NEWS — Las Vegas

It’s been a handful of years since I’ve know David of Civillian clothing. He’s come a long way and worked his ass off to create an impressive movement in local Las Vegas streetwear/hip hop culture. David’s newest venture, teaming up with a super rad event “Secret Walls” has us all sorts of stoked! If you haven’t heard about this fuckin’ event…lemme drop some knowledge on ya. “Secret Walls” is a super simple event based on a group of six artists givin’ only BLACK paint and each a large white canvas. During a 90 minute stretch each artist is giving this allotted amount of time to paint ANYTHING they want on their blank canvas. After the hour and a half is up, the crowd will be given a chance to voice their opinion on the favorite hand painted canvas one artist at a time…by YELLING THIER BRAINS OUT for their favorite artist! This is a pretty damn stressful time, during the 90 minutes up on a stage painting…Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that the artists are also up on a stage in front of a TON of people pressured by the crowd to come up with somethin’ worth yelling about! “Don’t fuck up”, “Make it cool”,  “Don’t fall off the stage” , “Don’t take another shot”, “Beer me” all  going through my head as I’m pounding beers and taking shots handed up from crowd members..all while painting a giant picture in a super short amount of time. It might seem like 90 minutes isn’t much time to paint a giant canvas from start to finish, because it ISN”T. It goes quick, and is quite the challenge. So the real exciting part about this whole story is that as we sit today here at Studio 21 Tattoo..we’ve takin’ home the first place title ALL THREE EVENTS. No biggie. We’re pretty excited about this! Not only are we enjoying participating and havin’ a great time supporting the event..we’re actually winning too! The goal is to get all three of our guys to the final round so we have all Studio 21 artists battling it out! I honestly think it would be pretty fun battling my buddies and even losing to a couple of the most talented artists i know. Mike Biggs, Tyson and I are super stoked to be a part of this event and can’t thank David and Secret Walls Las Vegas enough. We need you guys to show up and YELL for us at all the upcoming battles, so keep posted and we’ll let you know about the future events and would love to see ya come out and support! Be sure to check out Tysonand Mikes work!

Thanks Guys!

Austin Spencer

Owner/Artist

Instead of complaining that Las Vegas doesn’t have anything going on..or no CULTURE…Blah Blah Blah….do yourself a favor, get out and check out what this crazy city and the little hole in the wall small business have to offer. Stop by Studio 21 Tattoo Gallery on May 21st 2016 from 6-9pm to help raise money for a great cause! Studio 21 Tattoo is crazy enough to have ART, BEER, DONUTS, HOT DOGS, and ROBOTS all in one place at the SAME time. Team 987, a local High School Robotics program is in need of some funds to help get some of their super talented passionate Robot builders to China to compete in another WORLD Championship event…NO BIGGIE. Studio 21 is gonna help bring some of our coolest friends together and throw a kick ass party to help make some SH*T HAPPEN for these guys! We’ll have a Live Robot Demo from the Cimmarron Memorial High School kids at Team 987 themselves. Joseph James Brewery will be out to serve up a tasting of they’re ever so impressive selection of locally brewed beers. Buldogis Gourmet Hot Dogs will be on site with the best Hot Dogs…EVER, including VEGAN options. Studio 21 also put together an impressive line up of the most talented artists who are going to hand paint Donut shaped canvases to be displayed and auctioned off via a silent auction at the show! Collectively donating all sorts of goodies, gift certificates, merchandise, art and prizes our friends and clients will be putting together some impressive gift baskets for the raffle we’re having too! So Get the kids, your ol’ lady, handsome husband, your lover/partner and your neighbor, or your tender date together and come by to check out a fun culturally stimulating little event that’s helping do something BIG for some really rad Las Vegas kids. We really hope to see you there!

Austin Spencer

Owner/ Artist

Studio 21 Tattoo Gallery

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Here’s a quick video recap of the event and how it all worked  out! Please check it out!!

