Tattoo artist Rachel EntArtet from Zurich, Switzerland, where she currently lives and works , of 24 years old has been playing with ink on people’s skin for 3 years.  Her style bears the influences of realism intertwined with  graphical lines and watercolour design. The human canvas unfolds under her needle, revealing out-of-the skin surrealistic ink tales. From next year on she will be working in Kempten Allgäu, Germany. For contact: https://www.facebook.com/RachelHardcase Text: Diana Slabinschi #RachelEntArtet #tattoo #tattrx #tatuaje #ink #tattooartist

A new mural by street artist Banksy showing a group of pigeons holding anti-immigration banners has been destroyed by council officials following a complaint the work was “racist”. The mural, worth around £400,000 in Clacton-on-Sea, where a by-election is due to take place following the local MP’s defection to UKIP, appeared this week. The local council which removed it, said it did not know it was by Banksy, conceding that the artist’s political satire was lost on them. Tendring District Council said it received a complaint that the mural was “offensive” and “racist”. The artist, who chooses to remain anonymous, posted pictures of the work on his website earlier. Banksy’s work has covered many controversial topics including climate change, surveillance culture, workers’ rights and war. Visitors to the artist’s website can see pictures of the wall before and after the artwork. Images: www.banksy.co.uk Text: Diana Scorici #banksy #streetart #GRAFFITI #UK #paints #ClactononSea

Alexandre Monteiro, French street artist, also known as Hopare revealed his latest work on the streets of Paris. He was sponsored by Radio Marais and he did what he knows best: exploding colors, abstract lines, and vivid portraits. This portrait was entitled “Urban Safari” and he combined once more very vibrant colors and shapes that make the mural pop out from the wall. It took him two days to complete the portrait and if you are in Paris you can check it out in Le Marais district. You can find more of his work on his website . Text: Diana Porumboiu #hopare #mural #Paris #streetart #GRAFFITI

Filip Krásný is a young tattoo artist from Prague, Czech republic. Despite his recent start, he has already claimed recognition within the tattoo industry, primarily for his distinctive, abstract style. Vibrant colors and feeling of a painting with a brush, those are the main two features of Filip’s style. Tattoos are the people and the communication, painting is a kind of an automatic natural expression for him. Website:  uglywork.org Text: Diana Scorici #FilipKrasny #tattoo #tattrx #tatuaje #ink #Uglyink

Handiedan is a Dutch artist who who involved a complex cut and paste mixture of computer montage and highly detailed sculptural hand cut collages, complimented by conscientiously collected antique ornamental frames on his art. In Berlin, he created a larg-scale piece covering the corner of a five-story residential building for the ONE WALL PROJECT for Urban Nation www.handiedan.com Text: Diana Scorici #mural #streetart #GRAFFITI #HANDIEDAN #Berlin

Koepfen – two people, crossed paths – one direction! With thought – out illustrations (on skin) and heartwarming music against these dulled surroundings. They love clear lines, stark constrast, speaking their minds and wearing their hearts on their sleeves, seething with anger. From Leipzig, Germany Website:  koepfen.org All images: Koepfen.org #HeraKopflos #tattoo #Koepfen #tatuaje #ink #tattooartist

Mr X’ is a short film directed by Alex Nicholson. The video offers a highly personal insight into X’s thoughts on his craft and significant moments in his own life. Alex told a bit more about the project: “Over the last few years Duncan (MR X) has tattooed me several times and I’ve gotten to know him quite well. He is tattooist at In2you tattoo in London.. The production take about 4 weeks in pre-production and tests, 1 day to shoot and a further 10 weeks in post with MPC. Today, tattoos are more accessible, and they are almost socially acceptable. Artists are getting better and so is their equipment. You can also now get them removed (at some pains).” “In some ways I wanted to show people what he looked like without his tattoos but in others ways it was used as a canny device to move the film along. Denise Kum (our make up artist) spent hours perfecting the technique needed to take his tattoos off and MPC then spent their own hours putting them back on. Really intriguing stuff! Beautifully shot, awesome editing and a brilliant story. The best portrait of a tattoo artist I’ve seen. Illustration by Chris Martin. Music written and performed by Russ Chimes. Watch the film: Text: Diana Scorici #ink #MrX #tatttoo #VIDEO

Wonka , tattoo artist based in Madrid and working for Humanfly Studio has a unique style and creates inspiring tattoos. Black and white or colored, looking at his work you immediately think about the cubist movement. You can check out his work below and keep up to date with it on his Facebook page. Text: Diana Porumboiu #WONKA #tattoo #tatuaje #ink #tattooartist

Urban Forms 2014 is starting on the streets of Lodz, Poland where the polish artist MORIK has just wrapped up his new piece for this year’s edition. He quickly worked his way through this abstracted-pop art piece which is showing us a figurative still life artwork. Take a look at more images after the break: Text: Diana Scorici #Lodz #Poland #MORIK #mural #streetart #GRAFFITI #UrbanForms2014 #newpiece

The VandalList and Tattrx teamed up for a new tattoo related collaboration. Together we’re always happy to spread the love for other progressive-minded art lovers. Tattrx:  tattrx.com International Directory of Modern Tattoo Art VList:  thevandallist.com Sound  of the  Street Ink ed with  Style Llehel Nyeste of 23 years old from Budapest, where he works and lives, has been tattooing for about 3-4 years, since he graduated the computer graphics school. He started the ink career from home, where he first exposed his talent on his friends skin. Half a year later, he came across Psychogang Tattoo studio, the salon that helped him a lot in his ascending career. Later, he developed his work with bigger tattoos and more customers at Skin Workshop Tattoo. His challenges in the past are represented by participating at the Krakow TattooFest with a lot of big names, painting Vans shoes for charity, and winning a desk on the first day. He had drawn a t-shirt design for TattooFest Brand and iphone’s back for Dublin Ink. In the following year he wants to visit a lot of tattoo conventions with Perfect Chaos team. Graffiti/street art and digital painting are some of what the tattoos, made from Eternal and Intenze inks, are inspired on.  Flamboyant is the best word defining his work, surreal colourful lines imprinted on skin, customize his style. Text: Diana Slabinschi #tattoo #tattrx #tatuaje #ink #LlehelNyeste #tattooartist

We know that art can give a new meaning to some pretty nasty things. This is the case for artists Adnate and Eric Mangen that offered a fresh perspective and a whole new meaning to the world WAR. This is a word that keeps reminding us of all the ugliness in the world. However, these artists used it with all that represents for them in their exhibit “War Paint”. You can see for yourself in the video attached how this exhibit emerged and how the space was transformed. This inspiring exhibit is to be found at WOW Gallery (Will Bender Gallery), in Heidelberg, Germany. This is a non-conventional space where you can find the colors of the war, but the inner peace you were looking for. Text: Diana Porumboiu #WARPaint #mural #EricMangen #streetart #GRAFFITI #Adnate

Graphic designer and illustrator Antonio Segura Donat aka DULK is a hungry and insatiable all terrain illustrator. His style is an explosive combination of influences like Caravaggio’s tenebrism or the obsessive detail brushwork of Flemish painting, all mixed with a bizarre, burlesque and affectionate touch that makes it compact, direct and very honest. Now, he is in Zaragoza, Spain where he just finished this beautiful mural for this year’s Asalto Festival. He created characters and stories based on his own dreams and everyday events, mixing fact and fiction, with a touch of pop surrealism. www.dulk.es Text: Diana Scorici #Asalto #festival #Spain #mural #Zaragoza #streetart #GRAFFITI #Dulk