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American Traditional Style Mixed With Dark Thoughts and Bad Intentions.

The Flower City Tattoo Convention YouTube channel documents tattoo culture through artist spotlights, tattoo confessionals, convention interviews, product discussions, and podcasts.

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Relive the Flower City Tattoo Convention 2025: three days of tattoo competitions, Ink Master artists, live MMA and wrestling, sideshow acts, and unforgettable community moments. 

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Japanese Traditional tattooing (Irezumi) is one of the oldest and most powerful storytelling traditions in tattooing. Explore its history, symbolism, legends, and the modern masters keeping it alive.

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A deep dive into Horitomo’s impact on Japanese traditional tattooing—exploring lineage, symbolism, tebori technique, and the cultural roots of irezumi.

 

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Discover the story of Buddy Mott—the tattoo historian whose museum at the Flower City Tattoo Convention keeps American traditional tattoo history alive. A tribute to the roots, legends, and lineage that built today’s culture.

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Ed Hardy bridged tattooing, fine art, and global fashion. From Tattoo City’s “portable murals” to a licensing era that both amplified and distorted his name, this deep-dive re-centers Hardy as the artist who taught the world to read tattoo language.

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