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Welcome
San Francisco based Dragonfly Ink is a unique tattoo studio specializing in cosmetic tattoos, hair replication, artistic tattoos, scar coverings, skin needling, and tattoo removals. Founded in 2003,...
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Pardon the dust…
So exciting! I’ve had the same old web site for about 7 (yes, seven!) years now and it was long over due for a sprucing up. There is still some dust and fine tuning to get the site up to snuff, but...
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Tattoo tools through history
A pal sent me a fascinating piece on tattoo instruments dating as far back as the ancient Egyptians. Sometimes, it is easy to forget that humans have been tattooing themselves for all of our history....
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Is Permanent Makeup a Tattoo?
In a word, Yes. Permanent makeup, and micropigmentation, are just fancy words for cosmetic tattooing. Tattooing is essentially the act of inserting or implanting pigment into skin. This includes...
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Who owns the Art?
The artist who tattooed Mike Tyson’s face tattoo is suing the maker’s of Hangover II for copyright infringement, first trying to stop the film, and most likely looking for financial settlement. So the...
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Is permanent makeup permanent?
In England, there has been a trend to call permanent makeup, “semi-permanent”. This is because while cosmetic tattooing (really all tattoos) are permanent in that they do not wash off, there is some...
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6 tips for a great cover tattoo
A large percentage of my clients are wanting a tattoo to either cover a scar or an old tattoo. This kind of work is especially tricky, and require some extra consideration in design and application of...
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Happy Little Trees
When I was a kid, there was this goofy guy on PBS on Saturdays who painted all these landscapes with mountains, lakes, and my favorite: happy little trees. He was so sincere in his belief that anyone...
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Olympic Athletes like the ink
There are lots of reasons to get tattooed, from aesthetics (it looks awesome) to meaningful to marking a significant event, and sometimes all three. With lots of Olympic athletes sporting ink, it was...
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