Tattoo Life Magazine 153

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In this issue meet the cover girl Yatzil, a Mexican tattoo artist based in Los Angeles. For our Chat at the Top, we meet the tattoo artist Gara the famous and extremely popular tattooist from Seoul now settled in New York who creates tattoos which echo the dark in all its mysterious beauty.

Lines, labyrinths and vortices shape the creative vision of Sebastiano “Peste” the Italian tattoo artist based in Melbourne. Spanish tattooist Krish Trace is known for her Neo-Romantical and Neo Traditional compositions created with warm autumnal colours.

Meet the French tattoo artist Delia Broody with her fantastic women faces with colours ranging from turquoise to purple green and blue transporting us to faraway, dynamic “fantasy” worlds.

The interest in Asian culture of Spanish tattoo artist Adrian Desgracia takes shape in bold lines and symbols expressing opposites, concepts such as life/death, night/day, and animals which in various cultures stand for strength or wisdom, such as the tiger and the snake.

In the heart of Long Beach, California we visit The Raven and The Wolves, the famous studio of Carlos Torres, whose Realism has made him a legend in the tattoo world. Take a look at the cynical vision of society in the works of Albert Bonet and meet the model Monki, tattoo artist and tattoo lover from Sevilla.

This issue’s portfolio is dedicated to the captivating photography of Elvia Iannaccone, who tells the story of tattoos, their evolution, and the development of the industry through images of tattoos, tattooed people, and tattoo artists.
And much more…