2012 Starts off good for OC Tattoo in Westminster, California. It is now the year of the Golden Dragon and OC Tattoo’s Sign gets a new look. Thanks to the graphics artist over at Element Tattoo Supply ( Karl Schultz ) OC Tattoo gets a new logo and look. Check it out when you are on the 22fwy !!! looks sick!
This year Element Tattoo Supply is proud to announce that they will be presenting along side with Sailer Jerry the 5th annual Musink Tattoo and Music Festival at the OC Fairgrounds, Many talented tattoo artist will be attending this venue, and YES! OC Tattoo shall be there! this years line up of bands and tattoo artists are bad ass this year so come out and enjoy!
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Element Tattoo Supply presents the 5th Annual MUSINK
Element Tattoo Supply is looking for aspiring tattoo models that would be interested hanging out with us at Musink 2012
CASTING CALL FOR MODELS : “MUSINK 2012 PRESENTED BY ELEMENT TATTOO SUPPLY:
Details:
Casting call for aspiring attractive females 21+ with tattoos.
Must be available from March 2nd through March 4th, we will need you before hand to do a photo shoot and (TFP), date(s) (TBA). We will be using the images for magazines, websites, blogger ads, etc.
All models MUST read and sign our contract. We will conduct call backs if we find you a suitable.
THE EVENT: Musink 2012 (Tattoo Convention/Music Festival @ OC Fairgrounds)
STYLE: Tattoos and rock and roll
AVAILABILITY: March 2nd – March 4th ( we may ask for you to come down to do photo shoot before event )
ENSEMBLE: We will supply something cute (must fit size S-M)
ROLE: Model, Video, Passing out flyers, hanging out at our booths (Element Tattoo Supply / OC Tattoo)
COMPENSATION: This is not a paid event! Free admittance to awesome event, possible exposure in national tattoo magazine publications, prints that we (Element Tattoo Supply) advertise in, etc.
Thank You for your interest and we look forward to your response.
Element Tattoo Supply
Please Contact : michelemarie
miha@elementtattoosupply.com
714.975.7138 x 303
Its Friday, December 30, 2011 and UFC 141 is here, Element Tattoo Supply as well as OC tattoo is proud to announce that they are a proud sponsor of Nam Phan for this UFC 141 in Las Vegas Nevada. OC tattoo has been a longtime acquaintance of Nam Phan ever since the beginning of his career from fighting the local fights around the Orange County area, to fighting King of the Cage, and work his way to Strikeforce, he has earned his a great reputation in the MMA world. Now is one of coming from one of The Ultimate fighters, he is now professional fighter for the UFC. Be sure to root for him on this day as he fights Jimy Hettes and try to earn his way up in his career. And if you are ever in the orange County area be sure to stop by his workout gym Ma Du Academy.
So I did a photo shoot for Element Tattoo Supply for the next coming tattoo magazine ad. The shoot went well, we got a lot of get shots in such little time.
Subject: Sarah Franklin
Location: Garden Grove, California
Company: Element Tattoo Supply
Photographer: Eddie Tana / Karl Shultz
2011 - Element Tattoo Supply - PhotoShoot
Element Tattoo Supplies new website!
So a few months ago Element Tattoo Supply launched their new website. In the beginning it had some bugs but now it work real well, still working on the build your own tattoo kit portion of the site “that is gonna be the first of its kind in the industry” when that happens you will be able to just pick and choose what you want for you set up . Element Tattoo Supply need more tattoo flash design so we will see what they are gonna do to help out us tattoo artist I hope they make it the best of the best . Your one stop shop for everything!
Element Tattoo Supply Inc Has upgraded their tattoo supply website ! The new website is coming along and looks Sick!!! Thanks you Dennis From Metricintent It has been a long time coming for a new website. Take a tour on all the features! Like build your own tattoo kit to new tattoo products.
