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Allen and Kellie: Big Announcement
- Posted by Carl Hallowell
- On October 26, 2017
Please check out the chemistry between my newlywed friends here as they talk about life, love, and…...
Read MoreThe Law of 5 with Carl Block
- Posted by Carl Hallowell
- On August 30, 2017
Today I have The amazing local potter, professor and musician Carl Block coming in for a tattoo. I am excited for this chance to tattoo this prolific artist from down in Waxahachie Texas. I am honored he is coming to me for his traditional tattoo today. I am hoping that he will agree to a […]
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In Focus: Oliver Peck
- Posted by Carl Hallowell
- On August 21, 2017
Last year, Spike TV featured a biography on my close friend, Oliver Peck, as part of their esteemed “In Focus” series. Oliver’s journey spans over two decades in the tattooing industry, during which he has made an indelible mark. As the co-owner of Elm Street Tattoo in Dallas, Texas, Oliver has not only left an […]
Read More“Behind the Ink” by Lombardo Avila
- Posted by Carl Hallowell
- On May 7, 2017
Please welcome my first guest article ever on my website, “Behind the Ink” by Lombardo Avila. Lombardo is a great young customer of mine, perhaps an old soul, maybe just a hard worker, above all a good person. Pictured is his sleeve which I helped to create. I handled the praying hands, La luna, Atlas, […]
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Yang advancing over Yin
- Posted by Carl Hallowell
- On December 27, 2015
Mr Z has conquered another leg tattoo session. He drives up from Austin to get tattooed here in Dallas. This work in progress is executed with the traditional and singular black ink of Japanese tattooing, sumi. It must be hand ground and prepared for each tattoo, one at a time. I am very proud […]
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The Flower Priest
- Posted by Carl Hallowell
- On October 16, 2015
Traditional Japanese Back Tattoos What to say of this, a piece I worked on for years, on a great friend and a great artist, who’s strength is equal to his talent… Over and over what impresses me is the ability of my customers to stand up to the intense physical pain of tattooing… This pain […]
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Peacock works for a cover up
- Posted by Carl Hallowell
- On October 8, 2015
Sitting up late working, maybe its not tattooing, not painting… Strangely, its writing, one of the first art forms I ran to, after I had read the lyric sheets for everyone from 7 Seconds to The Smiths, even as I recoiled from the reading assignments in english class… school sucked. I had my friend draw […]
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Autumn Mix Irezumi
- Posted by Carl Hallowell
- On September 21, 2015
Every customer is just as important as the next one. “You are only as good as your last tattoo.” And yet, there is an added pressure when you know the tattoo will be seen more than others, or, when you know that you will see the tattoo more than others. But it is a pressure […]
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Tenka Gomen; Kabuki Kumadori
- Posted by Carl Hallowell
- On August 10, 2015
Traditional Japanese Sleeve Tattoo Rememberin’ back when i knew every tattoo shop in town… Next came the era when I actually knew most of the tattooers… Of course i started tattooing in Amarillo, and spent the bulk of my career tattooing in Ft. Worth, and am now tattooing in Dallas, the big city, the Big […]
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