Tattooing and Body Modification

Needles and Skins

New Film Documents Southern California's Tattoo Scene, from Danny Trejo to Ed Hardy

Flying High

In The Pink

Ink Well

Lover-Toys

Hook, Line, and Inker

Return Man

An A'Fare to Remember

Skin City

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, June 2, 2011

How an Underage Illegal Immigrant Became One of the Valley's Hottest Tattoo Artists

Needle Exchange

Getting Lei'd

High I.Q.

Ink meets ink at tattoo artist’s book signing

Repurposing Circle Ks Is a Phoenix Specialty

Pricks of the Trade

Ink slingers stick living canvases at the AZ Tattoo Expo

Inkenstein Anniversary

Beauty and the East

Asian festival explores exotic grub and culture

Let Your Kid Get a Tattoo

Ink Inc.

Tat franchisers bring edgy con back to the Biltmore

Tattoo Parlor License Revocation by Tempe Ruled Unlawful; City Considering Its Next Move

Poster from the Prestons' Mesa tattoo shopFollowing a court order, the Tempe City Council will discuss at its meeting tonight what to do next with a the case of a tattoo parlor that had its business license revoked after neighbors complained it might make the area seem seedy.The Tempe City Attorney' ... More >>

Tattoo Parlor Vs. Tempe: Oral Arguments to Begin in Case Defended by Goldwater Institute

Image: http://www.virtualrealitytattoos.lbu.com Arguments are set to begin Monday morning in a case that pits the would-be owners of a Tempe tattoo parlor against officials who think the business is seedy. Tom and Elizabeth Preston, who already own a tattoo shop in Mesa, told the press in 2007, when ... More >>

Flesh Trade

Tired of Inc.? Try Ink.

Cool Kat

Tattoo artist/TV star inks her new body-art tome

Electric Ladyland

Former SuperJane shejays drop sick beats at Myst

St. Valentine’s Day Music-Art Expo @ Mesa Convention Center

On the Eve of the NBA All-Star Game, Phoenix Suns Players Show Off Their Tattoo Canvases

First Friday, The Heart is a Drum Machine, and More Over the Weekend

First Friday: February 2009 Modified bikes, tasty drinks and The Love Me Nots had Phoenix's streets covered in First Friday fans on February 6, 2009. See: shots direct from Phoenix in this First Friday Slide Show. 'The Heart is a Drum Machine' Draws Big, Loud Crowd For Premiere It's not often a ... More >>

Tuaca Body Art Evolution Tour at The Orpheum Theatre

Victor Palagano Partially-clothed but fully painted dancers reinvented artistic expression on stage at The Orpheum during the Tuaca Body Art Evolution Tour on Feb. 8, 2009.  See more shots from the tour in our Tuaca Body Art Evolution Slide Show.

Son of Godsmack

Alt-metalhead goes solo, but not soft

Guinness World Record For Most Tattoos Given In 24 Hours Shattered

By Yvonne Zusel See more shots in our Guinness World Record slide show. It’s 2:40 on Saturday morning and while most people’s nights are winding down, Hollis Cantrell’s has just begun. He’s bent over a man’s calf with his tattoo needle moving carefully but efficiently, first drawing an ... More >>

The Madame of Modification

Exterior Decorators

Visiting artists brand the flesh and the metal

Flesh Memory

Valley ink inc. celebrates a decade and a half

John Huntington's One Night Stand

Style Watch: Arizona Tattoo Expo

Arizona Tattoo Expo

Flesh Trade

Expo vendors want to get under your skin

Big Pricks

They're not all tat

Flesh for Fantasy

People who needle people

BEST STRETCH OF ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY

Church of Body Modification

Ink Bomb

Piercing Remarks

Tempe tattoo and body piercers needled by lack of regulations

Best Piercing Studio

HTC Body Piercing

Hook, Line & Sinner

A harrowing evening with the church of body modification, where parishioners reclaim their bodies and have gory tug-o-wars - then something goes wrong

Ink Piece

Arizona tattoo artists leave their mark on Alwun House exhibition

Best Etch-in-Flesh

Blue Dragon Tattoos
322 West McDowell
602-973-4093
(and 5008 West Northern, Glendale, 623-939-8244)

I of the Needle

A RIVET RUNS THROUGH ITFLESHING OUT THE BODY-PIERCING PHENOMENON