“I mainly draw my inspiration from my own experiences, beliefs, and development throughout my career,” she adds. “The objects I chose to draw are everyday objects but with a slight stylistic or simplistic differences, making them eternal in a way as they never really go ‘out of fashion’ or become unpopular.”

Indeed, her work makes for an interesting fashion statement, drawing quite a massive fanbase (on Instagram alone she has amassed more than 210k followers). But when it comes to her career path, her road was a meandering one – having first gained attention on Tumblr, where she would post photos of her illustrations and tattoos.

“From the positive feedback it got from everyone I started taking appointments and working from my home and studio spaces,” she recalled. “There’s a certain normalized order within the tattoo industry where you gotta first do an apprenticeship, learn all the different styles and then you get the chair and get to develop your own individual style. But this was different to me as I didn’t do an apprenticeship so my style simply developed from the beginning through my own inspiration, meaning rather than everyone walking around with the same designs, people get new and interesting designs, rather than just going to a standard studio, picking a design from the portfolio and ending up leaving with the ‘H & M of tattoos.’”

Check out some of her original designs in the gallery below:

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“I’ve never wanted recognition,” she remarked once, in an interview with Amadeus, “which is why tattooing is great because it’s for someone else.” Born in Marin and raised in San Mateo, Kartomten now lives in Echo Park. She began experimenting with “home-made” tattoo art in her early twenties, and after spending a few years hand-poking at Sang Bleu London, she moved to Los Angeles where she continues to pioneer in making stick and poke tattoos a respected art form.

According to Kartomten, she gave and received her first tattoo when she and her friend hand-poked each other’s fingers. “I started with friends at home in San Francisco,” she recalled. “We wanted to do it then and there, and I had sewing needles and India ink. I became a professional over a long period of time.”

A self-taught tattoo artist through and through, she notes that most of her early clients had never heard of her chosen technique – an ancient form of body art that involves using a sharp point and some ink – but they gave her a chance and liked the results. “I always liked that it’s a lowbrow art form,” she says.

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“A paper or a canvas or a skin, are the same, it’s just different material,” she reflected in an interview with Cortex. “I did my first tattoo on myself in high school with a needle and some random ink because I was in love with a stupid guy. Then I went to Nantes and met the best people, I was at school with Ivan he had a super scary tattoo machine, it took me a while before I tried, but once I started I followed him.”

Nowadays, she’s back to hand-poked tattooing, which doesn’t require a machine. The result is a lot more tangible – creating perfect imperfections, which is just the way she likes her art to be. With a background industrial design, Olk says she’s developed an interest in the more simple things in life, which are still able to evoke emotion. “I am very attracted to pop art, mid XXth century graphics and the Renaissance period,” she says. “It’s a long and slow journey, I am still researching and trying new techniques.”

Follow her creative journey on Instagram.

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Maslov spent a good portion of her career as a freelance illustrator, doing a healthy amount of commissioned tattoo designs. This inspired her to transition to tattooing, and it ended up being a great decision.

She is now working in Melbourne’s Heretic Tattoo Studio, where clients line up just to have a piece of her art on their skin.

Check out some of Maslov’s powerful tattoo art below.

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Karabudak, who splits her residence between Brooklyn and Los Angeles, previously worked as an art teacher and street artist before deciding to give tattooing a chance. It turned out that she is natural at it, and she has been working as a tattoo artist for the past nine years.

While she does all sorts of tattoos, Karabudak became known for her circled tattoos. In small circles, she is able to capture an impressive number of details, creating incredibly deep and unique tattoo art. Besides landscapes and nature scenes, this talented artist also does recreations of classical paintings and popular illustrations.

Check out some of Karabudak’s works below.

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“I mainly draw my inspiration from my own experiences, beliefs, and development throughout my career,” she adds. “The objects I chose to draw are everyday objects but with a slight stylistic or simplistic differences, making them eternal in a way as they never really go ‘out of fashion’ or become unpopular.”

