News from Tattoo City

Convention Update Click here to see what tattoo conventions we will be working in 2010.

Attention

We have changed our shop hours to

12 noon till 8pm 7 days a week.

1/26/10 - We have a couple guest artists returning to Tattoo City this year and we are now taking appointments for both Darrin White and Kerry Lawing.  Darrin will be with us Feb 19-24th and Kerry will be here June 7-12th.  Both Darrin and Kerry will be working with us the same time between April 26 and May 4th as well as joining us at the Chicago Freedom Expo April 30-May 2nd.  They both book up fast so schedule your tattoos now.

1/20/10 - Joe Pasternak has just added two new tattoo gallery pages to the site with nearly fifty new tattoos posted so check them out here and here.

Larry added a few new tattoos including a couple kick ass in progress Dragon pieces and a sweet Demon portrait.

Larry still has a couple tattoo openings at the Detroit Motor City Expo Feb 26-28th.  Anyone interested should email him at tattoocity@aol.com 

1/1/10 - Happy New Year everyone.  Another decade has passed and time to start fresh and new in 2010.  We have changed our shop hours to 12 Noon till 8pm 7 days a week so please take note.

We just added some new tattoo photos by Brent and Larry so check them out.

12/17/09 - Its almost Christmas and many of you are looking for that last minute perfect gift.  How about a Gift Certificate for a tattoo or piercing from Tattoo City.  Stop in now and pick one up.  The shop will be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day so our artists can spend time with their families.   

Jessica Weichers got a little press on the ChicagoNow.com Blog after tattooing a cool little WHIM style tattoo.  Check it out here.

Happy Holidays to Everyone 

12/01/09 - As 2009 is coming to a close we at Tattoo City would like to thank all our clients, friends and family for their great support.  We celebrated our 15th year in business back in June and owe it all to you, Thanks a trillion.  

 A big thanks to our friends and fellow artists, Darrin White and Kerry Lawing for the fun and laughs during their guest spots this year.  Look for both tattoo monsters to be back in 2010.  

Larry will  be starting his 20th year of tattooing in 2010 and having turned 40 last week he has literally tattooed for half his life.  He has spent the last 15 years working hard to build a great reputation for himself and Tattoo City since the shop opened it's doors in 2004.  The time has come for Larry to concentrate on other projects such as authoring and co-authoring a couple books and focusing more time on his painting.  He will be cutting back his tattooing schedule to two days a week, Friday and Saturday.  With a shorter schedule he will have to be even more selective about the projects that he takes on.  Anyone interested in being tattooed by Larry should email him at tattoocity@aol.com with a full description of what they want, how large and where on the body it will go.  Please attach any reference photos that may pertain to the project and include something pertaining to tattooing in the emails subject line to avoid being treated as spam.  If your idea is something Larry is interested in working on he will contact you with booking information.  If it is something he cannot work into his schedule, the information will be forwarded onto the other artists at Tattoo City who are all very talented and capable artists.  

We have updated a bunch of tattoo photos including some new work from Brent, a bunch from Larry and a new gallery has been added for Jessica along with a ton of new Whim tattoos.  

We hope you all have a great holiday season and look forward to seeing you in the new year.

9/14/09 - We are happy to announce that our good friend Darrin White will be returning to Tattoo City for another guest spot October 20-27th 2009.  He has been here many times in the past and books up fast so stop by the shop soon to set up your appointment.  

8/28/09 - It has been a very busy summer for us all at Tattoo City so at long last we have some updates and news. 

 First, let us thank Kerry Lawing for guest spotting with us.  It was a great time and we look forward to him returning in the future.  

Larry and Jessica have just returned from a two week trip to Canada for the Calgary and Edmonton conventions and wanted to thank Steve and Lindsay Peace who hosted both shows.  They seriously put on the best tattoo conventions in North America so go check them out next year.  

Larry and Darrin White will be tattooing at the Hell City Tattoo Fest in Phoenix AZ September 4-6th 
and Paradise Tattoo Gathering in Hancock, MA September 17-20th 2009.  Appointments are now available so call the shop.  

