Greetings from TattooEducation!
7/2/10
I just did a second pass on a big backpiece coverup tattoo project I've been working on this year, and thought I'd share the photos and talk a little about my strategy. This was a backpiece request, something to cover a pair of fairly old, semi-faded undersized angel wings:
Now, the traditional approach to coverup tattoo projects has always been to go dark, and try to overwhelm the old tattoo. The problem with this approach is that the outlines of the old tattoo almost always show through, even with solid black tribal work, making the piece look like an obvious coverup. Part of the reason for this is a fundamental misunderstanding of coverup tattoos. In reality, you don't cover the old tattoo- you mix it with the new one. All of the pigment particles from both tattoos, old and new, will ultimately reside in the same layers of skin, once the healing and settling have taken place. Knowing this, the best way to hide an old tattoo is to try to absorb it into the new one. Fortunately, my client's request was for a totem pole made of birds, meaning that I could hide the feathery pattern of the old tattoo in the feathery details in the new piece. With the right amount of detail, the new tattoo should be able to capitalize on what's already there. In this stencil, you can see how this works:
For larger work, I tattoo most efficiently on many types of projects by starting magnum first. In this case, I used a 5 magnum, which has very low skin resistance, allowing for quick work. It's also a small enough needle group to rough in bold lines while being wide enough and spread enough to permit some basic rough shading and color gradients. In this first step, I aimed to work the detail in such a way to help conceal the old tattoo as much as possible, without creating a dark region in the tattoo:
At this point, the old tattoo is already starting to get buried in the new one. The next step, though, allows for selective saturation in just the right places: the tightening stage. After finishing with that initial magnum pass, working with a 5 or 7 round permits the refinement of edges and cleanup and darkening of key details, in such a way as to make the tattoo much stronger:
This consists of darkening the bold lines made with the 5 magnum and saturating the feathery details in such a way as to incorporate and camouflage the old outlines. The old tattoo is really starting to fade into history here. After that, I had to move pretty quickly with the color, since the client was in pain and needed me to finish as quickly as I could. Since I knew we'd have another chance at a later date to really saturate the color, I focused on the coverup areas and laid down as much color as possible in that short time using a 13 magnum. At the very end, I switched to a small magnum and blasted white over the remaining obvious coverup areas:
In this first session, I deliberately aimed a little light, knowing I would have a second (and third, if necessary) chance to add more detail, saturate the color more and do whatever necessary to really hide the old piece. I knew this first pass would heal light, which it did:
However, it made for a really solid foundation for the second pass. This time through, I first got into it with a 5 round to work all the detail, using a combination of black and color to try hiding the remaining unwanted old detail. I then made a thorough second pass with a 13 mag through all the color, then resaturated it in key places with a 7 mag. With the magnum pass finished, I spun through one last time with the 7 round and some of the lighter colors, then some white highlights:
This tattoo is not necessarily finished- I anticipate needing a final pass through the coverup zone, darkening the details another step and going deeper and more saturated with the color in select places. A big part of the job, though, is in also adding similar amounts of detail and rich color throughout the whole backpiece, as such:
Part of the art of coverup tattoos is in accepting that a small amount of the old tattoo may be visible, and distracting the eye from that with strong detail and movement. Using large areas of black shading over the old wings would not have made the piece look any less like a coverup- on the contrary, it would look even more like one.
I plan on putting together the big book on coverup tattoos in 2011. In the meantime, though, you can learn all kinds of great stuff from the items in our existing catalog, including detailed techniques on all styles of tattooing. Remember that many of the items in our catalog are only shipped to professional tattoo studios- you don't want to be the tattooist doing the work that we have to cover up!
Happy tattooing, and I will be in touch soon!
