Since an early age, being outdoors and immersed in nature has gone hand in hand with his creative drive. His tattoo style aims to integrate the curiosities of the natural world with a unique hands-on experience. His background includes a degree in Industrial Design and has worked in several diverse fields, leading him to develop a style that incorporates organic, natural focal points with complimenting line work and arrangements. He specializes in natural, scientific illustrations using etching and line work as well as incorporating stippling for shading. KYLIN specializes in figurative works using fine-line with grey shading. She enjoys mixing her love of cinema, fine art, and the human figure with her tattoos.
KYLIN's style is a curated melancholy, reminiscent of cinematic still frames, fine art paintings, and black and white photography filled with grain and emotion. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. Brücius is a San Francisco-based, world-renowned tattoo artist known for his distinctive, custom line-work and fine blackwork. He specializes in natural, scientific and medieval illustration as well as tattoos in an etching and engraving style. From whales to X-Ray clickers, this breathtaking The Last of Us 2 tattoo sleeve demonstrates a fan's love of the series in a super creative way.
Lena Dunham has a handwritten tattoo on her right upper arm reading "Too beautiful to die, Too wild to live," which is a quote from the 1998 HBO movie Gia starring Angelina Jolie. The movie is about the rise and fall of supermodelGia Carangi, who became addicted to drugs and died as a result of AIDS. The very same techniques have been used to construct temples in Japan that can stand for a millennium, and indeed go back even deeper into history than that, having evolved from carpentry performed in 6th- and 7th-century China. Here in the 21st century, connoisseurs of every nationality have come to appreciate the wabi-sabi aesthetic and transcendent simplicity of furniture so constructed — a simplicity that surely doesn't come cheap. Yes, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was just as huge as everybody says — and, yes, you likely recall where you were when you first saw the video or heard the song explode with Pixies-inspired quiet-loud ferocity from the radio.
Four states before she'd even hit high school meant that she had wanderlust in her blood. Justine had loved trying on new locations together to see if they'd finally found "the one." East Coast, Midwest, West Coast; they found something to love in each state. Her mom's final move to Phoenix had happened while Justine was in college, and at first she was bummed that she couldn't experience desert life, but her visits there convinced Justine that she was an East Coaster through and through. Their magical time together in Connecticut during her elementary school years had left an imprint on Justine's heart, and she knew she needed the change of seasons to feel at home.
A lover of entomology and plants, Hope weaves together images of flora and fauna creating visual narratives upon skin. As an Architect, she designs each piece to respond to the unique topography and movement of the human body. She lives with her cat in San Francisco, drawing inspiration from the beautiful coast and flowering hills of California. Our mission is to take tattooing to the next level, from the artwork to the client's experience. We want to foster an experience that is rewarding for both the client and artist. Each tattoo is a new piece of fine-art imagined and created specifically for you.
Our vision to create a culture around tattoos as an elegant and elevated fine-art form. Putting images of things you like on your skin is not a new thing; people get tattoos of all manner of insignia they adore, be they movie, TV, music, sports, or whatever, all the time. "Nailed It" star Nicole Byer made history as the first Black woman nominated for Outstanding Reality TV host. She donned a purple Christian Siriano gown on the red carpet. "It was very hard," said May in 2008, "because you already had four precocious boys and David, who was precocious enough for all of us.
I found it very hard because I got so little of my own way. "It didn't go too well," Blake quotes Queen's engineer Reinhold Mack as saying. "We spent all day and Bowie was like, 'Do this, do that.' In the end, I called Freddie and said, 'I need help here,' so Fred came in as a mediator." Mercury and Bowie argued fiercely over the final mix. If she wasn't on a dating hiatus and was just a few years out of college like Sienna, Justine would pounce on Luis herself.
His black eyes and full sleeve of tattoos on a ripped arm made him look like he was the naughty boyfriend in a telenovela, but he was teddy-bear sweet. Add in his skills in the kitchen and he was basically the perfect man. Justine had held true to her promise not to tell Sienna that Luis was pining for her, but her patience was running out. Justine Becker could not be more in love with her rescue dog, Spencer. He's her best friend and "colleague" at her dog supply store, Tricks & Biscuits, in upstate New York. When she discovers a heartbreaking social media post trying to locate a dog that looks suspiciously like Spencer, Justine realizes that her beloved pup might actually belong to someone else.
Oro is a Bay Area native born in Daly City and raised in Half Moon Bay. Drawing as long as he can remember with a passion for black work, shading, line-work and script. He takes pride in creating custom one of a kind eye catching designs.
Oro is extremely detail oriented, open to new types of styles and ideas. While tattoos have fascinated Solia since her childhood, what drew her to this craft is the emotional power felt by an artist and a client during the process of recording a permanent piece of art onto skin. Solia strives to provide a memorable experience that makes her clients feel safe and seen.
