reality TV Shows — Tattoo
Tattoos symbolised rebellion and radical natures, and were used to promote individuality. While these still hold true today, it is apparent that the tattoo industry has changed radically. The reality show craze of the past five years has sparked off a new movement” reality shows about tattooing. Most popular are TLCs Miami Ink, and LA Ink.
It is time to take a break from personas searching for love, money, or attention- urgently hungering for their fifteen minutes of fame, and move on to genuinely talented artists. In spite of all the drama, some good tattoo designs and surprisingly touching stories are captured on film.
Yes, recently, reality tattoo TV shows have been making the rounds. Rio Ink- from Rio de Janeiro, is the most recent body art reality show to hit the airwaves. It is a Discovery Channel spin-off of the original hit Miami Ink, and like the master, it follows five tattoo artists as they go about their process. The Rio Ink artists include: Lucio Tattoo (the passionate artist and shop owner), CH2 (known for his graffiti/hip-hop style), Lia (the only female artist, known for her feminine designs), Daniel (skilled at transforming existing designs), and Magathi (with years of experience).
The tattoo parlour Banzai Tattoo is located in the heart of Ipanema. The series captures the unique energy of a beachfront Brazilian tattoo parlour, and provides a background on the customers and their reasons for getting a tattoo. One of the features tattoos in the Rio Ink series is a tribute to the Afro-Brazilian deity Iemanja.
Thus, the popularity of reality-based TV shows now brings you tattooing live and in color, right into your very own sitting room! You can even watch Inked presented by the A&E Network. This, is set inside an actual working tattoo parlor, and generally observes the various daily activities of the tattoo artists and customers who come into the shop to get tattooed.
Then there is Miami Ink, that takes place in the South Beach area of Miami, Florida. The show looks at a series of customers and their tattoos, and presents each as a little story. The various clients all talk about their designs, what the tattoo means to them, why they feel it was time to get that particular tattoo, and why they picked the artist that they were working with. Also worthy of mention is Inked, which takes place in the Hart & Huntington Tattoo Company shop, located in the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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