Guy Aitchison
www.tattooeducation.com
www.hyperspacestudios.com
www.protonpress.com
Innerstate the movie, and some more ask Guy Aitchison answers
6/3/10
In May of 2009 at the Hell City Tattoo Fest in Columbus Ohio, we hosted the Innerstate live painting performance. At this event, we challenged 40 of the tattoo industry's most innovative artists to each produce a work of fine art, based on their own personal inner visions, in a live performance setting. The list of participants is a tattoo community powerhouse, including Nick Baxter, Shawn Barber, Kim Saigh, Markus Lenhard, Nikko Hurtado, Jeff Ensminger, Jon Clue, Juan Salgado, Nate Beavers, Jen Schichi, Chris Dingwell, Christopher Gay, Gabriel Cece, Steve Morris, Don McDonald, Tim Creed, Craig Driscoll, Phil Robertson, Kimberly Reed, Jennifer Billig, Marty Holcomb, Muriel Zao, Mike Cole, Adrian Dominic, Jeff Gogue, Patrick Conlon, Damon Conklin, Lizi Sage, Cory Norris, Ricky McGee, Timothy Boor, Dee Dee Seruga, Jay Strange, Tim Plumley, Dan Plumley, Canman, Juan Lopez, Carson Hill, Guy Aitchison and Michele Wortman, with guest artists Hannah Aitchison and Jo Harrison.
Innerstate: The Movie is a 50 minute documentary film featuring interviews with the artists and an inside look at their visions, techniques, concerns and goals. It's a fast-paced film with a great soundtrack, perfect for your tattoo shop video library. It comes with a 100 page full-color softcover book with additional interviews and quotes from the artists, photos of some of the event's highlights and gorgeous full-page color plates of the finished pieces. If you are a tattooist with any interest in working in a second medium, this book and DVD are highly recommended; the package is also an ideal gift for any tattoo fans who enjoy the fine art produced within the tattoo community.
Innerstate Book & DVD For Sale
6/1/10
was a one-of-a-kind tattoo fine art event hosted by Guy Aitchison and Michele Wortman at the 2009 Hell City Tattoo Fest in Columbus, Ohio. At this event, we challenged 40 of the tattoo industry's most innovative artists to each produce a work of fine art, based on their own personal inner visions, in a live performance setting. The list of participants is a tattoo community powerhouse, including Nick Baxter, Shawn Barber, Kim Saigh, Markus Lenhard, Nikko Hurtado, Jeff Ensminger, Jon Clue, Juan Salgado, Nate Beavers, Jen Schichi, Chris Dingwell, Christopher Gay, Gabriel Cece, Steve Morris, Don McDonald, Tim Creed, Craig Driscoll, Phil Robertson, Kimberly Reed, Jennifer Billig, Marty Holcomb, Muriel Zao, Mike Cole, Adrian Dominic, Jeff Gogue, Patrick Conlon, Damon Conklin, Lizi Sage, Cory Norris, Ricky McGee, Timothy Boor, Dee Dee Seruga, Jay Strange, Tim Plumley, Dan Plumley, Canman, Juan Lopez, Carson Hill, Guy Aitchison and Michele Wortman, with guest artists Hannah Aitchison and Jo Harrison.
Produced by veteran tattooist Guy Aitchison, Innerstate: The Movie is a 50 minute documentary film featuring interviews with the artists and an inside look at their visions, techniques, concerns and goals. It's a fast-paced film with a great soundtrack, perfect for your tattoo shop video library. It comes with a 100 page full-color softcover book with additional interviews and quotes from the artists, photos of some of the event's highlights and gorgeous full-page color plates of the finished pieces. If you are a tattooist with any interest in working in a second medium, this book and DVD are highly recommended; the package is also an ideal gift for any tattoo fans who enjoy the fine art produced within the tattoo community. $50.00
Guy Aitchison and Don McDonald's back tattoo, and proton press website launch!
4/19/10
Sunday, April 18, 2010
This past week has been chock full of creative fun here at Hyperspace Studios. Twice a year, Pittsburgh tattooer Don McDonald comes by to swap work and collaborate on various projects- you can find a lot of these pieces in the Hyperspace Collab Gallery. This week we started a backpiece on Baltimore tattooist Markuss Decker. Although Don and I have done some large collab tattoo projects, we had yet to tackle a back and were curious to see how it would go. We normally work with both of us tattooing at the same time when we collaborate, so we had some small concerns about Markuss being able to cope with what would certainly be a worse pain situation than a collab sleeve.
