Tag: tattoos

Do you promote the individual health of the constituents of our world, or do you promote somebody’s idea of the “economy"?

In an industry known for attitude, illustrator Drew Huggins is challenging the status quo.

Junior’s will be the newest tenant on the stretch of Georgia Avenue that’s home to recently opened Wood’s Chapel Barbecue, Little Tart Bakeshop, and Halfway Crooks Beer.

White walls. Midcentury furniture. Moroccan-style rugs. SparrowHawk is not your average tattoo shop. In fact, don’t even call it a “tattoo shop,” says founder Amy Leavell Bransford, who also owns Aviary Beauty & Wellness Collective, the intimate spa and salon a few doors down at Atlanta's Studioplex.

At this neon-lit tattoo parlor on Ponce, Rachel Anne sits behind red velvet curtains in a booth plastered with a Thee Oh Sees poster, sequin Virgin Marys, and an assortment of ink.

I have chest pains. I’m serious. I am five minutes away from calling an ambulance. The only thing stopping me is that my friend Milt recently called an ambulance because he felt chest pains, and it turned out he was having a panic attack, which is not life-threatening but just as expensive.

Trying to stop the number of people who will regret at least one of the things they did the night before, the Washington D.C. health department is considering legislation that would require a 24-hour waiting period before people could get tattoos, piercings, or other body modification. We asked former Atlanta tattoo artist Shane Morton, co-creator of Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse to weigh in.