SA Studios orchestrated a true meeting of the minds when they introduced famed and infamous Machete star Danny Trejo to world-renowned visual artist David Choe. Inspired by Danny’s iconic face, David Choe crafted original poster art based on Machete as a tribute and the…
Just more evidence on how the mainstream audience is more accepting to tattooed people and lifestyle. I login to my personal account to check my Fantasy Sports (I know, I’m a undercover geek) and guess what I see as a landing page? As far as the stigma that entails having some ink, that…
One Shot, One Kill. That is what the acronym OSOK stands for. Edgar Hoill is the editor for Lowrider Arte and superstar photographer. Edgar also has an affinity for tattoos as well. After all, he’s almost completed his full body suit and is almost running out of real estate. I stopped by…
No, I don’t mean the federation of muscle-bound wrestlers that go by monikers “The Rock” or “Triple H”. I’m talking about visually stunning and creative tattoo’s by Art Director Jianyong Zhu of Dentsu Agency, Shanghai. These images depict some of the rare and nearly extinct…
Stopped by The Honorable Society to wrap up a meeting with BBI editor John Jarasa, Greg Yamamoto and take a tour of this place. We met up with the lovely Arlene Darling and she gave us a tour of this facility and let me tell you, this place is the business from the decor to the…
BBI stopped by the Mayor of Alhambra, CA, Face Castello aka. Inkface Tattoos. Inkface Tattoos has one of the hottest studios eastside of Los Angeles complete with a Louis Vuitton tattoo chair to boot (talk about Hollywood swagger). After a few shoots and a meeting, we took our…
Went by Ranz Motorsports today in El Monte to talk to Randy about a few things and I noticed his tattoo. Upon closer inspection, it’s actually quite interesting. His tattoo is a portrait of a person in his past and the coverup was quite funny in a Johnny Depp/Winona Ryder kind of way…
So, I had a conversation with a buddy of mine over the weekend regarding his opinion of tattoo culture and trends. The one thing we came to agreement on was this trend of people falling love with star tats. Stars seem to be the most prominent and common type of tat out there. Stars of all…
That’s what mega-producer Pharrell Williams wrote on his blog when BBI discovered that he is in fact, going through a tattoo removal. It’s a well known fact that removing a tattoo via laser treatment is 10x more painful than actually getting inked. Pharrell’s reason for removing his sleeve is…
When getting inked, you have some pretty significant decisions to make. Some people make their decisions based on a few factors such as: impulse, emotion, meaning, history, alcohol and believe it or not, some people actually do their research about the artwork they’re about to imprint on themselves…
