Safety Pins's Blog – October 2010 Archive (7)

Tattoo of the week: Spooked out for Halloween

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 — 11 Comments

Tattoo of the week: A full complete sleeve

This week's tattoo feature is Boston's own, Kaishiro. As a graphic designer and music producer, Kaishiro got his first ink when he was 23. He now has eight tattoos and has a complete sleeve, which in itself is an accomplishment, he says, because most people leave their arms incomplete. Understood. Check out his work and don't forget to send your tattoo images to us at whitney@afropunk.com to be featured as our tattoo of the week.…

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Added by Safety Pins on October 20, 2010 at 3:42pm — 5 Comments

Tattoo of the Week: More Heineken, Please

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…

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Added by Safety Pins on October 13, 2010 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

The Man Behind Artful Dodger Apparel- Exclusive Video Interview with Just C

Call it hipster shit if you want, but Just C, creative director for Artful Dodger, says he gets his inspiration from the D.I.Y. musicians and artists in the Afro-punk community, especially them boys from Game Rebellion, who he sponsors their threads. I had a sit down with Just C of Artful Dodger and shot the shit…

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Added by Safety Pins on October 8, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Natural Hair Convention this weekend in Chicago- Founder speaks to AP.com

I really want to slap myself for not being in Chicago this weekend for the 2010 natural hair convention. Looking at the photos from last year's event, it looked like a…

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Added by Safety Pins on October 8, 2010 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments

Interview with albino Model, Shaun Ross, in technicolor

Call him the Fantôme Homme. To American audiences, the term may seem like an in-vogue mod chic terminology, but to a young man who was mocked for his alien appearance, “ghost man” is not an encouraging nom de plume. Labeled “Casper” and “Cum” by cruel schoolchildren…

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Added by Safety Pins on October 3, 2010 at 5:30pm — 6 Comments

TATTOO OF THE WEEK: Fuck yea, black chicks with tattoos favs

I'm so tired of you cute shy fuckers. We know you have tattoos. We see them on your profile pictures, we talk about how awesome they are on our off time. Yet, we ask you guys to submit pictures of your tattoos to be featured on afropunk.com and they come in so infrequently that we're forced to harass people we see in the street to send us in their work. So, we'll keep asking each week for you guys to submit…

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Added by Safety Pins on October 3, 2010 at 4:00pm — 8 Comments