"I was like the first Chicano who ever even got a job as a professional tattoo artist," Negrete says. The cruising scene in East Los Angeles was great early advertising. In a couple of years ...

An outpost for Chicano culture in Vietnam attracts community — and occasional concerns among older generations inclined to associate tattoos with gangs.

People use the term “Chicano style” to describe a wide range of black and gray tattoos these days, but as someone who grew up in the heart of Chicano culture, Moreno has his own take on the style.

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.

“I've always been an artist, but seeing my uncle do Chicano-style tattoos, I started drawing Day of the Dead stuff and Chicano style women when I was young,” Carrasco says. “I was born and ...

The recently-opened exhibit runs through February and features work from more than 50 artists to trace the local history of tattoos from the 1930s in Long Beach to the Chicano influence on the art ...

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 ...