet? 

Dr. Sophie Mort is here to help.

Sophie is a clinical psychologist…

“Influential.

“Pioneer”.
“Contribution”.

These are the words that you see most commonly associated with Marcus’ name in books, magazines and when talking to veteran tattooers.  

A great influenc…

Lorena Morato is a Brazilian tattooer specialized in neotraditional. Well known not only for her tattoos but also her beautiful paintings, Lorena shares with us how she came to reinvent herself, redi…

Have you ever had problems with your neck, lower back, tingling fingers that lose sensitivity, wrist or elbow?

Especially as tattooers we all had to deal with some of these at some point and in the w…

Do you like to paint? Have you ever struggled with any part of the process and wish you had some sort of guidance?

This week’s episode features Kelly Anne Powers, third generation artist and host …

Pascal Bagot is a French journalist who’s been writing for specialized press for twenty years. His passion for Japanese culture led him to get a full backpiece by Horitoshi I and cross paths with oth…

Rinto celebrated this year his 40 years career. In Holland he’s well known as one of the old timers but, if you met him, you know that his humbleness matches his experience and dedication. 

Natural…

Like many of you I have been following Timothy’s career for many years, getting lost in his beautiful impossible worlds. I’m naturally fascinated by good draftsmanship, but Tim’s paintings go beyond …

Eddy has been part of the tattoo Renaissance in the San Francisco area in the 90’s, together with other key figures like Freddy Corbin, Juan Puente, Scott Sylvia, Marcus Pacheco… it’s because of him …

If you follow Shane you’re familiar with his work: bold, striking, elegant in its simplicity. His painting a reference in the industry. 
I recommend you to meet him and his crew if you cross them at …

Are you interested in tattoo history?
Get your pen and notebook because this episode is packed with goodies.


Once again live at the Aachen’s tattoo convention, I had the pleasure of sharing an af…

What do podcasts bring to the tattoo world? What to do with haters? Will Andrew produce Nick’s new career into the videoverse? And will I ever try Nick’s power barbecue? 

I sat with Andrew Stortz a…

For tattooers and creatives the artistic side is not the only factor in running a successful business and giving life to our vision. Money is often a painful note that can stress us out and rob us of…

Michael is a Danish abstract painter that has been represented at the Van Gogh Art Gallery and the danish Creative Mind Art&Design.

I’ve know Michael for over ten years, through his previous job mana…

Tattooing and everything connected to it changed profoundly in the last years: the rise of social medias; the opening of a once underground world to a wider audience, with a controversial spectrum of…

For this episode we found ourselves in Aachen at the Kaiserstadt Tattoo Expo, as always flawlessly organized by Andreas Coenen.

The show opened with a pre-party exhibiting the life work of Bernie …