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How Much is a Japanese Full Back Tattoo?

  • Posted by CHallowell
  • On November 29, 2023
As to the popular question of “how much is a japanese full back tattoo?”, the answer is variable in many ways, some of these were pointed to above. But we will concern ourselves here with the authentic Traditional Japanese tattoo, and leave cheap imitations as well as Americanized abstractions aside at this time. Still, the […]
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How Long Do Japanese Back Tattoos Take?

  • Posted by CHallowell
  • On November 29, 2023
The traditional Japanese backpiece will take many hours to complete. Dedication, patience, and long suffering are tested as the wearer slowly makes the journey to completion. Depending on the image and the size of the wearer, the full irezumi, or japanese tattoo, backpiece will take between 50 and 100 hours. No small feat to say […]
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What is a japanese back tattoo called?

  • Posted by CHallowell
  • On November 29, 2023
The traditional Japanese full back tattoo starts at the shoulders, and extends across the buttocks to terminate at the mid thigh. The Japanese back tattoo is called “kame no ko” which means “shell of the turtle”. The implication is as strong as it is clear. The wearer is both embellished and protected by the beautiful […]
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How Does Irezumi Compare to Traditional American Tattoos?

  • Posted by CHallowell
  • On November 20, 2023
We have investigated a few of the similarities of irezumi and American traditional tattooing, which we, as Americans, understand a little better. However, this understanding may be surface level, incomplete, or wrong-minded, depending on our amount of intimacy with it. American Traditional Tattoos vs. Traditional Japanese Tattoos “Irezumi”  In fact, most Americans know little more […]
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Experiencing the Best Tattoo Shops In Dallas

  • Posted by CHallowell
  • On July 27, 2023
Ranking the best tattoos in Dallas history is a daunting task. Lucky for me, I have had the opportunity to see many to choose from, and to witness the winners i have chosen with my own two eyes. The following are what I believe to be five of the best tattoos in Dallas tattoo history.  […]
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Flashed Out

  • Posted by Carl Hallowell
  • On February 2, 2017
This is a view from the Heart in Hand Gallery from the back door at the end of the night. Already there is a sentimental feeling, flipping off the lights after the last customer is gone, staring down the hallway at the Sailor Jerry, Ed Hardy, Bob Roberts, Horiyoshi 3 and Richard Stell flash, among […]
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The Flower Priest

  • Posted by Carl Hallowell
  • On October 16, 2015
What to say of this, a piece I worked on for years, on a great friend and a great artist, who’s strength is equal to his talent… Over and over what impresses me is the ability of my customers to stand up to the intense physical pain of tattooing… This pain is especially excruciating when […]
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Peacock works for a cover up

  • Posted by Carl Hallowell
  • On October 8, 2015
Sitting up late working, maybe its not tattooing, not painting… Strangely, its writing, one of the first art forms I ran to, after I had read the lyric sheets for everyone from 7 Seconds to The Smiths, even as I recoiled from the reading assignments in english class… school sucked. I had my friend draw […]
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Autumn Mix Irezumi

  • Posted by Carl Hallowell
  • On September 21, 2015
Every customer is just as important as the next one. “You are only as good as your last tattoo.” And yet, there is an added pressure when you know the tattoo will be seen more than others, or, when you know that you will see the tattoo more than others. But it is a pressure […]
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Tenka Gomen; Kabuki Kumadori

  • Posted by Carl Hallowell
  • On August 10, 2015
Rememberin’ back when i knew every tattoo shop in town… Next came the era when I actually knew most of the tattooers… Of course i started tattooing in Amarillo, and spent the bulk of my career tattooing in Ft. Worth, and am now tattooing in Dallas, the big city, the Big D… But then again […]
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