INK-ARCERATED

To our May 13th chain letter recipients: The story in our Premier issue entitled "Ink-arcerated: The Story Behind the Homemade Tattoo Machine" has been met with mixed feelings, and while the majority seems to have been both educated and intrigued ...
INK-ARCERATED

CHERRY DOLLFACE

Beauty and tattoos have something in common: They are both only skin deep. They also have something else in common when viewed in the pictorial context of scarlet-haired raven and model Cherry Dollface: They become the perfect amalgamation of style ...
CHERRY DOLLFACE

THE EVIL TWINS

In our society, very few things are as valuable as having a unique identity. We are taught from an early age to carve our own niche in the world that will set us apart from the status quo; we want ...
THE EVIL TWINS

SHOCK MANSION

Necessity breeds creativity. No matter what your background may be or where your home environment is, this statement remains a universal truth that spans generations, places, time, and space. From the earliest civilizations known to those in modern times, human ...
SHOCK MANSION

WHAT’S IN A NAPKIN?

Along standing and rarely recognized form of prison art is called “panos” illustration. By definition, a “panos” is the term which is given to the white handkerchiefs or napkins that inmates use as their canvas of creativity. Homegrown out of ...
WHAT’S IN A NAPKIN?

MASTER OF MACABRE

Minnesota and Monaco couldn’t be any farther apart. In fact, in terms of lifestyle and geographic make-up, these two places couldn’t be any different. One is a primarily rural hamlet located in the northern United States that boasts a small-town ...
MASTER OF MACABRE

HORIYOSHI III

Bound by Ink was granted the honor of sitting down with the legendary Horiyoshi the Third. In a very exclusive interview, Horiyoshi III shares with us his odd and very priceless collection of rare and expensive artifacts. Some artists create ...
HORIYOSHI III

SHARPIE BMW

Tattoos have become much more than just a lifestyle or even a culture. Today, tattoo art sits at the epicenter of a billion-dollar industry, and this permanent commitment to art has influenced everything from television to some of the more ...
SHARPIE BMW

MACHETE X SA STUDIOS

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…

YAHOO X TATTOO

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…

O.S.O.K.

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…

WWF

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…

HONORABLE MENTION

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…

TWO-FACE

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…

MINIMALIST COVERUP

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…

STARSTRUCK

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…

EXTRA CRISPY

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…

DECISIONS TO MAKE

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…