Stories from the Network
Long-form features, shop visits, technical deep-dives, and culture writing — published as the network grows.
The Aloha Tattoo Story
How Tim Goodrich — Marine Corps veteran and second-generation tattooer — built Aloha Tattoo into the first tattoo shop ever approved on Hilton Hotel grounds in Hawaiʻi.
Hand-Wound Coils: Franky Sharpz's Machine Workshop
Inside the Wailana back room where Franky builds the iron that tattoo artists actually want to tattoo with.
NOLA-Rooted Lettering in Waikiki
Scripttoria's eight-year journey from New Orleans street shops to Ohana Tattoo, told piece by piece.
Why American Traditional Still Works in 2026
The design constraints that produced classical tattooing — and why pieces drawn that way still read sharply a hundred years later.
What Makes a Real Japanese Wabori Tattoo
Body-flow placement, negative-space rules, the saturation discipline that separates wabori from "Japanese-looking."
Color Realism: The Patience Style
What color realism actually is — and isn't — and how to commit to a piece that will still read photographically a decade from now.