Tattoo Life Magazine 158

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Tattoo Life Magazine 158 (January/February 2026)

Cover girl: Sara López-Torrijos, Mediterranean soul, ocean wanderer, and a body language shaped by tribal stories and Berber heritage.

Chat at the top: Victoria Lee, Beijing’s leading voice in realistic colour portraiture, reflects on two decades of artistic evolution and the rise of contemporary Chinese tattooing.
Daniel Gulliver turns skin into optical illusion, fusing graffiti roots with three-dimensional engravings between Brighton and Paris.
Caio Piñeiro, from São Paulo to London, embodies the discipline, devotion, and ritual precision of Japanese Irezumi.
Lass, Europe’s poetic voice of fine-line botanical tattooing, draws whispers on skin—intuitive marks blooming like memories.
Oozy, Korean-born and California-shaped, shares his path from self-taught YouTube beginnings to global acclaim for his elegant Traditional Eastern icons and flawless dotwork.

Portfolio: Lucia Lamata’s portraits reveal tattoos as intimate maps of identity, emotion, and lived experience.
Tattoo Shop: Inside Vatican Studios, Southern California’s Renaissance-inspired home of Franco Vescovi and a team of contemporary masters.
Who’s who: Daniel Vexed, where digital surrealism meets symbolic tension—collages of beauty and darkness in a unique visual universe.
Around the world: Language of Skin, Theda Acha’s powerful exploration of Mexican women using tattoos as identity, empowerment, and healing.

Tattoo Mix: A selection of the best in every style…

…and much more in this issue of Tattoo Life!