Who do you think deserves some recognition?

[jade1955]

I don't know if he's already had a mention. RIchie Clarke at forevertruetattoo.co.uk , in Liverpool.

Looks like Richie does some very nice traditional work.

[David Flores]

I don't know if he's already had a mention. RIchie Clarke at forevertruetattoo.co.uk , in Liverpool.

Looks like Richie does some very nice traditional work.

That guy post so many good tattoos, I really like following that guys work and would love the chance to get tattooed by him. I hear he is doing walk ins on Thurs Fri and Sat for awhile, what I would give to be in Liverpool.

[Musashi]

Voluta Tattoo out of Indianapolis, Indiana.

[Tommy]

Daan Verbruggen, Ivan Szazi

[russ f]

possibly not to many people's taste round here but I'm a big fan of Davee Blows work....

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[David Flores]

possibly not to many people's taste round here but I'm a big fan of Davee Blows work....

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Reminds me of some of Dave Lum's stuff, although I haven't spotted any hidden penis's in the tattoos but I haven't looked that hard yet. Supremely talented, fun stuff to look at, but not necessarily the kind of tattoos I want to be covered in. Although part of me still wants to take the 35 minute drive and get tattooed by Lum to have a small souvenir.

[ChrisM]

@David Flores where is Dave Lum now? I've been thinking about maybe getting something from him at some point too. Anyone have any examples of what his recent tattoos look like? Or is it just like what he was doing in Tattootime?

[David Flores]

He is about 40 miles south of Portland in Salem OR. I know a couple of people who have been tattooed by him recently and it looks like his signature stuff still.

http://maps.google.com/maps/place?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=dave+lum+tattoo&fb=1&gl=us&hq=dave+lum+tattoo&hnear=0x5495082476f88863:0x10e0cf158aacbd08,Beaverton,+OR&cid=7572867145008337774

[hogg]

Reminds me of some of Dave Lum's stuff, although I haven't spotted any hidden penis's in the tattoos but I haven't looked that hard yet.

Lum never really hid the penises. They were always pretty obvious.

[russ f]

Reminds me of some of Dave Lum's stuff, although I haven't spotted any hidden penis's in the tattoos but I haven't looked that hard yet.

Ha, no but he does a lot of vaginas...

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[tat2tony]

What about Robert Atkinson? He's been killing it for quite some some time.

[ChrisvK]

Just came across the portfolio of Emmy, an up and comming tattoo artist from The Netherlands.

You can check out her work here

tattoos by emmy @ needle art | Facebook

She specializes in black n grey work. I really think she deserves some international recognition

[Kev]

possibly not to many people's taste round here but I'm a big fan of Davee Blows work....

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Reminds me of Ashley Davies work THOMAS STREET TATTOO

[Gregor]

Ashley Davies is now full time at Custom Inc in Glasgow :)

Custom Inc, Custom Tattoo Studio, Glasgow, Scotland, Custom Ink

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I think Mark Ford from Evil from the needle does this style best

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[scott]

Duno if hes been mentioned but XAM's works ace.

Tattoos by artist — The Family Business Tattoo Shop

The Family Business Tattoo Shop

[Avery Taylor]

BRYAN RANDOLPH TATTOO

I like this thread, and wanted to get it going again.

[hogg]

Bryan's awesome! He's at Spider Murphy's now. He's also a hilarious smart-ass. He made the already pleasant experience of getting tattooed by Stuart Cripwell that much more fun.

[hogg]

JoJo Ackerman, JoJo Ackermann - American Made Tattoo.

[David Flores]

Klem

That guy!

[Dr Benway]

I've seen Maxime mentioned only a couple of times on this forum, but I thought it might be a good time to give him some love on this thread, as he is due to do a stint at IntoYou this month and February.

http://mxme.tumblr.com

I have a LOT of time for his tattoos, which are in the same area as Tomas, Hooper, Duncan etc, but he also has his own way of doing things. He also publishes Sang Bleu and by all his accounts is just an all-round sound guy. I love that eagle skull tattoo.

[posterboy7596]

Billy Beans of Tat-Nice Tattoos in Huntington WV. He's a really cool guy, and does some amazing stuff. There is a piece on him in the March issue of "Tattoo".

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[eisen777]

I think many tattooers know about his work, but I love Greg Christians tattoos. Solid bold clean traditional tattoos and obviously you can see the direct influence on chad k.....my wife got one from him and now Im trying to meet up with him later int he year to get one. Next to Mike Wilson,chad, scott and a handful of others Greg does some of my favorite panther heads.

[kylegrey]

Theres a guy to keep an eye on although currently in the apprentice level with Alex Reinkes Horikitsune family .His art has a cool twist kinda like modern Japanese

fashion house Evisu meets Irezumi .Check out his blog here as hes coming up fast .

Horikitsune Family-Horishishi:

[RoryQ]

I meant to put Chris Smith in here before. He tattoos at Deluxe Tattoo in Chicago and also makes machines I think (Workhorse Irons))? I think he does some really clean-looking, bright tattoos.

I am almost sorry I went ahead with Japanese chest plates when I see these kinds of trad front pieces:-

I like his big cat heads too.

His (not updated very often) blog: Being dead looks retarded

[Dr Benway]

I love that front-piece. It brings to mind this recent back-piece (in progress) by Stefano at Frith St: