Tattooing
How to Not Ruin a New Tattoo This Summer
Looking to get a little ink before the 2021 summer of (vaxxed) love? Here’s how to take care of your tats, according to experts.
Instagram Accounts Go Dark After Posting Sex Assault Allegations in Tattoo Industry
"We are facing escalating threats to our safety and women are being threatened by their abusers and by their local tattoo artists."
The Tattoo Industry Is Facing 'A Reckoning'
Power imbalances in the industry are often upheld by lack of regulation, allowing cases of sexual assault and racism to go unchecked – but tattooists are working to change the situation.
You Showed Us Your Most Impulsive Lockdown Stick ‘n’ Poke Tatts
“It was either stick 'n' poke or starting a vegetable patch, and I reckoned this would get more likes on Instagram.”
Hair Salons and Nail Studios Have Reopened—So Why Can't Tattoo Shops?
Tattoo artists are trained on cross-contamination, sterilization, and disease prevention—but shops across the country remain closed while other businesses reopen.
The Tattoo Industry Doesn't Have to Be Dominated By Straight White Men
Instagram has allowed women and people of colour in the UK and US to build alternative routes into a career that has traditionally excluded them.
These Are the Most Painful Places to Get a Tattoo
First-timers would do well to avoid getting tatted on the ass.
The Artist Taking Black Female Tattooers on the Road
An interview with Detroit tattoo artist Lorri "Lady L" Thomas, the founder of the Ladies of Ink Tour.
Inside a Brutal, Violent Tattoo Collective
On today's episode of 'The VICE Guide to Right Now Podcast,' we discuss a group of tattoo artists who care more about pain than a finished product.
The Tattoo Artists Who Care More About Pain Than a Finished Product
The artists behind the Brutal Black Project hold excruciating, hours-long tattooing sessions for clients brave enough to get work they know is going to hurt.
These Miyazaki and Adventure Time Tattoos Are Rainbow Magic
Montreal-based David Côté’s surreal tattoos are colorful and crisp.
Inside the Illegal Subculture of Female Korean Tattoo Artists
Although tattooing is banned in South Korea, these brave women sacrifice safety for art.