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Portrait of Maud Stevens Wagner with folded arms and tattoos visible across her arms and chest.

Learning / 24.10.2026

Maud Wagner: behind the portrait of a tattooed woman was a tattoo artist

Two archive photographs offer a different way into tattoo history: Maud Wagner, Nora Hildebrandt and what a portrait reveals—and leaves out—about a life.

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Learning / 20.10.2026

Dragons on paper: the prints that help explain Japanese tattooing

From Water Margin heroes to kabuki actors: two Kunisada prints offer cultural context for Japanese tattooing and a practical lesson in drawing around the body.

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A 1605 plate combining calligraphic letters with a ship constructed from ornamental curved strokes.

Learning / 22.10.2026

Tattoo lettering: give a word a voice of its own

From calligraphic movement to abstraction: learn to look at letters, spacing and flourishes before drawing a tattoo phrase. With real images and a practical exercise on paper.

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Studies of hands in different positions, drawn in red, black and white chalk on paper.

Learning / 19.10.2026

Your first tattoo apprenticeship portfolio: what to show while you are still learning

Choose your drawings, show their development and prepare a clear introduction to a studio. A beginner's guide without inflated experience or pages added just to fill space.

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Learning / 18.10.2026

Blackwork: learning to draw the space you leave untouched

Black catches the eye; the space around it makes the composition work. Explore history, artists and four real photographs before taking those ideas into your sketchbook.

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