We started out the process by getting a clear photo of Markuss' back and doing a number of pencil drawings. Although there is some coverup involved, there had already been a very effective laser session, so we could proceed more or less normally. Once we had a handful of pencil drawings that we liked, we then used Photoshop to composite together our favorite parts of each drawing into one design, then use the Photoshop paint tools to clean it up and hammer it into a cohesive overall design:
After that, I had the design printed life-size on canvas, stretched it on canvas stretchers and sent it to Don's studio, where he did a thorough pass with oil paints. Then, last Wednesday, he and I spent a day tweaking the painting with Markuss and his boss John hanging out providing entertainment. Eventually we got it to a point where we felt ready to proceed with the tattoo:
The following day we stenciled on the top two-thirds of the piece and got a good long session in, with both of us working. Markuss hated it but could cope. You know how, when you're getting tattooed, it sucks but you have this sense of it being worth it because progress is happening? One great thing about getting double-teamed like this is that although the pain is nowhere near double the normal amount, the progress definitely is doubled. After a good night's sleep we stenciled the lower part and drew in the back of the neck, which ties in with the awesome throat sleeve that Don had already done on him. After a few more hours, we got the whole thing to this point:
I don't like sending clients home with just an outline... usually I work magnum first, so that generally wouldn't be an option in any case. What we have here is not only a solid and built-up set of linework but also a good shaded and colored foundation for the whole thing. We'll be doing a couple more sessions on this in November and two more again a year from now- by then it should look pretty cool.
As always, if you and another artist are interested in collaborating on skin, I can't emphasize enough how important it is to have your design thoroughly hashed out ahead of time before you take it to skin. If you are both on the same page, great things can happen at an amazingly fast rate. Without a plan, though, you can get mud.
On a totally different note, we just launched a new music website at www.protonpress.com. For starters we are featuring 5 musical projects, 3 of them by tattooists but all of them from within the tattoo community. Proton Press Music is focusing on instrumental music in a variety of styles including dark ambient, punchy electro, experimental psychedelic, heavy crunchy dub step and some gorgeous atmospheric guitar soundscapes. We have a free music player there, so drop by and give it a listen... if you like anything there is a download link and a place to order hard copy CDs. On May 22 at Hell City, we'll be hosting a live performance of all 5 of these acts on Saturday night after the contests... if you have any interest at all in music, try not to take any late appointments that night!
Last but not least, I just posted several new questions and answers at the Ask Guy page including information on stencil longevity, disposable tubes and issues related to copying other people's tattoos. As always, I encourage you to send me your own questions- the tougher, the better... and I'll do my best with them.
I'll post more cool stuff soon!
Tattoo Prodigies, Hell City, and more!
4/2/10
It's been a big month, and this last couple weeks in particular have been packed with events. I am still working on the final edit of the Innerstate documentary film, which we intend to release at the Columbus Hell City convention in May. We'll be having a debut screening for the film at midnight on Friday, May 21 at the show. If you are working that convention, be sure not to overbook yourself that day!
In addition, we have taken delivery of Mike Devries' latest book, Tattoo Prodigies, which we here at Proton Press teamed up with Mike and Memento Publishing to bring you this gorgeous oversized hardcover volume featuring some of the best tattoo art being produced today. Whether you are an artist or a serious collector, Tattoo Prodigies is jam-packed with inspirational eye candy in all styles and flavors. We now have it in our catalog at tattooeducation.com, so be the first in your town to own it! Perfect for your lobby, or the private bookshelf over your work station.
We plan on holding a big book release party at Hell City on the same night as the Innerstate premiere. This will feature 3 amazing new tattoo community group book projects: First, there will be Tattoo Prodigies, which I just described. Next comes Innerstate, which is not only going to be featured that night as a documentary film but will also be in the form of an 80 page paperback book that will come with the DVD of the documentary describing one of the most eye-popping art events ever to happen in tattooing. Finally comes Pint Sized Paintings, a tiny but huge book of epic little works in paint by a wide variety of tattoo artists. Released by Durb Morrison of Hell City, this book is a unique expression of the creativity happening in our industry.
