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From the Studio #003: Hollywood Stars Tattoo Story - A Work in Progress
After the Marines, I went from two incomes to sleeping on the living room floor with friends. A written plan helped me rebuild and open Hollywood Stars Tattoo in 2004.
Erik Gutierrez
Oct 55 min read
From the Studio #002: Custom Tattoo Design — I Was Doing Every Tattoo Three Times
Erik Gutierrez shares how hiring traditional illustrators like Art transformed Hollywood Stars Tattoo’s custom design process and raised the shop’s creative standard.
Erik Gutierrez
Sep 24 min read
From the Studio #001: What Our Los Angeles Tattoo Artists Have Been Creating
There’s more happening inside a tattoo shop than finished tattoos. In the first From the Studio, we share what Art, Raul and Erik have been drawing, painting and experimenting with—and some of the stories behind the work.
Erik Gutierrez
Aug 104 min read
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