Tattoo Life May/June 2025

Cover girl: Lisa Marie

The cover girl of this issue is Lisa Marie, an Austrian girl from Graz. She describes herself as a positive and realistic person who loves her job as a carer for the elderly, as well as going to the gym and spending time with her dogs.

Chat at the top with Horiken

Read the interview with the author of the new volume published by Tattoo Life: “Shybuya Horiken. Japanese Handcrafted Ink”. Horiken tells his story and presents his Irezumi art where the imagery of Japanese tradition meets the innovation of a more graphic and contemporary Japanese style. We met him in Kawasaki, Japan, where he lives and works, to talk about his work, his deep cultural knowledge and his interpretation of Japanese tattooing.

The photo frames of Alex Zahkarov

Alex Zakharov is a Ukrainian tattoo artist who has been living in Warsaw for almost ten years. In this interview he tells us about his hyper-realistic and narrative tattoos. And he introduces Sagma Tattoo Gallery, the studio he founded in Warsaw, a hive of ideas and a space dedicated to painting and creativity.

Michael Campitelli, Traditional style with no rules

With Italian roots, Mr Campitelli has been working for years – alongside three other artists – at Super Cat Tattoo in Vancouver, British Columbia. Constantly perfecting his idea of Traditional which veers into Surreal as well as New Trad. What truly drives him? A desire to do exactly as he pleases and to learn everything that is positive in the art of others. So he can keep on growing and improving in his own work.

Geometrical Black Works by Raimundo Ramirez

Perfection and beauty, mathematics and geometric shapes: the creative mind of Spanish tattoo artist Raimundo Ramirez spans this spectrum, then strives to find fertile ground with his clients’ requests in order to decorate the body as a whole. “If my client asks for a Viking head, then I turn him into a Viking.”

Welcome to L.O.V.E.machine Tattoo Studio, New York!

We’re in SoHo, the famous district of New York where the air is buzzing with art, culture and energy. The streets are teeming with people from every corner of the globe who come to this area in Lower Manhattan to experience the best that New York has to offer. And here is where we visit Love Machine Tattoo, the shop opened by Denis Sivak, a creative space that embraces painting, design, photography, art, where everything comes together with the tattoos created by the eleven members of the team.

Who’s who: The mythology of Alessandra Maria

She is enamoured with the Italian Renaissance Art period, a time when art was still seen as a vehicle for conveying the divine. In this article we present the oil on paintings, of American artist Alessandra Maria, where women become guardians of natural cycles with gold as their ornament.

Tattoo model: Elizabeth Gore, tattoo lover, piercer, traveller

Meet Elisabeth, tattoo lover, piercer and globetrotter from Ohio, who introduces herself to Tattoo Life in all her glory!

Portfolio: Irezumi Bijinga by Matti Senju

In this Portfolio, we present the artistic project by tattoo artist Matti Senju. In these paintings Matti reflects on both the roots and the future of Irezumi. He has focused on designs dedicated to the female body, exploring new ways to tell ancient legends about traditional themes from Japanese history and mythology.

Tattoo Mix: A selection of the best in every style… and much more!