Speaking of Durb, I finally got away from my desk the other day and did a couple days of work on the ongoing biomech project I'm doing on his leg and foot. The foot in particular is turning out really cool... but this brings up a chance to talk about a rare but important healing issue. Most of you probably wrap your clients in some kind of non-sick barrier such as plastic wrap. This is important for protecting the tattoo and keeping it from sticking to their clothing or bedsheets, especially in the first hours after the session. However, I have noticed that on hands and feet in particular, leaving these areas wrapped for too long can cause the skin to prune up really dramatically, as if immersed in a bathtub for too long. Furthermore, this pruning does not readily go away and in my opinion, after observing this enough times, causes healing issues and significant color loss. The answer is simple: Wrap these areas for a short time- 45 minutes to 1 hour- and then clean them and let them air out, blotting occasionally to prevent body fluid buildup from forming a scab. For foot tattoos, keeping the foot elevated for the first day will reduce seepage (and pain as well!).
New Ask Guy stuff posted: Tattooing older skin, sun-damaged skin and thin skin
3/11/10
Thursday, March 11, 2010
This month I am an editing fool... pretty much doing nothing except for working on the Innerstate documentary, which is just about done. It looks like a Hell City release date is totally doable... but if you can't be at that show this year to check it out, I'll let you all know when the documentary is available. It will come with a glossy 96 page book as well.
I just added some new Q&A material to the Ask Guy page, including some stuff about working on older sun-damaged skin, plus dealing with the thin skin on the inside wrist and bicep, which can be prone to blowouts. As always, I invite you to send me your favorite, most frustrating questions about tattooing... and I'll do my best to provide clear answers.
I did actually get a little tattooing done this month, including this Egyptian backpiece tattoo I'm working on for D.C. tattooist Matthew Wojociewski. A little inking makes all the hours at the computer more tolerable. Plus, Matthew does great tattoos, and I always enjoy catching up with him and checking out his latest work. My next appointment will be in a week... I'll be working on Hell City's Durb Morrison, and we'll be brainstorming about what to do this year in the Hell City Special Events Room. Lots of fun stuff happening!
Realism DVDS and Combo, and new Ask Guy Updates
3/6/10
March 5, 2010
Greetings from Tattoo Education!
We've got a couple new things going on here at the website, including some great new color realism products and some fresh entries into the Ask Guy page. For starters, we have just started carrying Keith Ciaramello's "Keep It Real", a 3-DVD tour de force covering many aspects of color realism tattooing all the way from design to completion. This includes a DVD of an actual seminar, plus 2 disks of material made in the studio just for the purpose of this package. Keith is one of realism's most solid tattooers, with decades of experience in the field and an easygoing, clear narrative style. His package is $100.
If you are interested in realism and want the most thorough education on the subject possible, then we have a new item for you- the Advanced Color Realism Tutorial Package. This includes not only Keith's jam-packed 3 DVD set but also Nikko Hurtado's DVD "Tattooing Portraits With Nikko Hurtado" and both of Mike Devries' educational items, "Let's be Realistic" and "Get Real With Mike Devries". With three of tattooing's most exciting realist tattooers offering their artistic and technical wisdom like this, there's no way you won't be able to visibly improve your work. This special offer includes savings of $30 off the total cost, if you were to buy the items separately. Only $350 total for the package.
We also have added a few new questions and answers to the "Ask Guy" page. This is a Q&A page where readers are encouraged to submit their favorite and most frustrating questions. I can't make any guarantees but I will do my best to provide clear answers to all of these questions. If you want to post a question, you can submit them from the Q&A page, or simply click here.
I'll be keeping you posted soon with more great educational items, information, and plans for future events. Talk to you soon!
Ask Guy Aitchison feature
2/25/10
We've just added a new button to our navigation bar- a link to the new "Ask Guy" page. This is where I'll be posting answers to questions submitted by blog subscribers- questions about tattooing, tattoo design, tattoo apprenticeships and careers, and anything else related to the skin art subject. Since this page is viewable by the general public, there are some technical details that I can't share there, but at the very least I'll point readers toward the right book or DVD that will help answer their questions. There are already some topics discussed there, such as finding an apprenticeship and working on sensitive areas of the skin, to give you an idea of the breadth of subjects that I hope to tackle there. So ask yourself, what is the most frustrating question you know? I can't promise answers to everything but I'll try my best.
Upcoming Seminars Listed
2/9/10
In the Seminar Schedule section are the current listings for upcoming seminars happening at tattoo conventions around the States and abroad. There are important seminars taking place at this months Detroit Motor City Tattoo Convention, so don't miss out on some very valuable information. Health Educators will be hosting their Bloodborne Pathogens seminar to inform those that are looking for industry specific training on the procedures and regulations in preventing the spread of bloodborne pathogens. Also, Dan Henk will be holding an oil painting seminar, and several workshops will be taking place with the likes of Bob Tyrrell, Josh Carlton and Monte, and Brian Everett & Jack Rudy. Bringing tattoo information full circle, a machine building seminar will be held with Jerry Riegger, Danny Knight, Josh Ford, & Todd Hlavaty covering machine tuning procedures to answering questions. Click on Seminar Schedule for complete information and fees.
2/9/10
Austin tattoo phenomenon Nick Baxter had his big gallery opening last weekend at Last Rites Gallery in New York... and now that the work is available for the public to view, we are offering a collector's edition 2010 Nick Baxter calendar featuring "Rebuilding", the title for this stunning visionary body of paintings. Although January has already come and gone, this group of paintings is ideally suited to present in a calendar format, as it illustrates a gradual deconstruction/rebuilding experience. Even if you already have a calendar for this year, these are some intense paintings that will grab the attention of anyone visiting your office or tattoo station. This calendar also makes a great gift for any fans of Nick's work that you know. Only a limited run were printed, and we expect them to go quickly.
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A lot of people have heard of Nick and are familiar with his work, but this collection of paintings is his most cutting-edge stuff, and digs deeper into Nick's vision that his previous works have.
Enjoy, and I'll update you all soon as things develop!
Innerstate Videos and more!
2/4/10
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010
This month I'm taking some time away from tattooing to work on editing the Innerstate documentary. For those who weren't at the Columbus Hell City Tattoo Fest last year, Innerstate was a live painting event that Michele and I hosted featuring 40 tattooists working on large painting projects for 5 days. There's so much to say about that week that I wouldn't even know where to begin here, and since I'm trying not to ramble too long, I'll boil it down to this: you all know how much talent and diversity there is in the tattoo industry, and that many of these tattooists work in other mediums as well. The body of work was spectacular, and the process of watching the work unfold during the week was a spectacle worth remembering. We'll be debuting the film at this year's Columbus Hell City Fest, May 21-23, and shortly after that we'll be releasing the book and DVD package about the event and the art coming from these visionary talents. Check out the video it the following link if you want a short preview of what to expect:
I also wanted to mention that February is the last month where we'll be offering the rebate for Reinventing The Tattoo. If you have a copy of the first edition and want to take the opportunity to cash it in for $100 credit toward the dramatically improved second edition, you have until the end of February before the offer is closed. This offer is only for copies that have a serial number sticker inside the front cover. You can read the Reinventing The Tattoo FAQ for more information about the offer, and about the new edition of Reinventing and why it's worth doing the upgrade, at this link:
http://www.hyperspacestudios.com/reinventing-FAQ.html
Friday, January 22, 2010
1/23/10
Friday, January 22, 2010
Winter is a good time to buckle down and focus on things that there normally isn't time for during better weather. I usually book very few tattoo appointments in Jan/Feb, and this year I'm using this chunk of time to edit the Innerstate video footage that we shot at last year's Hell City Tattoo Fest in Columbus, Ohio in late May. Innerstate was a live art event featuring 40 artists- all tattooists who seriously work in alternative art media besides skin- and over its 5 day course our friends from Above The Shop Productions in Toledo, Ohio shot some really great HD video footage of the event, including some in-depth interviews with the artists. This should be an exciting documentary that will appeal in particular to the community of tattoo artists and collectors; we plan on debuting the documentary this coming May at the Hell City Fest.
