Artists
Guy Aitchison
Guy Aitchison
www.hyperspacestudios.com
Guy Aitchison began tattooing in 1988 and almost immediately started gaining attention through magazine articles and convention appearances. Noted for his unique abstract style and high technical standards, Guy began teaching seminars to other tattooists at the 1994 TattooTour convention, starting with a seminar on coverup tattooing. Since then, he has t
Michele Wortman
Michele Wortman
www.hyperspacestudios.com
Michele Wortman began her career as a painter with tattoos who actively questioned the accepted ideas of what makes a good tattoo. In her experience, the tattoo industry in general did not incorporate a sensitive enough understanding of women's needs into the basic design philosophy that is taught and encouraged in our profession, leading to a decade-l
Nikko Hurtado
Nikko Hurtado
www.nikkohurtado.com
Nikko Hurtado is one of Southern California's most prominent up-and-coming color portrait specialists, and has been instrumental in the color portrait genre gaining such popularity in recent years. Although only tattooing since 2002, Nikko's natural talent and hard work ethic have placed him in a position of respect among the seasoned veterans in the professi
Shawn Barber
Shawn Barber
www.sdbarber.com
Shawn Barber is a unique phenomenon in the tattoo world. Starting with a bachelor in Fine Arts, Shawn went on to become a painting teacher for the better part of a decade and has taught, lectured and given painting demonstrations around the world. He then began work on a series, Tattooed Portraits, of realistic paintings of tattooed individuals; this led eventuall
Paul Booth
Paul Booth
www.darkimages.com
For over 2 decades, Paul Booth has been the undisputed master of dark art in the tattoo industry. Combining distinctive brooding themes with his smooth, realistic technique, Paul has set a new standard in black and gray tattooing that has attracted the attention of many prominent musicians and landed him spots on CNN, MSNBC, TLC, Rolling Stone Magazine and countle
Mike Devries
Mike Devries
www.mdtattoos.com
Since 2003, Mike Devries has been making his mark in the color portraiture scene in Southern California. Raised in a working-class family, Mike was attracted to tattoos at a young age and learned the trade as soon as the opportunity presented itself. He soon developed a preference for color realism and began developing his signature high-contrast realism style th
Nick Baxter
Nick Baxter
www.nickbaxter.com
Although still in his first decade in the tattoo profession, Nick Baxter already has long established himself as an artist worth watching, someone with a very personal artistic look executed with a level of technical excellence found in very few tattooists. Within his first year of working on skin, examples of Nick's work began appearing in magazines, catching th
Russ Abbott
After 10 years in the tattooing trade, Russ Abbott has recently been widely noticed for his distinct graphic style. Although firmly rooted in time-tested classic notions of what makes a tattoo hold up through the years, he has developed methods of applying these traditional guidelines in novel ways toward many styles of tattooing including both traditional and realism, bringing them together into
Keith Ciaramello
Over the last 17 years Keith Ciaramello has developed a reputation for vision, faith, courage, integrity and a commitment to the motivation and betterment of young artists. With a background in education and the arts, he posses the rare ability to both DO and TEACH. His instructional approach breaks down complex concepts into practical information that can be applied by artists immediately on thei