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Re-Ink-R-Nation

doglord — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:10:24 +0000

517 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 452-6968 or (310) 883-8085
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Attention ladies: Re-Ink-R-Nation specializes in women’s tattoos and piercing — from Japanese kanji brush style tattoos to fixing ugly tattoos from your past (hence the shop’s name) to permanent make-up tattoos that look completely natural. At least according to Mamasan, the artist and piercer. Actually, male tattoo artists along the boardwalk regularly send Mamasan clients who need her special skills with female body art.

Mamasan speaks JAPANESE.

Ink Ink Tattoo

doglord — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:45:42 +0000

830 Lincoln Blvd
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 314-7703
Ink Ink
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Karina and Stephanie do exquisite work. I know this because of the persnickety friends I know who patronize them…and because I can see with my own eyes. A longtime Venice establishment.

S.T. Tattoo

doglord — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:09:41 +0000

12811 Venice Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
Phone: (310) 390-6722
S.T. Tattoo
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Suicidal Tendencies’ “Cyco Miko” Muir and artist Jason Brown’s Venice Blvd tattoo and piercing studio, known for SoCal black & grey style tattoos. Mike and brother Jim Muir (who skated with the Z-Boys skateboarding team and whose Dogtown Skateboards are legendary) are Venice natives.

Buzzbomb Tattoo

doglord — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:19:36 +0000

1301 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 581-0036
Buzzbomb Tattoos
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Marissa’s fine tattoo artistry is much in demand along the boardwalk.

Old Glory

doglord — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:10:48 +0000

1716 Main Street
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 821-1103
myspace.com/oldgloryvenice
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Say you need a tattoo and a haircut. That’s why they invented Old Glory. It’s two parlours in one. Talk about 30-minute make-over. Seriously, you want a traditional American tattoo in the spirit of legends Sailor Jerry and Ed Hardy, Old Glory Tattoo’s owner, Kevin Hinton, is the man to see.

All Star Tattoo & Piercing

doglord — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:09:54 +0000

1201 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 314-9934
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The name may not do a lot to distinguish the place, but the location will: You’re practically sitting on the beach when you’re getting tats at this boardwalk fixture.

Andy Nevill’s Tattoo Asylum

doglord — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:59:17 +0000

64 Windward Ave.
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 450-1073
www.tattooasylum.com
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Let’s face it. There’s always someone (your mom) who’s going to call you crazy for getting a tattoo. Why not agree? Tell ‘em you actually got your ink in the Asylum. That oughta shut ‘em up. So will the awesome tattoo you got there.

House of Ink

doglord — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:18:06 +0000

7 Westminster Ave. or 6 Brooks Ave.
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 399-0555 or (310) 399-6757
House of Ink
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Make that houses of ink. House of Ink owner Sean Heirigs is perhaps the boardwalk’s leading ink impresario: He not only owns two House of Inks within spitting distance of one another, he also owner or co-owner of nearby Tattoo Asylum, All Star Tattoo & Piercing and Lincoln Blvd’s Ink Monkey.

Venice Tattoo & Piercing

doglord — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:16:51 +0000

1017 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 399-7818
Venice Tattoo & Piercing
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Clear, concise name, much easier to comprehend than that tat of The Battle of the Vegas Strip on your backside.

S & S Tattoo and Body Piercing

doglord — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:16:11 +0000

909 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 396-0270
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Right next to the Venice Boardwalk Freak Show, which could be either cautionary or inspirational, depending on your frame of mind. S & S boasts a commanding view of both the famed Venice boardwalk and the beach.