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Ben Matthews
Styles
illustrative
black and gray
realism
San Francisco, United States
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Suggested reads
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.
Interview
In conversation with Valeriia
On Sonder tattoos, creative freedom, flash & custom work, Studio Flora, body confidence & finding balance.
Article
Looking After Your Tattoo in the Summer
Sun, sweat, and swimming are the three fastest ways to wreck a tattoo. How to get a fresh or healed piece through the hot months intact.
Article
Tattoo Ink Lymph Node Effects: What Happens Inside Your Body?
What current research says about tattoo pigment traveling through the lymphatic system, lymph-node swelling, inflammation, and cancer headlines.
Interview
In conversation with Marcus Tinh Pham
East Van roots and Japanese discipline. A conversation on sacrifice, permanence, and why just being good isn't good enough anymore.
Suggested studios
BLACK SERUM, Inc.
san francisco, united states
Mom's Body Shop
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Black & Blue Tattoo
san francisco, united states
Black Heart Tattoo
san francisco, united states
One Shot Tattoo
san francisco, united states
Let It Bleed
san francisco, united states
Suggested artists
Ulises Gonzalez
san francisco, united states
MILLIE K.
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Ross K. Jones
san francisco, united states
Hell Hiatus
san francisco, united states
Sodam
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Brucius
san francisco, united states