LATEST NEWS

1st September 2010 - Welcome back Spring & Owen

Welcome spring and some better weather - Simplesime has new images up in his gallery to check out and he’s off to Japan for a week to see the wonders - Owen is back on deck - having completed a 3 month world tour - things are busy at the shop - please be patient and we look forward to seeing you soon.

8th August 2010 - John Entwistle - Tattooist Book released.

Danny Young (Tattoo Magic) & Jane Laver (Chapel Tattoo) have brought together a great result by creating a documentation of one of Melbourne’s pioneers of the tattoo industry in this new book released just this week - check it out now on the inkship site!

25th July 2010 - New cupcake maker takes control on Saturdays!

We love cupcakes by Carley our new Saturday shop girl - DrPepper flavour with Beetlejuice wrappers - so very cool - Vegan cappuccino icing - yep - she’s working every Saturday from now on!

7th July 2010 - More pics updated & Danny, Caleb & Geordie all come home

Some great new images in Geordie’s gallery. Also better images of Melbourne AFL player Nathan Jones’ sleeve tattoo in Sime’s gallery. William is back as of Monday from his fishing trip in NZ. Geordie, Danny & Caleb are all back and in action with appointments back in full swing. Great to have em back. Owen is still MIA - NYC is handing out the heat for him...

30th June 2010 - New pics up & away

Simplesime has 3 new images up in his gallery, check them out. William is off to NZ to do a week studio spot - he’ll be back before you know it. Geordie is in LA at the moment due back this Saturday, whilst Danny is also beating the skins in the states somewhere.

19th June 2010 - More art...

New painting by Geordie in his gallery - check it out.

15th June 2010 - Caleb is back, Sean has new pics up

Welcome back Caleb - he’ll be back in action this week. Sean has 4 new images up in his gallery, check them out.

1st June 2010 - Australian Tattoo Book - “Done With Electricity”

We have a number of our artists represented in this Australian tattoo publicaton - a great edition to your library, if your a keen ink collector. Visit the site for the book to learn more...

1st June 2010 - Danny has new shots up!

Check out his gallery

19th May 2010 - Blogs worth checking out...

There are two worth checking out if you’ve got time to kill - first is our own Simplesime.blogspot.com - and another one is Melbourne artist Merda, his got some awesome prints available at the moment, limited to edition of 26 - check it out at imerda.com

18th May 2010 - Nothing like a new fresh coat of paint

The shop is under transformation of a night time as a new lick of paint hits the walls - you may never have known, but we are very grateful here at the studio - thanks Rob!!

17th May 2010 - Safe travels - Owen & Caleb

Owen is overseas at the moment on his 3 months world tour!! Keep an eye on his movements on his myspace, check the links section.

15th May 2010 - New images up - William Yoneyama & Geordie Cole

New pics on Geordie & William’s folio pages - check em out

21st April 2010 - Simplesime

Here is an interesting video/article about footy tattoos, and one that Nathan Jones got by Simplesime.

8th April 2010 - New images up - Caleb & Simplesime

New action from Caleb - check his photos out - he’s rockin Europe as well speak - keep killin it boy!

1st April 2010 - Fools -

Hey hope all is well and you didn’t get fooled by any one at Tattoo Magic - double check that tattoo - is it really in there? Correct colour? Spelt correctly? Facing the right way up? Can you read it correctly in the mirror? Have a good day...

17th March 2010 - Willam Y is back, Caleb is off

William is back at Tattoo Magic after doing a guest spot in New Zealand, so he’s about if you wanna get in contact. Caleb is about to jump on a plane for his world tour, keep an eye on the latest news and we’ll keep you up to date with his travels, destinations & tattooing.

2nd March 2010 - We welcome Simplesime onboard

The latest addition to the team at Tattoo Magic joining us from March onwards, is Sime a.k.a Simplesime. So check out his gallery to view his work.

7th January 2010 - Tips for booking & busy times...

We are busy at the moment - Geordie is working through an extensive list of requests for large scale work and has  given priority to commenced customer projects, primarily to keep artistically fresh and offer the best tattooing. He has appointments scheduled all throughout this year. He really appreciates everyones enthusiasm & patience and would like to thank everyone for their commitment in enduring this hectic time.

Owen is accepting consultation requests at this stage, he maybe traveling abroad later this year. 

Sean has a 2 year wait for custom work (less time for small pieces), his list of drawing puts him out to over 2 years of planned work and he is steadily working through it. Thanks to all his clients for their patience.

Custom artwork from William is managed in 6 month blocks -
and his handling around 12-15 pieces to concentrate on, for these blocks. Expressions of interest are recorded to file & processed at the artists discretion.

Danny & Caleb have steady schedules with potential for near future appointment times.

Another part-time tattooist will be joining the crew from February and will be taking on work as it comes in.

7th January 2010 - New YEAR, New Prices...

Our hourly rate has increased to $160, and the minimum charge is $100 for small tattoos. This rate is effective from the start of 2010.

1st November - Don’t explain the meaning of your tattoo

“Yeah, I know it’s got a really cool story behind it. No-one cares, even people who are trying to have sex with you. If they insist on knowing the story, say you got it in prison.” An excerpt from ‘No Sex With Your Ex, all the advice you won’t get from your parents’ book by Sam DeBrito, check it out.

10th October - Tim on the move...

So after a long decade of slaying ink at Tattoo Magic - Tim is moving on, he is working in Victoria at Third Eye Tattoo in 2010 - he can be contacted via email or on his myspace page. Good luck...

10th September - Back to school

AND - we have got the new team together - Tattoo Magic in conjunction with Nacional are sponsoring a new cycling team which will be racing all around victoria over the summer, their website will be up soon, more updates on that soon - but check out the devil boy - riding past you soon...

10th August - Sean Jackson limited edition prints

Sean has high quality gylecee prints available for sale at $150 each. You can obtain one through the shop or Sean’s myspace.

7th July - New pics & Postcards

Geordie, Tim & William have some new images up - Also there are some new? Also there are some new postcards floating about down the road at Birdman Eating which feature some shots taken at the shop - if you can grab one, stick it on your fridge! - What else are postcards for these days now we have twitterspacebookemail?