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Article about the changes in the tattoo industry over the last two decades with quotes from a tattoo artist from New Hope, PA. Briefly discusses the copyright controversy.

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What"s Hot and What"s Not in the Tattoo Industry

Tony Corzo has been a tattoo artist for the past 15 years and has seen the industry change with the times. The greatest change in the industry has been in the variety of clientele seeking his services. When he was an apprentice, Tony"s customers were mostly bikers and musicians and few of them were women. Today there is no stereotypical customer who visits The Lion"s Den in New Hope, Pennsylvania where Tony works. On any given day, Tony is just as likely to adorn the body of a man or a woman, a truck driver or a doctor, someone in his twenties or someone in his sixties. According to Tony, he enjoys the hugely diverse clientele. A more heterogeneous group of customers also means a more heterogeneous type of tattoo.

Years ago, when Tony entered the business, if you wanted a tattoo you went to a tattoo parlor and searched through traditional pictures to find an image that best represented you. Now there is a greater variety in the types of tattoos people are seeking. Instead of choosing an image off the wall, people are far more likely to search the web or art books and commission a tattoo artist to reproduce an image of their choice. Tattoo artists are also being chosen based on the uniqueness of their designs.

"The trends in imagery people seek tend to ebb and flow. A couple of years ago Polynesian tribal tattoos, geometric shapes in solid black, were huge. Lately people seem to be seeking a more artistic look, like oil paintings on skin," says Tony. Better ink quality and more sophisicated machinery have also resulted in better quality tattoos over the years. Artists can create finer lines, more detail, and better depth of shade, which means just about anything within reason can be reproduced on the body.

One of the things that Tony has noticed over the years is that people have become so video and computer screen oriented that they can"t easily grasp the concept of size and scale. "Somebody will come into the shop with a download of an oil painting he wants

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