Luke Jinks Illustration: Traditional Tattoo Flash

Luke draws influence from folklore, tales from the past, and traditional western tattoo culture in his tattoo flash. He is currently is a tattoo apprentice at Infinite Ink tattoo studio near Birmingham, England. Take a look through some of his traditional tattoo flash pieces below!

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"From a triptych based around native American folklore and the story of a warrior who try's to rescue his wife from the forbidden forest, but gets killed in the process."

Images & tattoo flash via: http://www.flickr.com/people/lukejinksillustration/

Original traded with Iain Mullen of Stockholm Classic Tattoo

Wise Old Man by Luke Jinks

Traditional Tattoo Revival

While the traditional American tattoo themes, such as Sailor Jerry and Ed Hardy, have become the norm - these flash illustrations by Jinks pay homage to the original's outlaw nature. Jinks riffs on the traditional Americana tattoo themes and mixes in religious and mystic symbolism.

A little note on the modern tattoo as fashion ideal, which I found interesting: "[Sailor Jerry died in 1973. The royalties to his tattoo flash are now owned by two of his students, Ed Hardy and Mike Malone. In 1999 they started the company Sailor Jerry Ltd. and use Sailor Jerry's artwork on clothing (t shirts, belts, gloves, hoodies, sneakers), tattoo machines, stencils, playing cards, ..]"

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The traditional flash and tattoo revival that has really never been out of practice - has recently been mass-popularized and marketed to wide appeal. Other artists, such as Jinks, strive to recapture the original style and fundamental thrust of these work.

Tattooed gent

Tattoo inspired tarot hand on wood with paint.

The devil and his cheeky serpent tattoo illustration.

Serpent tattoo flash

Jinks tattoo illustations in full

Images & tattoo flash via: http://www.flickr.com/people/lukejinksillustration/

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