KYLIN is a fine artist born and raised in the Bay Area and attends California College of the Arts for her BFA in Painting and Drawing. She is classically trained in oil painting for over a decade and also pursues a diverse range of creative endeavors such as developing film photography and DJing. I've been doing sporadic searches for tattoos on Instagram for years when maybe just over two years ago I found the artist. Chris Mesi, based in NJ/PA, does anime style tattoos that are perfect. I remember first looking at his stuff and keeping my fingers crossed that he was somewhere accessible.
Jean-Pierre Saint-Tran from Grand Blanc, Michigan, wins our Super Fan Award for having a sleeve of art from the films of Studio Ghibli co-founder and master animator Hayao Miyazaki carefully and meticulously tattooed on his arm. It evidently took four months to find the right artist, eventually leading Saint-Tran to choose Andy Kurth, and the pair of them worked on the design for a further two months before the final one was chosen. For some, Studio Ghibli's beautiful animated movies have been just as influential as Disney's childhood classics, if not more so. For those of us who love Hayao Miyazaki's unmistakeable artistic style, these Studio Ghibli tattoos make the perfect tribute. Few symphonies are as well-known as Beethoven's Ninth, an assertion supported by the fact that it's no doubt playing in your head even as you read this. Few symphonies are less well-known — at least by Beethoven's standards — than his Tenth, primarily because he never actually got the thing finished.
He did make a start on it, however, and at his death in 1827 left behind notes and drafts composed alongside the Ninth, which had also been commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society. Such is Beethoven's stature that his enthusiasts have been speculating ever since on what his incomplete symphony would sound like if completed, employing any techniques to do so that their time put at hand. How does the existence of YouTube, social media, and virtual spaces changed the way comedians construct a set, relate to their fans, and make a living? We talk about story-telling vs. one-liners, repping your hometown, comedy cliques, surviving negativity, and more. Charlie specializes in illustrative pieces featuring figurative and animal subjects, drawing inspiration from traditional Asian prints and paintings in many of her pieces. Her style works with organic lines, imitating hand-drawn works of art.
As both a dancer and visual artist, Cache appreciates the physicality of tattooing, how the art integrates with the body, accentuating the human form as well as expressing what is hidden beneath. Her style is illustrative, gestural, and organic, darkly cute, and oftentimes mystical. Though she also does soft shading, Anita's signature shading style uses scratchy, overlapping, fine lines to create a unique, hand-drawn look. If I ever decide to expand my half-sleeve into a full sleeve with more Miyazaki characters I am definitely going back to him. Chris was amazing throughout the whole thing and it looks better than what I pictured in my head. I wasn't 100% on whether I wanted an actual person on my arm, but once he was placed and coloured… Is it sacrilege to Totoro to say Howl might be my fave?
He's my all-time fave in Miyazaki's animes, and I love that he's immortalized on my arm. I won't lie and say that this didn't turn into something way bigger than what the Me from 5 years ago would have said she wanted. Not that I didn't have favourites from Miyazaki's other works, but I just loved love Totoro. Plus, I love cute things and cute tattoos, and he is adorable. The sleeve was a collaborative effort between Jean-Pierre and tattoo artist Andy Kurth. Lena Dunham unveiled on her Instagram account bright red tattoos across her fingers which read "Hollywood Forever".
Open Culture scours the web for the best educational media. We find the free courses and audio books you need, the language lessons & educational videos you want, and plenty of enlightenment in between. "It was then that the loosest possible definition of a 'substantial meal' became the Raines Sandwich." The sandwich might be made of anything, even a brick between two slices of bread; it was rarely eaten. Sometimes, it would be served to a guest with their beer or whiskey, then whisked away and given to someone else. A single Raines Sandwich might last the day, or even the whole week.
Rather than rely on adjectives, researchers from diverse fields have tried to work from the objects themselves — analyzing and attempting to recreate the violins' shape, construction, materials, etc. They've learned that time and place matter more than they supposed. At heart, the question seems to be whether the aural qualities of a Stradivari instrument can be plucked from their time and place of origin and made fungible, so to speak, across the centuries.
Antonio Stradivari (his name is often Latinized to "Stradivarius") began making violins in the 1600s and continued, with his sons Francesco and Omobono, until his death in 1737, producing around 1000 instruments, most of which were violins. About 650 of those instruments survive today, and approximately 500 of those are violins, ranging invalue from tens of millionsto priceless. The fateful week in September also saw the release of 90s-defining albums like Primal Scream's Screamadelica, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik, and A Tribe Called Quest's Low End Theory.
In the year that Nevermind supposedly single-handedly invented "grunge," Soundgarden released Badmotorfinger and Pearl Jam released Ten. It's fair to say Nirvana were one of just many bands reinventing themselves and the culture. Even the hair metal bands and teen pop idols Nirvana put out of business were already trying to make more serious, "authentic" music before Nevermind turned every executive's head.
