With the rising popularity of tattoos, some of the stigma often associated with body art is starting to slip away. Everyone from construction workers to doctors can now wear tattoos, but does that mean the death of the traditional tattoo culture? We spoke to two of Ottawa’s most prominent ink artists about the tattoo scene in the city.
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- Ain’t no thang but a chicken waaang! Maybe one day this guy will meet someone with blue cheese dip and celery sticks tattooed on him or her.
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- Pat Drouin’s take of a furious dinosaur located on the forearm of two friends. The friends will forever have a story to tell about the time they got half a dinosaur tattooed on them.
Credits
Produced and filmed by Nicole Horn, Christian Mittelstaedt and Olivia Carey. Soundtrack by Ryan Tschemeris. Saw operated by Shepherd Zambonelli. Special thanks to Ian Crawford and Sierra Cousineau.
To find out more about tattoo possibilities from Pat or Alyssa you can check out their parlors’ websites.