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Mister Cartoon. Mark Machado, better known as Mr. Cartoon or more commonly just Cartoon or Toon, is an American tattoo artist and graffiti artist based in Los Angeles, California. Growing up in the Harbor area of Los Angeles County, young Cartoon began doing illustrations and graffiti then going on to airbrushing clothing and lowrider custom cars.
Trash polka is a mixed media form of tattooing that is created with various, non-limited components. [5] Detailed photo-realistic portraits can be displayed in conjunction with graphic elements such as large black areas, brush strokes, and geometric or abstract shapes. [6] [7] The tattoos are traditionally in black and red, but other colors can ...
Irezumi (入れ墨, lit. ' inserting ink ') (also spelled 入墨 or sometimes 刺青) is the Japanese word for tattoo, and is used in English to refer to a distinctive style of Japanese tattooing, though it is also used as a blanket term to describe a number of tattoo styles originating in Japan, including tattooing traditions from both the Ainu people and the Ryukyuan Kingdom.
Between 1603 and 1868, Japanese tattooing was only practiced by the ukiyo (floating world) subculture. Generally firemen, manual workers and prostitutes wore tattoos to communicate their status. [citation needed] By the early 17th century, criminals were widely being tattooed as a visible mark of punishment.
Whang-od with a tattooed visitor. Whang-od started tattooing at the age of 15, [ 21] a traditional artform that she learned from her father who was considered a master tattooist in the region. [ 22] Traditionally, only men with special tattooing ancestry were allowed to learn the art. Whang-od was an exception due to her talent and potential ...
Sailor tattoos are traditions of tattooing among sailors, including images with symbolic meanings. These practices date back to at least the 16th century among European sailors, and since colonial times among American sailors. People participating in these traditions have included military service members in national navies, seafarers in ...
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Daniel Joseph Silva (born July 13, 1993) is an American celebrity tattoo artist and reality TV show star from Gilroy, California. [2] Silva was the driver in a traffic collision on May 10, 2020, killing passenger and YouTube star Corey La Barrie while out celebrating La Barrie's 25th birthday. Both Silva and La Barrie were intoxicated but Silva ...