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Greetings, internet! It’s Livia Michael again! As I continue learning and growing throughout my journey as an apprentice at Speakeasy Tattoo in Los Angeles, I am finding myself drawn to certain aesthetics and iconography in tattooing. One such thing is pin ups! The term gets thrown around a lot, especially in this industry. But what exactly is a ‘pin up’? A pin up can be defined by Merriam-Webster, as ‘a photograph of an attractive person (such as an actress or model) that i

Greetings, internet! It’s Livia Michael. It’s been a while since I’ve been on here….but I assure you, we’ve been cooking up some really amazing things at Speakeasy Tattoo in Los Angeles! I’ve been working on cultivating social media content for the shop as well as beginning my work with a tattoo machine. We’ve also been preparing for Senior Apprentice, Jordan Casciato’s graduation art exhibition show! There are a multitude of exciting things coming in the next few months and

Greetings, internet! It’s Livia Michael, an apprentice at Speakeasy Tattoo in Los Angeles! I’ve been thinking a lot about face tattoos recently. The taboos, the indigenous and cultural relevance, and growing popularity. Even throughout the course of my life, the taboo of facial tattoos has lessened in severity. When I was younger, the general consensus was that facial tattoos were worn by criminals and public pariahs, such as Mike Tyson. However, in the current day and age, m