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Greetings, internet! It's Speakeasy Tattoo apprentice, Livia Michael again. 'Flash' is a word that gets used a lot in the context of tattooing. But, what is it? When one walks into a tattoo parlor or visits an artist’s social media page, there are most likely going to be sheets or collections with a multitude of designs. These are known as ‘flash’ or ‘flash sheets.’ Flash sheets are pre-drawn tattoo designs available to be tattooed onto a client immediately . The usage of the

Greetings, internet! It’s Livia Michael again. Here at Speakeasy Tattoo in Los Angeles, I am learning so much about the history of tattoos and iconic tattoo artists. There are many names that come up frequently when you research tattoo history - Samuel O’Reilly, Charles ‘Charlie’ Wagner, Norman ‘Sailor Jerry’ Collins, and Ed Hardy, to name a few. But I have seldom found one particular tattoo artist’s name in this rotation: ‘Lew the Jew’ Alberts. In a previous blog, I mention

Hi again, internet, it’s Livia Michael! As you all know, I am the newest apprentice at Speakeasy Tattoo here in Los Angeles. The word, ‘apprentice’ is thrown around a lot on this blog. But what exactly is a tattoo apprentice? A tattoo apprentice is a student learning the craft of tattooing from a mentor that is a licensed, practicing tattoo artist. Every tattoo studio and artist is different, and therefore every apprenticeship is unique in its requirements, cost, and timelin