By Andrea Payne While more and more people are using tattoos as a form of aesthetic expression, there are still conflicting opinions on the art form. Read more about tattooing as an art and views on tattoos affecting employment. Pain and beauty: Finding art in a tattoo Ink and needles. Combined with the human body, […]
Pain and beauty: Finding art in a tattoo
April 30, 2019 by
By Andrea Payne Ink and needles. Combined with the human body, skin is transformed into a canvas used to tell a person’s unique and inspirational story. Andrew Wilson, local tattoo artist at Stay True Tattoo, explained how tattoos are meaningful, appealing to the eye, and artistic. “I think it’s a form of expression,” Wilson said […]
Students, Lubbockites Reveal Meaning Behind Body Art
April 16, 2015 by
A bell chime jingles as the glass door of the Stay True Tattoo shop opens, and a melody of rhythmic buzzing from an ink gun and pulsing music from a tablet welcome visitors. Clients arrive to request a design or decorate a limb. Tattoo specialists wash their hands, prepare various colors of ink and don sanitary […]
