Directed by Ryan Hope, Skin is a dark, stylish examination of tattoo culture as high art and a film that tests the boundaries of the medium and the human body. The film features contributions from notable artists such as Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Raymond Pettibon, in association with Dasha Zhukova’s Garage Magazine. Today marks the first day in which the entire artistic endeavor can be viewed by the general public thanks to the generosity from Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, and W Hotels.
Diesel “Only the Brave Tattoo” Gallery
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Discover the stories behind the ink
To commemorate the release of their new fragrance, Only The Brave Tattoo, Diesel invites the worldwide community of inked individuals to share their unique body art and the story behind their tattoo. Launching today, the Only The Brave Tattoo Gallery invites fans to submit pictures while browsing their brethren’s snapshots from across the globe.
Cool Hunting felt compelled to get involved when Diesel presented the concept of an online gallery, which serves as a contest for fans with the most interesting body art. For two weeks, Cool Hunting is offering its readers the chance to win a photo shoot with a professional photographer and a framed copy of the portrait, which will also appear in a special photo album on the CH Facebook page and on the Only the Brave Tattoo Gallery.
Only The Brave Tattoo is meant to embody the Diesel lifestyle, particularly that of founder Rosso Renzo, who originated the “Only the Brave” motto. The fragrance takes apple as its top note, and follows it with sage, pepper, amber, tobacco, benzoin and patchouli. The bottle depicts a black fist designed by tattoo artist Mr. Cartoon that bears the motto in graffiti lettering, as well as Renzo’s initials.
Keep track of the entries by visiting the “Only The Brave Tattoo” album on the CH Facebook page or the Only The Brave Tattoo Gallery. For a chance to win, register through the participate section. CH and Diesel will choose 20 winners, who would then get the chance to be photographed in NYC or Berlin.
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I would not mind having a pair of hand-painted gloves by Ellen Greene. “Though we are tempted to wear them, the gloves are not wearable. They represent the idea of second skin and hint at a past wearer. They are to be collected,” [1] states Greene.
Artwork © Ellen Greene
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Rick Genest aka Rico the Zombie
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Beautiful black and white footage and nice short interview with the popular fashion model / performance artist Rick Genest better known as Rico the Zombie, well known for his outrageous fully tattooed body.
Rick tells us about the reason of choosing to have these type of tattoos and gets personal in this film by ‘The Avant/Garde Diaries‘.
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Polynesian and Escher Inspired Tattoos
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Belgium artist Vincent Hocquet has an interesting tattoo technique that looks like pointillism and watercolor painting. His designs include three-dimensional and geometrical shapes, organic patterns, and optical illusions.
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Lego Tattoos for Pilot Extra Fine
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A very nice creative execution by Barcelona-based advertising agency Grey for Pilot in order to promote their ExtraFine pens. The concept lies in the contrast between the symbole of low resolution, Lego, and the high resolution tattoos that were drawn onto Lego characters with the ExtraFine pen (Hi-Tec-C).
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Danish Tattooing
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On a trip to Copenhagen we were welcomed into the city’s most famous tattoo parlor to get educated on the history and progression of the art form. Jon Nordstrøn, author of the book Danish Tattooing, broke down the long evolution of tattooing from its nautical roots to the more complex modern iterations.
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Nike Sportswear presents Crafted For Destruction X Zlatan Ibrahimović
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Nike is releasing a special edition of its Destroyer jacket in collaboration with Swedish soccer superstar Zlatan Ibrahimović. The jacket reproduces the tattoos of the AC Milan’s striker that are stitched in black over the jacket. ”He lets nothing and no one stand in the way of victory. Dreaded by opponents, loved by fans. Losing is never an option. Zlatan Ibrahimović is Crafted for Destruction”. Here is the promotional video
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The Gypsy Gentleman: Episode 1 – New York City
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Started by tattoo artist Marcus Kuhn, The Gypsy Gentleman is a brand new tattoo and travel magazine designed to expand upon some common misperceived notions about the craft and to teach about the world of tattooing as a whole. Having spent 22 years working in the business, Kuhn decided to take some of the memories from his travels all over the world and find a way to express them. Since it was the first city he ever worked in, Episode 1 of the series starts off in New York City. Watch the video above to hear Kuhn’s take on various subjects and get a better feel for the city’s tattoo culture.
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The World’s First Animated Tattoo
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Ballantine’s Scotch Whiskey is running an interesting social campaign celebrating people who leave an impression, unique people who challenge the status quo, and to do this, they’ve setup a series of live streaming events where the community can influence the creative outcomes of an artist in real time through comments and suggestions on Facebook.
One of the streaming events was this, the World’s First Animated Tattoo by artist K.A.R.L, created in real time, it integrated what looks to be a QR code, and after scanning, played an animated piece to complete the tattoo!
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NY Adorned “Tradition”
A look into the operation of New York tattoo and piercing studio, New York Adorned. Directed by Evan Dennis.
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Director: Evan Dennis
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Producer: Evan Dennis
DOP: Zak Mulligan
Editor: Nathan Caswell
Narration Lori Leven
Colorist: Tom Poole @ Company 3
Music: Grails “Canyon Hymn”
Audio Engineer: Jeremy Griffith @ Singing Serpent
Audio Mixing: John Black @ CypherAudio
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Automatic Tattoo Machine
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Chris Eckert created a CNC tattoo machine with a twist:
“Auto Ink is a three axis numerically controlled sculpture. Once the main switch is triggered, the operator is assigned a religion and it’s corresponding symbol is tattooed onto the person’s arm. The operator does not have control over the assigned symbol. It is assigned either randomly or through divine intervention, depending on your personal beliefs. “
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Tattooing Fake Arms
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Guy le Tatooer‘s exhibition entitled “Tattoo Arm,” displays his ink art on prosthetic arms at the Gimpel & Muller gallery.
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On a Sailors Grave (no roses grow)
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Using a tattoomachine like a pen on heavy watercolorpaper creating a three-dimensional line by dissordering the paper structure.
see work at jacobdahlstrup.com
video by Jacob Dahlstrup
music by Analogik
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Korean artist Min Jeong Seo used molds taken from professional ballet dancers arms to create tattooed casts of porcelain. The porcelain arms in dancing positions are painted with Japanese Yakuza-style tattoo patterns. In combination, the two open each other up. Like a real tattoo that lies under the skin, the painted patterns lie under the porcelain glaze.
Click here to view more of Min Jeong Seo’s work.
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New work from Olly Moss.
