Your Guide for Tattoo Aftercare Keep your bandage on as long as the artist tells you to. Times vary, but your artist will probably instruct you to keep your bandage on from one to three hours after getting new ink. This is to collect access blood...
4 Tips for Surviving Austin During SXSW It’s that time of year again—another round of South By Southwest is about to hit the streets of Austin, hard. If you’re unfamiliar with the ordeal, just know that it’s a 10-day festival for music, film, art and tech....
5 Things You Should Definitely Not Do While Getting a Tattoo Bring Ten of Your Closest Friends Your friends are probably real top-of-the-line people, but if you bring an entire entourage to your appointment, you’re just going to end up inconveniencing your artist. Tattoos take time,...
Let’s Talk About “Iceman Ötzi,” Owner of the World’s Oldest Tattoos https://www.instagram.com/p/BP-C_QpjVV9/?taken-at=979248799 https://www.instagram.com/p/BPDvlgngNhi/?taken-at=979248799 https://www.instagram.com/p/zIwvBnMQvB/?tagged=otzitheiceman https://www.instagram.com/p/zC0q-_QrKd/?tagged=otzitheiceman https://www.instagram.com/p/BM9RXyBBKga/?tagged=otzi Strap on your seatbelts and make sure your thinking cap is on good and tight, because y’all mofos are about to get LEARNT. Scientists have finally decided upon the oldest tattoos ever drawn, and they belong...
5 Interesting Statistics on People with Tattoos Percentage of U.S. adults ages 18-25 who have at least one tattoo: 14% Getting a tattoo in your younger years is often times a sign of rebellion, so it’s actually surprising that this number isn’t higher. We all have...
4 Tattooed Silver Foxes We Need to Talk About Right Now Nick Wooster Nick Wooster’s nickname is “the alpha male of American street style,” and rightfully so. He started out as a retailer before progressing to a fashion advisor. He’s now a free agent with tons of...
5 Entirely Plausible Theories on Why Austin’s Tattoo Culture Is so Prominent You don’t have to travel far to realize that Austin is different—dare I say weird—in comparison to other cities. With a constant slew of exciting bands, bizarre street artists, and strange stores filled with...
26 Tattoo Ideas That Scream “Austin, Texas” The planet Earth in a sweet embrace with a Car2Go. Bumper to bumper traffic on I-35, complete with a slew of road rage profanities. Terry’s and Whataburger in a boxing ring. A hipster zoo that is actually just...
7 Ways to Prepare for Your Tattoo to Ensure You Have No Ragrets Think about your ink. Give yourself time to think about the tattoo you want. It’s going to be with you for a long time, usually forever, so make sure you’re happy with your...
26 Tattoo Fun Facts In the US, more women than men have tattoos. However, women are more likely to get their tattoos removed. A public defender named Travis Williams tattoos the name of every defendant whose case he loses in court on his back. The...