In the meantime, I have been working alongside California realist Mike Devries in releasing a new book called Tattoo Prodigies. This book is a large-format coffee table art book featuring tattoo art by a collection of some of the most renowned tattooists working today in all different styles. The book will look amazing, and we hope to have them in hand by this coming Spring and definitely will have them with us at the Hell City Tattoo Fest when we debut the Innerstate documentary. Some cool stuff will be happening at that show, including some other surprises, so keep an eye out at their website (www.hellcity.com) for more info.
I had only two appointments this month, but in the spirit of the Tattoo Prodigies project they were two very different kinds of tattoo- a biomech sleeve and some color portraits. I am of course known for my abstract biomech stuff, but I also enjoy working in many styles and believe that it is important for an artist to work in a variety of styles and mediums to keep their skills sharp and their perspective open. Portrait and figure drawing is a very particular skill that requires being able to see an object in real life and break down its proportions and component parts to be able to reproduce the face or figure on paper or canvas. Drawing a portrait from a live model requires an even deeper level of focus and concentration than working from a photo; and the skills learned from doing this can translate back into any style, even the wacky abstract stuff that I do. We will be involved in helping host a number of classes and workshops this year featuring renowned figure painter Shawn Barber, among others- we'll have more information for you on this subject very soon. Be sure to subscribe to this blog if you want to be the first to know about these things.
Juan Salgado, Tattoo Machines, and Sunblock!
12/23/09
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009
Juan Salgado just headed back home after a few days here. Juan has been dropping by regularly for work (I'm doing his left sleeve- totally biting his style in the process, but it's his arm so I can do that). He's planning on helping us with a Spanish translation of Reinventing The Tattoo- a massive project, so I wish him well on it and won't be so bold as to offer a release date- it will happen when it's ready, which could take all year. But there are so many Spanish-speaking tattooists out there doing amazing work that this makes sense for us to do.
While I was tattooing Juan I turned on a video camera and conducted an interview with him for Tattoo Society Magazine... should be on the shelves in February. I usually do these interviews over the phone but enjoyed getting him under the needle for the purpose. More honest answers!
You know how we are always telling our clients to use sunblock? Well, now I have a great image that you can show them (below). Juan did a big graffiti mural in Puerto Rico a couple weeks back, and spent a big chunk of a day standing in the hot sun on a ladder. He put sunblock on the side I'm working on, but not on the other side... and you can see the difference a week later. If anyone ever gives you a hard time about sunblock, show them this!
I've been playing around with a lot of different machines lately. For Juan, I did the 5 round work with a new Welker iron... I normally use aluminum machines because of my wrists, but the Welker liner has a light enough steel frame not to be a problem for me. Tramp has an interesting feature in his machines- he takes a chunk of metal out of the armature bar right where it hits the front coil core, and replaces it with a rubber plug that he calls a "silencer". So it ends up deadening about half the sound. Hard to say how it alters the machine's performance, but I'm definitely enjoying using it. Juan was convinced it hurt less than a machine without a silencer. I think this is partly because I work magnum-first most of the time, so by the time I end up using the liner the skin is already numbed pretty well with Bactine. Whatever the case may be, it's a really smooth machine. I am also using a pair of aluminum machines from Fallen King, which I'm impressed by despite the fact that they require an annoyingly stiff clipcord in order to work... small price to pay for that kind of smoothness. Still doing my 13 mag work with one of Aaron Cain's machines... still haven't found an iron that drives the big needle groups better than that one. My other workhorse machines are from Next Generation, and have given me many years of good tattooing.
