Myke Chambers spent a couple days at Off the Map Tattoo at the end of October, and it looks like it was time well spent.
If you’re an Instagram user, follow Myke under the screen name ‘MykeChambers‘. Don’t fear if you’re not on Instagram, you’ll just have to stalk follow Myke via his Twitter.
Tattoo by Myke Chambers at Art Machine Productions in Philadelphia, PA
I was excited to see that Juan Salgado has decided to sign up for an official account on Twitter. To read Juan’s thoughts 140 characters at a time, click here.
Tattoo by Juan Salgado at Color Conspiracy Tattoo Gallery in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Hot off Keith Ciaramello’s Twitter this morning:
Tattoo by Keith Ciaramello by Kustom Kulture Gallery in Baldwin, NY
On Monday Dan Smith randomly answered five ten questions on his Twitter account.
I really enjoyed reading these, and I think you will too. I actually enjoyed them so much that I took the liberty to screen capture them in case you missed them. If you’re not following Dan on Twitter, click here and fix that.
Tattoo by Dan Smith at High Voltage Tattoo in Los Angeles, CA
If you haven’t heard, Bob Tyrrell started up a Twitter account a couple months ago. Double check to make sure you’re not following the Bob Tyrrell imposter, this is the real account.
On the subject of Twitter, don’t forget to follow Tattoo Snob.
Tattoo by: Bob Tyrrell at Nightmare Gallery in Detroit, MI.
Does anyone else think it’s hilarious that Keith Ciaramello has been placing the hash tag #NYINK in all of his Twitter posts?
Tattoo by: Keith Ciaramello by Kustom Kulture Gallery in Baldwin, NY
Seems that Craig Beasley is in the process of opening his own shop, Monument Tattoo. According to his Twitter, the shop will be located in Tallahassee, FL and construction has already started.
Previously Craig was always on the road and fairly hard to pin down–I imagine a line is already forming outside of the shop.
Tattoo by: Craig Beasley at Monument Tattoo in Tallahassee, FL
Last week we announced our Win a trip to Hell contest, where for $10 you can win a trip to Phoenix to attend Hell City August 27th – 29th.
As crazy as that is, we’re not done… at Hell City in Columbus, we’re going to hold a Twitter contest. All of the official details are here, but basically:
We’re not announcing the prizes quite yet, but we promise they’ll be worth your time.
Instead of posting a list of people you should follow today, I’m going to go out on a limb and do something different for this post. Below is a list of tattoo artists that have Twitter accounts, but don’t use them.
Consider this my wish list. All of these artists took the step to make an account – now let’s just hope they start tweeting.
Mike Devries – The occasional tweet does come out from Mike, but it’s typically a plug and they don’t happen all that often.
Carson Hill – Carson was tweeting on a semi irregular basis, but he hasn’t since the end of November.
Joshua Carlton – Without a single tweet, I’m cautiously optimistic that we’ll see this account start up. I’d love to see what Joshua is up to from day to day.
Paul Booth – The man, the myth, the legend. While Paul doesn’t have one tweet yet, there was a “test” tweet yesterday. I’m taking that as a sign of hope that this account will start tweeting soon.
So why follow them? Well, as I said, I’m cautiously optimistic.
As always, I’ve added all of these users to the appropriate lists. Currently we have lists for Tattoo Artists, Tattoo Shops, Photographers, and Clothing Companies.
Let’s be honest. Updating Twitter all of the time can be a pain in the ass. Especially if you have multiple pages, such as a personal account and an account for your business or website. There have been plenty of times that I didn’t even feel like looking at a computer, let alone trying to write something witty for the Tattoo Snob account.
With that being said, when a tattoo shop creates a Twitter account and actually keeps it updated – I’m impressed. Without further ado:
Union Electric Tattoo – Big 5 and Jim Sylvia are always posting pictures of fresh work and various antics throughout the shop.
Off the Map Tattoo – One of the most unique shops in the world, Off the Map has three top notch artists in house, and a revolving door of international tattoo artists doing guest spots throughout the year.
570 Tattooing Company – Although their tweets have slowed down over the past month, Ron Russo and the crew deliver quality work just outside of Pittsburgh, PA.
Obviously there are more shops on Twitter that we follow, but we’re going to save them until the next round.
As always, we created a list specifically for Tattoo Shops. The beauty of the list is that you can follow one list instead of all the individual accounts.