NEWS — Tattoo

Studio 21 Tattoo even does the popular tattoos daily! I’ve often pondered what causes tattoo trends. What makes people want to have the same tattoo that everybody else has? The most popular tattoos now are the infinity symbols. Nothing new about this symbol. It’s been around for an infinite number of years. I don’t know how long really. Google it!

More super popular tattoos would be the dandelion with birds flying out of it. The ladies just love this one! Many of them find their ideas for tattoos on Pinterest. Imagine wanting something original and clever and finding it on Pinterest.

Remember tattoo flash? If you don’t, I’ll give you a little info on the subject. You may have seen pictures of old tattoo shops with all these sheets of art on the wall. You just walked in and looked around at all these little tattoo pictures which usually had the price next to them. This was a brilliant idea. It made decisions easy for people who wanted a tattoo, but just couldn’t decide what they wanted. These flash sheets were usually prepared by an experienced tattoo artist who knew what was involved in the tattoo process. These guys knew how to design images that were easily applied to the skin and would last a very long time.

Fast forward to today. The customer walks in the studio with a “smart phone” in their hand, shows a very skilled artist a very bad picture of something they found on the internet. These are the same folks who would tell you they don’t want just any tattoo off the wall. This brings me back to Pinterest. This is the largest wall ever!

One thing I have learned over the years is, these trendy tattoos are the ones we cover up in a few years. Fortunately, the infinity symbol is going to be fairly easy to hide as soon as they figure out they have the same tattoo as everyone else in town.

What I am trying to say is, if you seek out the best tattoo artist in Las Vegas, try to let the artist help you come up with an image that is not so trendy. That way, you won’t be looking for a cover up tattoo in five years.

Chas. T. Spencer @21tat – Owner/ Artist, Studio 21 Tattoo

No Christmas didn’t happen in the middle of the summer….we just started BRAINSTORMING the 2014 Studio 21 X-Mas Party! SO EXCITED!! I’m pretty sure were goin’ with a “GANSTER-ISH” theme this year. Gonna be amazing. One thing is for sure…we at STUDIO 21 TATTOO get down when it comes to parties!! Last year was pretty rad. Limo busses, kereoke, grub, booze, and some wasted sledding…hmnnn and some table dancing and a broken couch and some knives and some paintings as gifts…..and thats around the time I BLACKED OUT..just sayin’. CAN’T WAIT!

Unfortunatly its been a while since we’ve done anything with our display window, hence why were so excited about this upcoming project! Some of you may remember the vintage tattoo shop instilation by PHil LUck or the mural by our good bud Travis Jackson..which just got painted over unfortunaatly…but this is going to be awesome and permanent. We are really really pumped about this new idea..ARE YOU READY!? Ok…here it goes..were goin to build an actual CACTUS GARDEN! Yuh! Hahah, hope your as pumped about this as we are. We’re real cactus lovers here at Studio 21 and couldn’t be more into this idea. With a light touch of some ghostly cactus murals from Tyson (@SavageSon)  and the collection of cactus and random antiques curated by Mom, Charlie and Austin, this is gonna be rad! Not %100 but were pretty damn sure that we’ll be the first and only Tattoo Shop to have an actual cactus garden #justsayin. After the murals are finished up and the cactus are arranged, we’ll be fabricating our own old school marquee sign backlight with RGB LED strips…then fun will then begin! Studio 21 will be able to update the sign at anytime and be able to provide a message to the 75-80 THOUSAND cars a day traveling up Flamingo road. Lets see…hmnn what are we gonna have to say!? Give us a month or so and well have the garden ready to roll! Here’s some sneek peek pics of the project. Can’t wait for you to see it!

Wondering around the ol’ computer and came across some great photos of Studio 21’s Halloween party last year (2013). Sometimes you get a little busy and time just flys by…It’s wild how many great times we’ve been able to  share  with the Studio 21 Fam. I think I speak for us all when I say, “Damn I wanna party every day!” Sometimes we get so busy tattooing, we forget to share these really awesome moments with our friends, clients and 21 Family, so here ya go. We sure do appreciate the great people that we have the privilege of working with here at Studio 21 Tattoo and always are looking forward to spending those great nights together away from the shop. THANKS CREW!!

Featured Artist: Nick Bones, tattoo artist at Studio 21 Tattoo Gallery

If you have met Nick, you know that he is all about pugs. Pugs, pugs and more pugs. Nick and his wife Destiny (who serves on the board) are strong supporters of Southern Nevada Pug Rescue. Not only are they pug owners themselves, but they foster pugs, handle pick ups and house checks for perspective pet owners. This will be their 4th year of supporting Pug-O-Rama. Nick Bones designed the official shirt this year for the event, which is only available at the event, so make sure to swing by the event and pick up a tee, a fun event all for a good cause. Anyone wishing to donate artwork for the event to raise money for Pug-O-Rama needs to contact the event immediately, it’s coming up soon.

http://www.rescuepugs.com/