"A charming, fish-out-of-water story about finding your heart and home in the place you least expect. After reading this book, I wanted to adopt a puppy and relocate to rural England. I absolutely adored it." "Who Rescued Who is the perfect feel-good book with charismatic characters, swoony romance, family secrets, and snuggly puppies. Grab your furry friend and start reading now." "Chock full of heart and humor, anyone who has ever been redeemed by the love of a dog will treasure this uplifting, big-hearted novel." "Why don't you just ask her out already? You've been in love with Sienna since the day you came to town. She's single; you're single. It's getting stupid, Luis." Sometimes, when the wiry fur above his eyebrows and the wisps of his beard got too long, Spencer looked like a friendly wizard.
People always tried to guess what he was and suggested everything from an Irish terrier mix to an obscure German breed called a KromfohrlŠnder. Justine was occasionally tempted to do a DNA test on him, to try to figure out where his soulful black eyes came from, and which breed was responsible for his mix of tenacity and goofiness. "Spence, c'mon," Justine called to her dog, who was still halfway in the box eyeing the questionable new toys.
Justine felt a wave of gratitude for Sienna the witch goddess. Her positivity was the only thing keeping Justine from flipping the closed sign for good. That and the shop's core of loyal supporters, who told her, in one way or another, that the little dog-friendly shop was their happy place. Every time she imagined shutting T&B, she pictured customers like lonely widower Frank Mancini, who held court at the counter every Saturday morning with an everything bagel and his Yorkie named Flossie. Or Miranda Leahy and her son Brandon, who at seven was still nonverbal, but who chattered his own language with every dog that walked through the door.
The shop was in free fall, but no one, from her customers to Sienna, had a clue. Justine leaned back against the exposed brick wall next to the leash and collar display and crossed her arms. Sienna kept pushing her to move to all-natural product lines and add an online shop, convinced that the changes would be enough to reverse Tricks & Biscuits' flatlining. Natural products meant higher price tags, and creating an e-commerce site would set Justine back a few grand that the store didn't have.
She was embarrassed that her employee was more gung ho about profitability than she was, but Sienna didn't know the tap dancing Justine was doing behind the scenes at T&B. The three nearly maxed-out credit cards and the past-due calls she occasionally got from her dog food distributor kept her awake at night, but she didn't want to burden Sienna with the details. What do you do when you discover your four-legged best friend might belong to someone else? From the acclaimed author ofWho Rescued Whocomes the charming story of a custody battle between two pet parents who would do anything for the dog they both adore.
Torrid's plus size hoodies and sweatshirts are the ultimate layering option. Cozy, comfy, and cute, our plus size sweatshirts are just the thing your wardrobe is missing. From slouchy oversized options perfect for weekend-wear to adorable hoodies that were made to go with your boyfriend jeans, you'll love all the fun styles in sweatshirts and hoodies from this collection. WonHwa does handpoked, machine free tattoos, also known as stick and poke. Unlike what many people think stick and pokes look like, WonHwa enjoys doing handpokes that are more complex and fun. She does not think that handpokes should be limited to smaller designs but can be expanded on and built upon.
She enjoys doing stylized anime scenes, manga panels, and ornaments. Among his awards and distinctions, he won First Prize at the Biennale International Tattoo Convention in 2015 and was named one of form.ink's "10 Best Tattoo Artists in the Bay Area." He is Yelp's top blackwork tattoo artist in San Francisco. It had been awhile since I last got a tattoo, and I wasn't sure how I'd be with the pain!
My previous ones I don't remember hurting too badly, but that could just be time talking. We planned on getting the masterpiece completed that day – or go until I couldn't handle anymore. BuzzFeed GoodfulSelf care and ideas to help you live a healthier, happier life. A new owner of a Sony PlayStation 5 dresses up their console with an incredible art decal featuring characters from The Last of Us 2. While fans wait on Naughty Dog as it continues working on multiple projects, a recent tweet from one of its animators gets people talking.
Using The Sims 4's presets and custom content tools, one creative fan impressively recreates The Last of Us 2's Abby Anderson as a Sim. The Last of Us' latest fan film, Project Spores - All We Lost, receives an exclusive sneak peek trailer alongside an official release window. To celebrate The Last of Us Day, one gifted fan of the Naughty Dog franchise creates a poster that includes characters from both games. Game Rant talks to Marco Ritelli and HotGarbageTeam about their The Last of Us 2 fan film that comes out today, and what filming entailed. Lena Dunham has a tattoo with the portrait of her Sphynx cat on her left shoulder. Ashley Nicole Black has two opportunities to win tonight, but already won the red carpet in this two-toned gown.
Mandy Moore broke one of the red carpet rules -- don't wear red -- but looked great doing it. Sarah Paulson wore this Carolina Herrera gown with dramatic red sleeves. Tracee Ellis Ross looked '70s-chic in her off-the-shoulder red romper and big curls. Angela Bassett turned up the drama on this black gown with a curve-flaunting ruffle.
Rosie Perez looked better than ever in a rose-colored gown. Taraji P. Henson turned heads in sheer gown with a plunging neckline. Cynthia Erivo looked like a bird of paradise with this feathered full-length gown. The "WandaVision" star looked bewitching in her belted back pantsuit.
