While plenty of tattooers struggle to find a solid unique style using a machine, some of the most advanced artists in the world are focused on tattooing techniques that predated modern coil and rotary ...

If you only take a look at Horichuy’s work, you’d think the South Bay tattoo artist was born, raised, and classically trained in Japan. And that’s exactly how the American-born and Mexican-raised ...

Yakuza tattoos aren’t just designs - they carry deep meaning, history, and risk. This video explores the symbols, traditions, ...

Favored by hardened yakuza gang members and law-abiding body art purists alike, large-scale Japanese tattoos are widely celebrated for their distinctive style, mythological motifs and vibrant coloring ...

From starkly rendered waves crashing over a shoulder to a stern samurai warrior wielding a sword on one’s back, the striking designs expressed in Japanese tattoos are among the most iconic in the ...

Calves bulging and back rippling with sinewy muscles, Du Xing – a bandit in the Chinese martial arts novel “Water Margin” – moves towards a precipice. His arms are raised overhead, clutching a massive ...

In Japan, tattoos have long carried a stigma due to their association with irezumi, the traditional ink of yakuza gangsters. In the past, this negative connotation could make job hunting more ...

Between a tiger and a hawk is a bolt of lightning red as rage, electrifying the water. “This is sick,” I say while staring at a struggle between the heavens and the earth. “You like it?” Joel Long ...