Tattoo Artist Of The Week: James Spooner (Yes, THAT James Spooner!)

Did you know that Afro-punk movie director James Spooner is also a visual artist, a graphic designer and... a tattoo artist? James now works at Timeless Tattoo in Los Angeles, using a completely vegan procedure. He was even asked to do an Afro-punk tattoo recently! "It is always the greatest of compliments when I’m told my film Afro-Punk has changed someones life", he says. "The compliment reaches 'unbelievable' when someone gets a tattoo related to it." Let's take a look at some of James' creations. And as always, if you have killer tatts and would like to be our Tattoo Of The Week feature (or Tattoo Artist Of The Week), send your pics to afropunkcommunity@gmail.com.

Two cover-up tattoos:

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Comment by D1V1NE on May 15, 2011 at 2:17pm: MIYA BAILEY OF "CITY OF INK" ATL, WILL BE IN HOUSTON THIS WEEK! THIS BROTHER IS GOIN' H.A.M.! TAKING THE INDUSTRY TO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL. IRONICALLY ENOUGH HE & FILM MAKER ARTEMUS JENKINS HAVE PUT TOGETHER A DOCUMENTARY ON AFRICAN AMERICAN TATOO ARTIST'S-"COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES" WHICH FEATURES JAMES SPOONER AS ONE OF THE ARTIST!

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Production Notes: LA Edition from artemus jenkins on Vimeo.

Comment by Ta Riq Vladartz on May 13, 2011 at 11:31am: Tattoo inks are made of two (or more parts) pigments and the vehicle to care the pigments.
Most pigments are made of metals, plants derivatives, or even bone (from charcoal)
The vehicle is made from ethyl alcohol, purified water, witch hazel, listerine, propylene glycol and glycerin.
A vegan ink is made from vegetable sources but the non-vegan is typically made from animal fats.
Some inks that are vegan are Eternal, Starbright, SkinCandy, and Stable.

There are some other factors in a vegan tattoo such as:
-using dr. broners soap instead of green soap (which has animal fat)
-using disposable razors with no "mosterizing strip" (with animal fat)

You should research for yourself before getting a tattoo (vegan or otherwise) or saying that "there is no such thing as vegan ink" because there are.
Here are links to references:
Feel free to actually call and talk to the suppliers about vegan products.

list of vegan tattooers:
http://veganink.com/inkspots.html

FAQ of vegan tattooing
http://veganink.com/faq.html

Tattoo Ink Chemistry
http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa121602a.htm[/url]

Comment by ShayShayLafunk on May 11, 2011 at 6:33pm: AFRUNKINGDORE the Afro Punk Tat. curious as to the vegan procedure?? hhmm

Comment by CaliforniaAfrican on May 8, 2011 at 6:00am: James has been sharing his work on FaceBook. I always show folks his work after I've told them about Spooner doing vegan tats. He recently showed us some work his doing on Temba's back. This man is incredible.

Comment by Tara (Rebel to the Madness) on May 7, 2011 at 10:16am: I have never heard of a vegan tattoo procedure, very interesting! I am curious of what that includes.

Comment by Ta Riq Vladartz on April 29, 2011 at 8:42am: He is doing completely vegan tatt's ? Greeeeaattt !!

The Afro Punk Tatt seems to be fab.

Comment by BLACKAMERICA on April 29, 2011 at 6:29am: cool shit man..

Comment by Shanda Mickens on April 28, 2011 at 7:30pm: Complete fucking awesomeness

Comment by Roxie on April 28, 2011 at 7:13pm: I love his work plus that fact that is a vegan tattoo artist who cares about the environment raises the level of respect and admiration I have for him. I would love to get some ink done by Spooner in the near future! Hopefully he does some appointments on the East Coast- maybe even during AP festival this year.