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The latest from THRONE

What happens in the studio and beyond it · new pieces, days out, and the things we build. The longer writing lives further down.

Framed square panel with an ornamental lion, tattooed on an inner arm

Site · 5 September 2026

The flash board is live

Tuba’s ready-drawn pieces are on the site with honest sizing and set prices · pick one, book it, walk in.

Beauty of Chaos plate · a horned oni-courtesan drawn in dark realism

Site · 26 August 2026

The Design Vault opened

Original plates with transfer-ready stencils · single pieces or full packs, bought and downloaded from the site.

Black and grey tiger covering the full back, healed

Work · 26 August 2026

The tiger, healed

A full back in black and grey by Erkan · photographed healed, which is the only photograph that counts.

Cyberpunk backpiece in black and grey with fine white highlights

Work · 25 August 2026

Cyberpunk, on film

The backpiece and the session it took · fine white highlights over black and grey, by Erkan.

Work · 24 August 2026

Wind bars and blossom

A traditional Japanese sleeve by Erkan · irezumi grammar, read from the shoulder down.

Geisha portrait tattoo in black and grey on the upper arm

Work · 23 August 2026

The geisha portrait

Black and grey on the upper arm, by Erkan.

Work · 22 August 2026

Anubis

The judge of the dead in black and grey realism, by Erkan.

Japanese dragon wrapping the full leg in black and grey

Work · 21 August 2026

The dragon takes the leg

Full-leg Japanese dragon in black and grey, by Erkan.

Writing from the studio

The craft, the people who taught it to us, and what happens between the drawing and the skin.

7 August 2014 · 3 min read Love, Pain and the Tattoo Master I don’t like hurting people while tattooing them. I learned tattooing from a man who was hurting. Read ›