Anyway, have a great holiday, and I'll be updating you again soon!
Juan's sleeve... we still need to do the top of the wrist and a few other things, but it's coming along.
Seminars for Singapore Tattoo Expo now posted at tattooeducation.com!
12/13/09
If you or anyone you know is planning on attending the Singapore Tat2 Show this coming January 8-10, it looks like some top-tier artists will be holding seminars there. This includes:
Shawn Barber: Still Life Painting From Reference
Carson Hill: The Neuma
Bob Tyrrell: Mastering Black And Gray Techniques
Mike DeMasi: Color Realism
Most of these artists have never taught seminars in the Far East, so this is a unique opportunity to learn from some of the industry's finest from around the globe. Click the "Seminar Schedule" button on the left of this page for more details on these courses. The direct link for the convention ishttp://www.tattoo.com.sg/.
Guy Aitchison's Tattoo Education blog
12/9/09
December 10, 2009
Guy Aitchison here; welcome to my Tattoo Education blog. I plan to use this spot as a place to post photos of new work, comments about my recent projects and challenges I overcame, interesting conversations I have with other artists, that kind of thing. If you are interested in subscribing to "Guy Aitchison's Tattoo Education Blog", you'll get an email notice any time new content is posted here.
I also want to extend an invitation to tattoo convention promoters from anywhere in the world. If you are organizing a tattoo convention that features seminars or related educational events, we are providing a place at this website to list these events for free. Thousands of tattoo professionals pass through this web page, so take advantage of this bulletin board to inform the public of the learning opportunities you're helping to make available. You can email your show information to gabe@tattoonow.com. Please include the name and dates of the show, its location and web page, plus a graphic or banner that is 75 pixels high by 300 pixels wide. It would be especially helpful if you include any contact info for preregistration or general questions about the show or the seminars. Please keep your seminar listings short and concise, including the title, date, time, price and a brief description. Your seminar listings will remain posted until after the event.
This week I'm working on a short teaser video for Innerstate, the big live painting event that Michele and I hosted this past summer at the Columbus Hell City show. This will be posted on YouTube by the end of the week. I plan on spending the winter completing the full-length documentary that we are producing that will be included with an art book about the event. I'll keep you all posted as these things and all the other exciting stuff happening around here comes together. Stay tuned!
painting commission I did for Chicago tattooist Marco Velazquez... acrylic on canvas, 12x24".
TattooEducation.com is alive!
10/16/09
Greetings from Hyperspace!
We are proud to announce the launch of our new educational website for the tattoo industry, www.tattooeducation.com. For most of the history of modern tattooing, information about tattoo design and technique was shrouded in a layer of secrecy and misconceptions. However, because of the recent flow of information happening through magazines, television, conventions and seminars, artists and collectors are more informeded than ever about the options and possibilities available in the tattoo art form.
Tattooeducation.com is brought to you by Guy Aitchison, and is powered by the www.tattoonow.com network. Its aim is to bring together all of the industry's best books, DVDs and other media into a single catalog to supply all the needs of a tattooist seeking artistic growth or a collector looking for art books and documentaries about tattooing. Its catalog features items by Guy Aitchison, Michele Wortman, Shawn Barber, Nikko Hurtado, Paul Booth, Mike Devries, Nick Baxter and Health Educators Inc., and will be expanding to include i tems from more tattooists as we get the site more established. Each of these artists has a profile posted at the site and links to their online galleries.
In addition, tattooeducation.com features a free listing for upcoming seminars and other educational events around the world. If you are an artist or convention promoter and are interested in having your events listed at tattooeducation.com, you can contact us by clicking HERE.
You can place orders directly through our website at www.tattooeducation.com, or through our call center at (877) 879-5350. Come take a look and see what we've got!
Guy Aitchison & Michele Wortman
www.hyperspacestudios.com
Tattoo Education.com sells Tattoo Books and DVDs!
8/19/09
We are pleased to announce the launch of Tattoo Education.com, a website that sells quality tattoo books and dvds to tattooers. Browse the collection, and get some tattoo education!