Skin Deep 183

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

Admiring tattoo photo stills;

Beside the foe, beneath the porn

A Skin Deep, pristine, had been born

Now that we’ve massacred one of William Wordsworth’s greatest works, let’s get stuck in to the particulars of this month’s artist-packed edition!

The talented trio of Rat, Oddboy and C-Jay make up the crew of Real Art, Leicester’s premier purveyors of tattoos that cater for every taste and whim. Their razor-sharp wit and amassed experience ensures that every customer leaves with a smile and a tattoo to be proud of.

A Russian-based artist extraordinaire, Oleg Turyanskiy talks to Skin Deep about his extensive travels and his love of creating a huge range of beautiful, luscious tattoos.

Terry Ribera fashions dense, saturated works of dermal delight that envelop the body and are some of the brightest we’ve ever set eyes upon! He talks of the importance of composition and the joys of artistic freedom in his tattooing.

Author of The Ink Spot and owner of a studio bearing the same name, Gavin Rodrigues turns out smooth black and grey work and integrates some Spanish flair into his creative process.

In an age of specialisation, Mick Tomo’s ability to fabricate crisp, solid tattoos in any given style makes him a glittering gem and we celebrate one of the UK’s best loved ink smiths and his team at Ruby Arts.

Conventions appear in the form of Brighton, and the supplement is packed full of Tattoo Freeze action for chilly shenaninkings galore!

The regulars are here in all their glory, with Fallout, Ink Spot, Tattoo Tour, and a handful of Tattoo Jam’s confirmed artists in Skin Pix, so we’re off to unearth more timeless poetry that we can ruin.

Enjoy!