Tattoos & Graffiti

The culture of tattoos and graffiti have a huge overlap.  And here is a piece demponstrating influence from both.

Painted by Plus(?) ID BamC.

Graffiti Tags in a Different Language

Here is a downtown graffiti tag composed not of letters from the English alphabet, but some sort of Asian characters.

Wonder if this spells out a real name, or if it is like tattoo's that a lot of people get in another language without verifying the meaning of the symbol?

Close Up with a Weirdo

An intimate up close look at the Wierdocult mural on Melrose.

Dig how the chip on the wall works with the piece to look like tooth decay.

Norm MSK Handstyle

Norm MSK bringing the tattoo handstyle to the graffiti walls in Hollywood.

Norm 'Will Rise' Graffiti & Tattoo

Norm MSK has successfully transitioned from his background as a graffiti writer into a career as a tattoo artist at Will Rise Tattoos on Fairfax.

Here is Norm's piece on the Best Graffiti Wall Ever on Fairfax.

'Old' Street Art Gets Inked!

Will Rise New Tattoo

New tattoo!

Fan Gets a Free Humanity Tattoo

Banksy Tattoo

The Devout Banksy Followers

During this scavenger hunt for the new Banksy pieces around town, we have received many emails from legions of Banksy fans from all over the world thanking us for the coverage and wishing they could be here (one viewer even said they might fly out to see the pieces in person!).

The love shown towards Banksy is truly a beautiful thing, and this picture of a Banksy piece turned into a tattoo really captures the dedication of the Banksy fans~


***Thanks to Ali Manbari for the pics and if you are impressed by the ink, you can follow Ali on Twitter
Alizzo Twitter. Ali also wanted to mention that the ink was done by Humble Beginnings, so check them out if you dig the work***

Cool Robot Tattoo

Lol, I think MelroseandFairfax has stopped this girl twice on Melrose to snap pics of her tattoos.

What can we say? We dig em!