I’ve been seeing a lot of tattoo reference pictures coming through the shop lately with this loose watercolor style color overlaying  simple black line work. I have to admit I was a little weary at first and didn’t understand it..(like an old grumpy man). I looked a little more into and figured I’d give it a shot! Luckily I had a client asking for something different so I gave it a go and have to admit that I was pretty happy with the outcome. She really loved the piece and I wouldn’t be bummed at all about doing more of this style! Call the shop and let me know if your interested in creating something special with me. Thanks for checking it out! Be sure to follow me on Instagram @Onmydong

Austin Spencer, Owner/Artist Studio 21 Tattoo Gallery Las Vegas, NV 702-248-8762

Our studio does take walk ins daily.

Studio 21 Tattoo does take walk ins every day. We try to always have at least one artist available for walk ins. At times it has been brought to our attention that people think we are too busy here at the studio to do walk in services. That is just not the case. We currently have eight extremely talented artists on staff. We are never too busy to accommodate your tattoo needs!

It is advised that you call first to make sure someone is available, but it is very rare that we wouldn’t have at least one artist ready for your last minute tattoo decision. Please keep in mind that many of the art pieces that we do require some planning and drawing time prior to the tattoo procedure. This is the whole idea for making appointments! So that we can schedule the time and have ample preparation time to do the job right.

We are only two miles west of the Las Vegas Strip, so it is advised that you take a cab instead of the uphill walk from Caesar’s Palace or the Bellagio Hotel & Casino. On a nice, cool day in February, this might be a great little hike, but in the summer you might have a heat stroke trekking up that hill! We want you to enjoy your experience in Las Vegas, so please plan accordingly.

Considering some new ink? First it is always wise to take a look at the tattoo artist portfolios to help make this very important decision.

There are many styles of tattoos available these days. It is always recommended that when considering permanent art work on your body to first see if the tattoo parlor you choose to do business with has the right artist for your tattoo. The tattoo artist portfolio will give you an idea of the style of art work the artist feels confident in doing.

Tattoo artists are like fingerprints. No two are the same. You probably wouldn’t want a portrait artist doing a traditional full color back piece. On the other hand, you also would not want the traditional ship and anchor guy doing your grandma’s portrait. Some artists are very versatile and can do many different styles. Most artists have a style they prefer to focus on and that will show in the tattoo artist portfolios.

If you are looking for a very small tattoo, it may not be so important to shop around for the best tattoo artist in your community. You just want to find the right person for the job. Small tattoos are important too! Actually some of the small tattoos are difficult to perfect. One really needs to find an artist that does super clean work. One tiny mistake shows up more on a little tattoo than it will on a large piece.

One can’t express how important it is to study tattoo artist portfolios. Our studio has seven artists available for that tattoo you’ve been thinking about. We have a variety of styles represented here. Jasen “Swarm” Wood @darthswarm is a very experienced artist with a traditional style. Mike Biggs @biggsstudio is anything but traditional. He loves to do creepy, spooky stuff and is very accomplished at photo realism. Tyson Taumaoe @savageson is an amazing illustrator with a background in caricature art. He has adapted his illustration skills to tattooing and it works extremely well! Nick Bones @nickbonestattooshas a neo-traditional style and loves to do anything with a pug in it! Phil Luck @phillucktattoo is an outstanding east coast style traditional tattoo artist with many years experience. He also produces tattoo flash that is amazing!

The owners here at Studio 21 Tattoo are also very experienced tattoo artists having been busy tattooing in Las Vegas since the late 90’s. Austin @onmydong is an amazing illustrator/painter. He has a tattoo style all his own. Austin specializes in colorful artwork with flowing designs. Charlie @21tat sticks with a traditional style. Perfect line work and bold colors with simple designs is what you will find here.

If you are considering getting tattooed on your next trip to Las Vegas or you are a local looking for the right artist for you, make sure to check out our tattoo artist portfolios before you make that decision for a lifetime!