dogtownink.com

517 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 452-6968 or (310) 883-8085
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Attention ladies: Re-Ink-R-Nation specializes in women’s tattoos and piercing — from Japanese kanji brush style tattoos to fixing ugly tattoos from your past (hence the shop’s name) to permanent make-up tattoos that look completely natural. At least according to Mamasan, the artist and piercer. Actually, [...]

830 Lincoln Blvd
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 314-7703
Ink Ink
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Karina and Stephanie do exquisite work. I know this because of the persnickety friends I know who patronize them…and because I can see with my own eyes. A longtime Venice establishment.

12811 Venice Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
Phone: (310) 390-6722
S.T. Tattoo
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Suicidal Tendencies’ “Cyco Miko” Muir and artist Jason Brown’s Venice Blvd tattoo and piercing studio, known for SoCal black & grey style tattoos. Mike and brother Jim Muir (who skated with the Z-Boys skateboarding team and whose Dogtown Skateboards are legendary) are Venice natives.

1301 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 581-0036
Buzzbomb Tattoos
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Marissa’s fine tattoo artistry is much in demand along the boardwalk.

1716 Main Street
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 821-1103
myspace.com/oldgloryvenice
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Say you need a tattoo and a haircut. That’s why they invented Old Glory. It’s two parlours in one. Talk about 30-minute make-over. Seriously, you want a traditional American tattoo in the spirit of legends Sailor Jerry and Ed Hardy, Old Glory Tattoo’s owner, Kevin Hinton, is the man [...]

1201 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 314-9934
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The name may not do a lot to distinguish the place, but the location will: You’re practically sitting on the beach when you’re getting tats at this boardwalk fixture.

64 Windward Ave.
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 450-1073
www.tattooasylum.com
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Let’s face it. There’s always someone (your mom) who’s going to call you crazy for getting a tattoo. Why not agree? Tell ‘em you actually got your ink in the Asylum. That oughta shut ‘em up. So will the awesome tattoo you got there.

7 Westminster Ave. or 6 Brooks Ave.
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 399-0555 or (310) 399-6757
House of Ink
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Make that houses of ink. House of Ink owner Sean Heirigs is perhaps the boardwalk’s leading ink impresario: He not only owns two House of Inks within spitting distance of one another, he also owner or co-owner of nearby Tattoo [...]

1017 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 399-7818
Venice Tattoo & Piercing
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Clear, concise name, much easier to comprehend than that tat of The Battle of the Vegas Strip on your backside.

909 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 396-0270
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Right next to the Venice Boardwalk Freak Show, which could be either cautionary or inspirational, depending on your frame of mind. S & S boasts a commanding view of both the famed Venice boardwalk and the beach.