Thursday, May 8, 2008

Girl with the Anime Ink (Helloooo Kitty!)

Malina Huang
Occupation: Hair stylist
Preoccupations: Japanese style tattoos, Israeli style martial arts

When you say someone has Japanese style tattoos, you don't usually mean Hello Kitty -- unless you're talking about Venice, California's Malina Huang.

"Hello Kitty, Little Twin Stars, My Melody, Chococat, Keroppi, Monkichi and Sailor Moon," says Huang, pointing out brightly colored cartoon creatures -- pop cats, bunnies, frogs, monkeys and space girls -- tattooed up and down her left arm. "They're all characters I loved growing up."

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Photograph of Malina Huang © Mitzi Valenzuela (all rights reserved).

Labels: anime, anime tattoos, chris brand, Dogtown Ink, hello kitty tattoos, lenore, malina huang, mitzi valenzuela, monkichi, nightmare before christmas, roman dirge, tattoo art, tattoos, tim burton

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

PAN & INK

STEVE CHRISTENSEN
Home: Venice, CA
For cash: Mac Whisperer.
For life: Surfer, Spiritualist, Dirt Bike Rider.

Steve Christensen — whose tattoo "sleeve" features a horned-and-hooved Pan, Japanese wood-block style waves and five-petaled cherry blossoms — is into some serious esoterica.

"I'm a medium," Christensen says, "A channel."

We talk over beers at Venice's venerable Hinano Cafe.

Twenty years ago, in channeling practice-sessions, Christensen connected with a most excellent spirit guide. According to Christensen, in almost every session, Greek goat-god Pan would turn up with advice for him.

"His presence was powerful," Christensen says, "With a lot of humor...and very connected to nature."

(I don't know about you, but if a randy, flute-playing goat-satyr-of-a-fertility-God ever shows up with advice for me, I'm all ears.)

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Labels: Dogtown Ink, dogtownink.com, japanese tattoo art. japanese style tattoos, John Watkis, Kevin Quinn, Pan tattoo, steve christensen, tattoos