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Suggested reads
Interview
In conversation with Liz Koss
Exploring spooky aesthetics, the science of aging ink, and the quiet power of drawing without a goal.
Interview
In conversation with Steven Roy
Trading the chef's knife for the needle. A conversation on discipline, business, and why "fear is the mind-killer."
Article
Do Canadians Have More Tattoos Than Americans?
A data-driven comparison of tattoo prevalence in Canada and the United States, including gender, age, motivations, and cultural acceptance.
Article
A Deep Dive on Early European, British and American Tattooers
From Sutherland MacDonald to Bert Grimm, a history of the early tattooers who helped shape American traditional and Western tattooing.
Article
Irezumi vs Horimono
Two names for the same Japanese tattoos, often traded as synonyms yet far from identical: where each word comes from, why one still carries the shadow of punishment, and which to reach for in front of a master.
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Suggested studios
Manda
seoul, south korea
Seoul Ink Tattoo
gangnam district, south korea
W Ink Studio
south korea
neosian_
south korea
Copi Tattoo
south korea
Heim Tattoo
south korea
Suggested artists
Coco Schwarz
seoul, south korea
Stuffieink
seoul, south korea
sedtattoo
seoul, south korea
Sia
seoul, south korea
Tattoofilter
seoul, south korea
Wekid Impasto Tattoo
seoul, south korea