A style of tattooing called "black and gray realism" has its roots in East Los Angeles' Chicano culture. It moved from penal institutions, to the barrios, to high-end tattoo shops around the world.

Freddy Negrete was 18 and serving time in a juvenile detention facility when the image came to him: the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy paired with the catchphrase “Smile Now, Cry Later.” ...

A popular style of tattooing called "black and gray realism" has its roots in East LA's Chicano culture. It moved from California prisons in the 1970s to high-end tattoo shops worldwide.

His uncles taught him the art of lettering in “Cali-Chicano” Old English script ... finish off their prison style tattoo. Actually, I’ve actually done a lot of a couple of prison cover ups, too, like: ...

Chuco Moreno wants people to enjoy his art ... term ‘Chicano style,’ that’s a whole culture of people,” Moreno says. “It’s like if you were to say you got a Native American tattoo.

His art is a mix of new-school color ... Studio on Fairfax in L.A. and offers sound lettering and a tight California style. Julie is a terrific tattoo artist. Her psychedelic mix of florals ...

He literally wrote the book on tattoo lettering, but growing up in the gang-infested Pico-Union of the ’80s, and ’90s, Sleeps was just a kid surrounded by prison tattoos and territorial graffiti.

“I've always been an artist, but seeing my uncle do Chicano-style tattoos ... and making tattoo needles before they were ever allowed to ink anyone. For someone like Carrasco, art classes ...

Although Mexico can claim the origin of some really beautiful pre-Columbian art, Fine Art Tattoo can stake a claim to having one of the best selections in the United States -- especially if the ...