Welcome to our articles section
What do you need to know? We working to research and write useful articles about all aspects of the world of body art to help answer any questions people may have. It's a huge subject, so bear with us, as there's a lot of information to cover.
Here's some of the main categories :Tattoos, Piercing, Body Painting, Alt Modelling, and Interviews With The Pros.
Clicking on any of these links will take you into that section - many of the sections cross over and relate to each other at certain points, as that's how art seems to work, and all the forms of body art have things in common, but we're working to bring you some specific information about each of the seperate artforms, and if there's anything you'd like to add, please feel free to get in touch as we could always do with your help, experience, and expertise!
Hope you enjoy the articles, and find at least some of what you're looking for,
Knink
Q. How and why did you get into alt modelling? Who are your heroes or your inspiration? It just sort of happened! I heard about this website called Entity and figured I would join for fun. I put up a few pictures and soon enough Steve Locke sent me a message asking if Id like to set up a shoot with him sometime. I decided modeling would be good for me because Ive always had self-esteem and confidence issues. It really made me feel great...
Tattooing has been a Eurasian practice at least since Neolithic times. Otzi the Iceman, dating from the fourth to fifth millennium BCE, was found in the Ötz valley in the Alps and had approximately 57 carbon tattoos consisting of simple dots and lines on his lower spine, behind his left knee, and on his right ankle. Other mummies bearing tattoos and dating from the end of the second millennium BCE have been discovered at Pazyryk Tattooed...
Q. How and why did you get into alt modelling? Who are your heroes or your inspiration? I never aspired to be a model and just like so many others, I assumed not to even be able to cause of lacking an inch or two and having a very feminine figure. Eventually I learned about the "alternative" side of modeling and how broad and networked industry it actually was. It certainly piqued my curiosity. My final decision to give it a try I made after...
Q. How and why did you get into Tattooing? Who are your heroes or your inspiration? Well, I get into tattooing because of an artist I know who become my hubby after that, anyway, he used to be my heroes who teach me so much about tattooing and give me many inspiration, such a good memory, u know...he is the one who bring me into this line. Q. How long have you been a tattooist? Start tattooing in year 2002, is bout 7 years now, such a...
Q. How and why did you get into body painting? Who are your heroes or your inspiration? Was it difficult to build a portfolio, and what did you learn about the process - meeting photographers, make up artists, dealing with models etc ... I got started by attending the FABAIC in Orlando in June 2006. I was strictly there for face painting purposes when I saw a handful of artists doing the body painting throughout the weekend. I was so...
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Q. How and why did you get into Tattooing? Who are your heroes or your inspiration? Guy Aitchison is definitely the biggest hero I have, others include Trent pare, Clint Danroth, Aaron Cain. Just bugged the local tattooist to train me .I bugged him every day for almost a year then one day he finally said yes. So there's definitely something to be said about being persistent. Q. How long have you been a tattooist? All said about ten years ...
Q. How and why did you get into Tattooing? Who are your heroes or your inspiration? I always knew i would be heavily tattooed from a very young age.. all throughout high school, i bought every tattoo magazine i could get my hands on. by the time art school came around i had decided tattooing was what i wanted to do with my life. Q. How long have you been tattooing? Professionally for about eleven years. Q. Is the industry like you...
Q. How and why did you get into Tattooing? Who are your heroes or your inspiration? I got into tattooing by chance really. I was taking evening courses at the Royal Fine Arts Academy in Brussels while working another job. I used to hang out at the tattoo shop on the corner of my street, and the guy saw my drawings and said I should get into it. Went on an extended holiday to Greece that summer and met a few people from a local tattoo studio,...
Here's a selection of articles and interviews written by professional piercers about how they got started and their experience in the industry. You can click the 'Piercing Interviews' link on the right of the screen to see a full list of all the interviews. If you're a piercer and would like to share your experience with the community, please just drop us a line, hope you enjoy reading them :) Knink Featured Articles : Ontario's Apollo McRae...