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.
Last week we covered Tattoo Artists, so today we’re going to move onto clothing companies. I don’t typically get into brands, but these three companies are exceptions. Heavily influenced by the tattoo world, and often designed by tattoo artists – these three companies make multiple appearances in my closet.
To Die For – Before there was a Miami Ink, Tim Hendrix and Chris Garver were designing shirts for To Die For. That was probably seven or eight years ago, and this company has made appearances in my closet since then. Before you write this company off and make a snide remark about the Miami Ink reference, at least check out the clothing.
Just like I did for the ‘Tattoo Artists‘ – I created a list for this group as well. I simply labeled it ‘Style‘ as we’ll be adding more companies to this list that go above and beyond clothing.
These lists are aimed at making it easier for people to follow this group, and they’ll grow as we continue to talk about new and different people and companies.
If you’re not familiar with the term Follow Friday, you should probably go ahead and move onto a different entry. Can I suggest the Tattoo Fight? It’s hilarious.
For those of you that are still here, obviously you’re on Twitter. If you’re like me, you’re always looking for new people to entertain you 140 characters at a time. The #FollowFriday trend is a great way to find new users related to your interests.
In an effort to provide worthy yet different content to our users, Tattoo Snob is announcing a weekly FollowFriday post here on the site. It’s going to be different than a typical follow Friday tweet, as we’re going to go above 140 characters and detail who each person is and what they do.
Every week we’re going to have a new category that is related to Tattoo Snob in some way. Obviously a regular category will be tattoo artists and shops. Other categories we’ve discussed our photographers, clothing brands, other websites, and maybe even a category of people featured on the website.
Next week will be our first #FollowFriday entry with tattoo artists that excel in the Twitter game.
Until then, make sure you’re following Tattoo Snob, and check our #FollowFriday entries today!