So its a weds. And OC Tattoo and Element Tattoo Supply is gearing up for the Musink Tattoo Convention 2011 at the Orange County Fairgrounds. What a busy week for us !
So rumor has it that I (Eddie Tana) stopped tattooing but that is a lie hahahah ! I did this tattoo in about 45 mins but we had to stop because my next tattoo appointment came through.. it was fun doing this tattoo. i was just testing out Element Tattoo Supply Ink
Tattoo artist Boog out of Dallas, Texas drew up a cover page for Element Tattoo Supply check it out.
oc tattoo and element tattoo supply cover page sheet
So Element Tattoo Supply got some new tattoo machines in so I wanted to see if they were up to par. Elite series tattoo machines is what they call them. Elite ? are they? so I put it to the test. The photo I have as my thumb nail is the exact elite tattoo machine I used for a back piece. I put a 23 magnum low profile tattoo needles and ran it for my tattoo test. At the start of the tattoo the machine was hitting very hard. So I tuned it up by letting it run for about 20 minutes “stand alone” Just like all tattoo machine you need to break it in. Once that was done I gave the tattoo machine another whirl So I adjusted the needle flush to the tip of my tattoo tube, turn it down and went for it. Just like how I do all my tattoos I did what in the tattoo world is call “choked it down”. You see when I tattoo I use the tip of the tube, rather than the tip of the tattoo needle. but that’s a whole new blog I will talk about later. To my surprise the freaking tattoo machine was an Elite Series. that machine along with the low pro needle 23 magnum flowed with ease. I wouldn’t recommend this tattoo machine for those light handed tattoo artist that like to work off the tip of the tattoo needle. Because this things I think its around 6 oz ,but for tattoo artist that like heavy hitting tattoo machine these would be it! Don’t get me wrong I still use my Mickey Sharpz, Work Horse Irons, and all the tattoo machines I’ve always been using for years had but I added Element Tattoo Supplies Elite tattoo machine to my collection.
Here is the link of the tattoo I was working on with this elite tattoo machine.
Click Here to see the tattoo!
OK where do I begin to talk about rotary tattoo machines? First when I started out tattooing at home I was like everyone else out there that could not afford a tattoo machine let alone use one. So like beginner tattooers out there I made my own homemade tattoo machine. Yes! homemade! It was a lot of trial and error with making those prison style rotary tattoo machines. It was a walk man motor, taped to an L bracket taped to a pen, and it was powered by four D batteries. The needle was a guitar string bent into shape and the tip was sharpened to a point.
As for my ink, I didn’t know what to use or where to get it ” this was in the early 1990′s” so I asked around and found out how to make shift some black ink. so I made did it. “secret sorry I cant give this up.” as time went by and I was tattoo more I got my self a puma tattoo machine that made a big difference it made me go from automatic to manual drive over night, you see rotary tattoo machines are simple to work with you just have to set you needle to length and set your speed higher or lower. I didn’t really feel like using rotary tattoo machines until a bunch of my tattoo friends started talking about them again. it was like “what we are going back to the old school?” But yes in deed they told me to give it a chance so I did. I got one from element tattoo supply the stinger gold rotary tattoo machine. at first it took some time to adjust to they way it hits in the skin, sounded funny because they are quite, but after about 10 tens of messing around with it I kind of liked it . It made my job easier. But that was that I used the rotary tattoo machine for a few tattoos then decided to go back to the elite tattoo machine it matched the way I tattoo better, it hits hard, and can keep up with the way I tattoo .
Every tattoo artist has their preferences in tattoo inks / pigments that they use, as for me I love working with Talens Drawing ink for all of my tattooing .I use it for everything, from dark to light even for tribal tattooing. I do all my black tattooing with talens black, outlines are solid black and last a forever. I wont use any other tattoo ink for my black. For the past 17 years of my tattooing career 14 years of it has been with Talens black. Here is a link to the tattoos I have done in the past using Talens black.
