When Leo Zulueta opened Spiral Tattoo in Ann Arbor in 2000, he brought with him 20 years of tattooing experience and a national reputation as the originator of the contemporary tribal tattoo movement.

In Japan, tattoos have a long history. In the 16th century during the era of the samurai, laws prohibited merchants and others from showing off their wealth by wearing expensive silk kimonos. Instead, ...

Phoenix tattoo artist Paulski describes his artistic style with one word: “Paulski.” The veteran artist throws unexpected subject matter into a time machine to create custom American Traditional-style ...

Filipinos from all over the archipelago, as well as foreign tourists, come to the mountain village of Buscalan so that this one woman can mark them with her traditional tattoo art. Believed to be ...

An asterisk on wrinkled hands, dotted patterns on the forearms, scorpions crawling around the neck, and a lotus blooming on the forehead—India Ink Archive—is filled with images of indigenous tattoos ...

Paiwan nobleman Kuljelie Kalivuan, from left, tattoo artist Cudjuy Patjidres and future chief Cangal of Taiwan’s Gulou tribe all bear tattoos by Patjidres. He will be a presenter at the Traditional ...

Dancheong is a distinctive traditional style of decorative coloring in Korea used on wooden buildings and artifacts. It features the colors blue, white, red, black and yellow to reflect the yin and ...

The Star of Texas Tattoo Art Revival, Austin’s largest tattoo convention, returns this week, running January 30 to February 1 ...