A collage of various tattoo designs on body parts. Designs include colorful and detailed illustrations such as a dog, eye, monster, floral patterns, armor, and script. A person with tattoos sits in the center.

Tattoo Artist Spotlight: R2

The Artist Spotlight this month beams down onto R2, the newest resident artist to the join the Funhouse tattoo family. R2’s mastery in developing illustrative, graphically inspired tattoos is a fusion of intertextuality and deep rooted meanings. We sat down with R2 and asked him some of the burning questions to get ourselves acquainted. Lets…

A collage of various tattoos on different body parts, including floral designs on backs and arms, dragons, and a flower wreath on an abdomen.
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Cover Up Tattoos: What They Are and How They Are Made

People get tattoos different reasons. Whether it’s a form of self-expression, an act of rebellion, a payment of homage, a religious connotation, or perhaps it was because you lost a be. Unfortunately, not all those reasons that people get them last. And when they become too much to bare and the bearer needs to rid…

A tattoo on an arm depicts a skull with various colored gemstones embedded in and around it, alongside detailed shading and intricate designs.

A Brief Look into the History of Traditional Tattoos and How They Mark a Crucial Point in America’s History

Traditional style tattoos are the artistic embodiment of wanderlust and freedom. When they first started appearing on people in American culture in the 1930’s they symbolized a rejection of the American dream and represented a life lived outside the confines of mainstream society. As for today, they say still mean the same thing. Tattoo legend, Norman…