Indeed, her work makes for an interesting fashion statement, drawing quite a massive fanbase (on Instagram alone she has amassed more than 210k followers). But when it comes to her career path, her road was a meandering one – having first gained attention on Tumblr, where she would post photos of her illustrations and tattoos.

“From the positive feedback it got from everyone I started taking appointments and working from my home and studio spaces,” she recalled. “There’s a certain normalized order within the tattoo industry where you gotta first do an apprenticeship, learn all the different styles and then you get the chair and get to develop your own individual style. But this was different to me as I didn’t do an apprenticeship so my style simply developed from the beginning through my own inspiration, meaning rather than everyone walking around with the same designs, people get new and interesting designs, rather than just going to a standard studio, picking a design from the portfolio and ending up leaving with the ‘H & M of tattoos.’”

Check out some of her original designs in the gallery below:

The post Daisy Watson’s Tattoos are Full of Spunk appeared first on Wallpaper Data.

“I’ve never wanted recognition,” she remarked once, in an interview with Amadeus, “which is why tattooing is great because it’s for someone else.” Born in Marin and raised in San Mateo, Kartomten now lives in Echo Park. She began experimenting with “home-made” tattoo art in her early twenties, and after spending a few years hand-poking at Sang Bleu London, she moved to Los Angeles where she continues to pioneer in making stick and poke tattoos a respected art form.

According to Kartomten, she gave and received her first tattoo when she and her friend hand-poked each other’s fingers. “I started with friends at home in San Francisco,” she recalled. “We wanted to do it then and there, and I had sewing needles and India ink. I became a professional over a long period of time.”

A self-taught tattoo artist through and through, she notes that most of her early clients had never heard of her chosen technique – an ancient form of body art that involves using a sharp point and some ink – but they gave her a chance and liked the results. “I always liked that it’s a lowbrow art form,” she says.

The post Tati Compton Might Inspire Your Next Tattoo appeared first on Wallpaper Data.

“A paper or a canvas or a skin, are the same, it’s just different material,” she reflected in an interview with Cortex. “I did my first tattoo on myself in high school with a needle and some random ink because I was in love with a stupid guy. Then I went to Nantes and met the best people, I was at school with Ivan he had a super scary tattoo machine, it took me a while before I tried, but once I started I followed him.”

Nowadays, she’s back to hand-poked tattooing, which doesn’t require a machine. The result is a lot more tangible – creating perfect imperfections, which is just the way she likes her art to be. With a background industrial design, Olk says she’s developed an interest in the more simple things in life, which are still able to evoke emotion. “I am very attracted to pop art, mid XXth century graphics and the Renaissance period,” she says. “It’s a long and slow journey, I am still researching and trying new techniques.”

Follow her creative journey on Instagram.

The post Johanna Olk’s Tattoos Are a Celebration of Womanhood appeared first on Wallpaper Data.

Maslov spent a good portion of her career as a freelance illustrator, doing a healthy amount of commissioned tattoo designs. This inspired her to transition to tattooing, and it ended up being a great decision.

She is now working in Melbourne’s Heretic Tattoo Studio, where clients line up just to have a piece of her art on their skin.

Check out some of Maslov’s powerful tattoo art below.

The post Tattoo Artist Creates Powerful Nature-Inspired Gothic Tattoos appeared first on Wallpaper Data.

Karabudak, who splits her residence between Brooklyn and Los Angeles, previously worked as an art teacher and street artist before deciding to give tattooing a chance. It turned out that she is natural at it, and she has been working as a tattoo artist for the past nine years.

While she does all sorts of tattoos, Karabudak became known for her circled tattoos. In small circles, she is able to capture an impressive number of details, creating incredibly deep and unique tattoo art. Besides landscapes and nature scenes, this talented artist also does recreations of classical paintings and popular illustrations.

Check out some of Karabudak’s works below.

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