Tattoo Artists

A Feminist Collective Will Be Opening a Tattoo Parlor in Oak Cliff

A Feminist Collective Will Be Opening a Tattoo Parlor in Oak Cliff

Tattoo Artist Oliver Peck Leaves Ink Master After Blackface Controversy

Tattoo Artist Oliver Peck Leaves Ink Master After Blackface Controversy

The 21 Best Things to Do in Dallas, July 17-24

By Dallas Observer Staff
Jul 17, 2019

Thursday, July 18 Asian Film Festival of Dallas Looking for a little action, a lot of mystery and intrigue? It’s time to spring for the large with butter and nestle into the comfort of the Angelika Film Center, 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, from July 18-25 for one of the city’s...
Booker T. Washington Alum Creates Tattoo Artist Internship for High Schoolers

By Kimber Westphall
May 9, 2019

Sunshine spills into the chambers of Oak Cliff’s Sunset Art Studios. Traces of creativity trickle throughout every winding corner of the artist collective work space. From a feminist theater company to a found object installation, no medium is off limits. The studio’s Artist Sustainability Program is grounded in its commitment to...
Elm Street Tattoo's Daylong Friday the 13th Marathon is 'One Big Party'

By Danny Gallagher
Jul 17, 2018

Every Friday the 13th, the staff and artists at Elm Street Tattoo, a Deep Ellum tattoo parlor, spend 24 straight hours tattooing people who line up to a "13" themed tattoo for a rock-bottom price. The place opens at midnight every Friday with a number 13 on its date and...
Denton Tattoo Artist Deanna Smith Doesn't Agree With Ink Master's Search for Perfection

By Roderick Pullum
Apr 24, 2018

Dentonite Deanna Smith, 24, more than held her own against some of the best tattoo artists in the country on this season of Ink Master. Smith is still a couple of months shy of having four years logged as a professional tattoo artist. However, she made it to the top...
Rebel Muse Proprietor Liz Cook Steps Up to Be the Villain on TLC's Tattoo Girls

By Paige Skinner
Jan 17, 2017

On Saturday morning, Liz Cook is in a back room of her tattoo shop, Rebel Muse in Lewisville, inking a creepy clown on the left leg of a returning client. On a nearby shelf sit about 10 trophies for tattooing. Sometimes she enters the competitions, sometimes her clients enter for her...
Best Tattoo Artists in Dallas: Terry Mayo

By Christian McPhate
Oct 23, 2015

Terry Mayo’s tattoo gun slings only large-scale art pieces these days — bio-organic, blackwork, black and gray, or color tattoos. The 25-year ink veteran specializes in illustrative images but prefers to tattoo traditional Japanese art. He has tattooed masterpieces using both styles at Cat Tattoo in Addison. Mayo says he...
Best Tattoo Artists in Dallas: Richard Garcia

By Caroline Pritchard
Oct 23, 2015

When Richard Garcia was a kid constantly drawing his favorite comic book characters, he knew he someday wanted to make a living as an artist. But even in art school, where he spent four years working on photo-realistic drawing with graphite and charcoal, he never considered tattooing a viable option...
Best Tattoo Artists in Dallas: Travis Clancy

By Amy McCarthy
Oct 20, 2015

Travis Clancy’s studio, located in an off-the-beaten-path warehouse district in Plano, is a stunning combination of recording studio and tattoo shop. It looks nothing like the semi-sketchy shops where most of us got our first piece of art — the barbed wire wrapped around the arm or small butterfly on...
Best Tattoo Artists in Dallas: Clint Cummings

By Christian McPhate
Aug 18, 2015

Every tattoo is different. This art form is permanent and personal, especially for the people who create it. On a mission to ink our own skin, we researched and tracked down some of the best tattoo artists in Dallas for an ongoing series. Clint Cummings doesn't need the title of...
Best Tattoo Artists in Dallas: Josh Hall

By Amy McCarthy
Aug 11, 2015

Upon stepping in the front door of J. Hall Gentleman Tattooers, a friendly “butler” (heavily tattooed receptionist in a T-shirt) welcomes you into the institution (tattoo shop), and offers you a bottle of water (Fiji!). If you have ever been to a tattoo shop before, you know this type of...
Best Tattoo Artists in Dallas: Liz Cook

By Christian McPhate
Aug 4, 2015

Liz Cook is a tattoo artist. But not in the traditional sense. She doesn't tattoo tribal designs or Old English lettering. A dagger driven through the heart or “Born to Ride” emblazoned on a banner is not the kind of ink she's slinging at Rebel Muse, a small tattoo studio...
Best Tattoo Artists in Dallas: Riley Padgett

By Amy McCarthy
Jul 28, 2015

Every tattoo is different. This art form is permanent and personal, especially for the people who create it. On a mission to ink our own skin, we researched and tracked down some of the best tattoo artists in Dallas for an ongoing series. (The first one on the list became...