So if you are looking for some dark black tattoo ink Talens is the way to go! I get my tattoo supplies from Element Tattoo Supply
This is my personal blogger about my life of tattooing so keep up with it, I will be writing about some interesting stories about my life of tattooing, true stories from before to now.
(With there being so much talent in the tattoo industry in nowadays, the style and uniqueness of Eddie “Edball” Tana is what makes him stand out amongst the best out there. Born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1974 his parents moved the family to the US in search of a better life. Growing up in Fullerton, California Eddie Tana always had and showed ambition for independence and freedom of expression. Though there was no direct influence in arts from home, at the age of 15 Eddie began to be fascinated by art, particularly street art and tattoos. With tips from older and more experienced tattoo artists Eddie began practicing his artwork and by the age of 18 sold his car to afford his first tattoo kit from Joe Kaplin Tattoo Supply and began what would become a gateway to his success, tattooing.
First working on friends, soon enough Eddie was known as the go-to guy for all tattoo styles in and Westminster and Fullerton. In 1994 tattoo artist and friend, Bob Nguyen invited Eddie to join him working in Hollywood, beginning his apprenticeship in Boulevard Tattoo with German native tattoo artist, Uwe (RIP). Working there for 3 years and moving on to Studio City Tattoo for 1 ½ years gave Eddie the advantage of learning from artists such as world renowned Austrian tattoo artist Pogo, Baby Ray (Spotlight Tattoo), independent tattoo artist Nina Depezo, Danny Wild (Tattoo Mania), Randy Howell (Hot Stuff Tattoo), Slick Rick (North Shore Tattoo), Rockwood (Studio City & Big Island Tattoo) and Jonas Westernland, Clay Decker (True Tattoo) would give a few tips as well.
By 1999, he opened his first tattoo shop along with friend Bob Nguyen calling it, “Addictions Tattoo Inc.” in Orange County. By 2003 he left Addictions to open up the world famous and finest tattoo shop in the Southern California area, OC Tattoo Inc. . Obtaining plenty of experience artist and working close with other artist like Arnold Santos (Lefty’s Tattoo San Diego) giving Eddie the opportunity to become a top of the line tattoo artist specializing in Japanese artwork and having a positive impact on his peers and clients. As side his local and loyal clients Eddie has also inked celebrities like Tyrese Gibson (Singer/Actor), John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls frontman), Wilford Brimley (Actor), Kenny Miller (Blood Shot Clothing Inc.), Tyler Evan (Motorcross), Troy Hoff (stuntman), MMA Fighters: Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Tim “Big Perm” Persey, Nam Phan, Justin Levens (RIP)and Johnny “knee” Dinh. Taking advantage of the opportunity to work in Hiratsuka, Japan as guest artist at “Homies Tattoo” from 2006-2007. Upon his arrival back in OC and realizing the lack of tattoo supplies available through suppliers, Eddie set his sight on becoming the best tattoo supplier in the country and officially opened for business Element Tattoo Supply in June 2008.
Now doing his share in the tattoo industry for over 10yrs, I have been feature artist in magazines such asInked, Lowrider and many Japanese Magazines, not to mention his OC Tattoo Shop praised as best in OC by OCweekly. Having overcome many obstacles life has brought, he has achieved all his success and is still the modest and down to earth guy he’s always being. Now Eddie still works out of his OC Tattoo shop (appointment only) and is looking to expand the shop to have a special station only for guest artists and also opening a 2nd tattoo shop in Costa Rica. Though it may seem he’s reached the top, Eddie is aware there’s much more to accomplish, he just hasn’t figured it out yet.
As for OC Tattoo Eddie has done many things not of the norm of tattoo shops around. He sponsors everything to bring his tattoo shops name up from bands like “A Thorn For Every Heart” “beauty School Drop Outs” ” Almost Home” Professionl Poker players like “Tim Phan” , Fighters Like “Quinton Rampage Jackson” just to name a few. Eddie is always looking out for new talent and is making his mark in everything he puts his heart to.
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