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Tag: UV Ink

  • Now this is a green lantern

    Written by

    Rob

    Jackie Rabbit has quickly established herself as an artist to watch out for.  We’ve seen a lot of her work on ModBlog over the past few months, and for good reason.  Her art doesn’t always fit into one genre, yet it all comes out looking great.  This one in particular is an interesting one as it’s her first time using UV ink.  Sadly the darkened image is a little blurry, which I’m assuming is the result of the low light, however you can see that she used the UV ink to highlight the bodies of the fireflies and the edges of the leaves.  For a first attempt, I’d say she did a great job.

  • Back in Black(light)

    Written by

    Rob

    It’s been a while since we’ve seen UV ink tattoos on ModBlog, and while there have been advances in the inks, I’m sure there are still two sides to the debate as to whether or not to use them.  Putting the debate to the side, this UV ink chest piece sent in by Kreynold is pretty impressive.  If you can’t read the writing it says “I am Blessed” above a crown.

  • Gilded Splinters

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    We kicked off the week with these UV ink tattoos by Stephanie Campbell at Dragon FX Kingsway in Edmonton, Alberta, but the question remained among many: What do these suckers look like when not under the glow of one of your fancy ’70s blacklights? Well, Stephanie checked back in with these shots to illustrate the difference. Check out the difference after the jump.

    See more in “Stephanie Campbell Tattoo Mini Portfolio“ (Tattoo Artist Portfolios)

  • I Need Tungsten To Live

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Good day, ModBloggers! Hope you’re all refreshed and bright-eyed and sobered up or whatever from the weekend. Let’s kick things off this week with these UV tattoos by Stephanie Campbell at Dragon FX Kingsway in Edmonton, Alberta. We know the jury is still out on UV tattoos to an extent, what with the potential unpredictability of the ink used, but we’ll save the moralizing for now (for once?) and just enjoy some fun, well-executed work. More after the jump.

    See more in “UV and Glow tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • The Evolution of Wang

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Greg Schaefer of House of Ink in St. Louis, Missouri, checks in:

    It started out with a client saying, “You should give me a black light tattoo,” and I said, “It has to be a dick.” He says, “OK, on the bottom of my foot would work, or maybe my leg. Actually, it would be cool on my ass.”

    I said, “OK, if we do it, though, it has to be veiny and triumphant.” He agreed. Being a tattooist and being offered a chance to do a tattoo like this veiny S.O.B, I couldn’t resist. Well, lo and behold, I was able to convince our helper to get a black outline, but it didn’t stop there.

    It went from the idea of a black light tattoo to semi-realism with a hot pink black light reactive background! Yeah right sucka, he ended up with this veiny triumphant bastard with a black light reactive silhouette of a dick around it on his ass cheek. Damn son, damn.

    See more in “Miscellaneous Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

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