When Stevey aka Blackboitatted e-mailed us images of his tattoos to be featured on Afropunk.com, we were floored by the detailing in his ink work and knew that this guy was serious about his body work. We later discovered that he has started his own company in Boston called Addicted 2 Ink, where he plans to expand the tattoo life style to different sectors such as after school programs and kid's events. His brand is already located in Virginia, NYC, ATL, Chicago,…
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Added by Safety Pins on December 29, 2010 at 2:00pm —
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If you've been following our tattoo of the week posts, you know that sometimes we like to run collages of beautiful minority women with tattoos that we find on the web with no information about them, just for viewing pleasure. One of our favorite blogs, Fuck Yea Black Chicks With Tattoos, has been great for finding some of our features because when we post images of these beautiful women, if we get… Continue
Added by Safety Pins on December 22, 2010 at 8:30am —
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Have you ever felt like someone was watching you, but there was no one in the room? We can't imagine how much more creepy it would be to have a detailed eye tatted on your arm that would pretty much glare at you whenever you moved your arm up and down. This week we are featuring Aviun Knives, a 20-year-old, artist and college student, who has an all seeing eye on his left forearm as one of his five tattoos. He says it has no literal meaning but got…
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Added by Safety Pins on December 1, 2010 at 5:30pm —
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We always appreciate when guys submit their tattoo images for a feature of the week...for some reason we get an overwhelming amount of responses from women (not that we mind). This week's feature is Dev Devious, a 30-year-old self proclaimed "baller" from Jacksonville, Florida. In his submission, he even makes note that he has a 745 credit score (if you want his contact info, we might give it to you). From the looks of it, he…
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Added by Safety Pins on November 24, 2010 at 3:30pm —
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Besides the really amazing calf tattoos representing the ladder of death, this week we are featuring 22-year-old St. Mary from Dallas, TX. St. Mary, who also goes by Sick Boy, is a painter, guitarist, and does non-profit work at a non-profit orphanage. She also has an ink of the word "dead" on her hand that she has practically scrapped off of her skin (read on for more on this procedure). Thanks for your story, Sick Boy, we love the ink. And… Continue
Added by Safety Pins on November 17, 2010 at 6:00pm —
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For tattoo of the week, we normally post why we featured that tat for the week, but this week we liked Ariel's e-mail that came with the photos, that we decided just to post the e-mail here. Read for yourself why this ink was chosen, aside from the sick skull and microphone ink."Hello. My name is Ariel. I'm 18 years young… Continue
Added by Safety Pins on November 10, 2010 at 5:30pm —
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We love the fact that this week's tattoo of the week feature is keen on the rainbow, how we love colors over here, if you couldn't tell by the site. This week our feature is Ms. 21-year-old, Isake Smith, a Brooklyn native who is currently studying abroad in Granada. She has four tattoos with plans to get more after her experience studying over seas. Our fav is her quote in cursive that says, "No expectations, no regrets," with a nautical star and… Continue
Added by Safety Pins on November 3, 2010 at 12:00pm —
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Just in time for Halloween, spooks, and tricks, is this week's tattoo of the week feature of Ms. Tomorrow Dixon. Hailing from Richmond, VA, Dixon has a tattoo of American actor, Vincent Price, who is best known for his creepy ass voice and horror flicks (he was the inventor in Edward Scissorhands). She also has a really large inked owl on her arm in memory of her mother who collected owls. She admits to…
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Added by Safety Pins on October 27, 2010 at 4:30pm —
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Oh, good God. These tattoo submissions keep getting better every week. This week is from Lyrix, a photographer in Afro-punk's hometown, Brooklyn, NY. Lyrix, who admits to being a tattoo addict, currently has eight tattoos, the sickest one is the latest addition of a Heineken bottle. Check out this week's feature and don't forget to e-mail us your tattoo images to…
Added by Safety Pins on October 13, 2010 at 9:00am —
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It's shiny. It's oily. Yummm, the smell of a fresh tattoo, all petroleum jellied out announcing it's newness and permanence. This week we had to feature the new tattoo from Mitchell Douglas, who recently got the comic book character, Luke Cage of Marvel on his upper arm with plans to develop it into a full sleeve. Mitchell said he got the Marvel character because his admiration of comics ability to stretch his…
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Added by Safety Pins on September 22, 2010 at 4:00pm —
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This week's tattoo feature is of a chick we met while on the Afro-punk 2009 National Tour in San Francisco. Our feature, Alex Scott, is a 25-year-old lifeguard who jams out in her spare time. She currently has eight tattoos with plans to get more in the future. She got her latest ink of the words "readymade" after seeing her ex-boyfriend with another girl. Yep, tattoos can actually fill the… Continue
Added by Safety Pins on July 21, 2010 at 7:00pm —
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This week, we are stoked to feature Deekah Wyatt. Deekah is a goldy locked Detroit beauty who has 11 tattoos, all with symbolism of spirituality, freedom, and soul. She started getting tattoos when she was around 21, the perfect age to start your ink up, and she hasn't looked back yet. Deekah has the illest ankh back tattoo that we've seen in a while, and we just had to show it off. Check her out and…
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Added by Safety Pins on July 12, 2010 at 5:30pm —
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About a month ago, we asked people to submit photos of their tattoos for us to feature once a week on afropunk.com. Many brave submissions came forward for their chance to have some face time on the site, thus reminding us that tattoo ink is such a nice touch to brown skin. With the collected submissions, each week we will feature the best and/or most interesting tattoo that we think you may like to see with a little information about the person featured. And it's not…
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Added by Safety Pins on July 5, 2010 at 4:30pm —
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