Jessica and Larry will be tattooing at 

6-16-09 - A bunch of new tattoo photos have been added including some great portrait work from Brent, an In Progress and Original Art Gallery from Jessica and some finished Large Scale work from Larry as well as several other pieces scattered throughout the galleries.  

5-30-09             Happy 15th Birthday Tattoo City

June 1st marks the 15th year since Tattoo City opened it's doors here in Lockport, IL.  It's been a wonderful ride since 1994 and we would like to thank all the awesome clients and friends who have helped make us one of the most successful tattoo shops in the country.  We are looking forward to the next 15 years of serving your tattoo and piercing needs.  Thanks again for the history and we will see you in the future.  - The Tattoo City Crew

Tattoo City is happy to announce that

Kerry Lawing from Evolution Ink in Fayetteville, NC

will be doing a guest spot with us

July 26th - August 2nd 2009

Stop by the shop and schedule an appointment now!

We added a bunch of new tattoo photos including a whole new gallery from Jessica Weichers, some new coolness from Brent O'Leary and Larry Brogan has updated a ton of in progress tattoos and posted some newly finished sleeve work.

Skin & Ink Tattoo Magazine just featured Larry in their Big Ten Questions section as well as gave Jessica some sweet press for the tattoos she did on magazine editor Bob Baxter at the Green Bay Convention.  Much thanks to Mr. Baxter and Mary Gardner for being such awesome friends.  Check out the mag and look for the July 2009 issue.  

4-9-09 - Larry and Jessica will be tattooing at the Roanoke Tattoo Festival in Roanoke VA May 8-10th.  Please contact them for appointments.  

We have added several new Tattoo Conventions to our upcoming list including England, China, New Zealand, and a few throughout the US including the Visionary Expo in Miami.  

Jessica just added a ton of new tattoo photos including a dozen new Whim/Attitude Animal images.  

Larry added over two dozen new images throughout his galleries including a bunch of new in progress pieces.   Check out all the galleries to find all the cool new work.

Jessica and Larry recently returned form Tampa Bay Florida's Tattoo Fest where they shared a booth with Darrin White and Billy The Kid. It was a blast as always.  Thanks to our friends and the great clients we had, the weekend was a great kick off for the spring.  Larry came home with 1st Place in the Pinup Category for a hot thigh piece on tattoo artist Krysta Laing.  

2-17-09 - Larry will be working the Detroit Motor City Tattoo Convention Feb 27-March 1st and Jessica and Larry will be working the Tampa Bay Tattoo Fest March 26-29th.  Appointments are now being taken for both shows so please email us at tattoocity@aol.com for appointments ASAP.

Brent has added a cool new Frankenstein portrait to his gallery and Jessica has added a few pieces to her galleries, check them out.

2-6-09 - Rich Cseri will no longer be working at Tattoo City.  He has chosen to travel the country and tattoo Nomad style.  We thank him for the two years he spent with us and wish him luck in the future.

Jessica added a couple new images to her galleries.

2-5-09 - Some tattoo photo updates including 18 new pieces from Joe Pasternak and a bunch throughout Larry's galleries have just been posted.

We just updated our tattoo convention schedule including 3 shows in Canada and 1 in the UK.

2-3-09 - Well 2009 is off to a great start and we are looking forward to spring break.  We want to thank Darrin White for the great tattoos and fun times while he was here last week.  Darrin and Larry collaborated on another oil painting but images will not be posted for some time.  The oil needs to dry and the framing needs to be done but after the painting is given to its new owner (TOP SECRET) we will post photos and details.  Keep your eyes open for it because it is one of the teams best creations yet.

January found Jessica, Rich and Larry tattooing at Rick Harnowski's 13th International Tattoo Convention in Green Bay Wisconsin. Despite the deep snow and 20 below zero weather the show had a great turn out and was the perfect kick off for the 2009 convention schedule.  We want to thank Rick, his family and wonderful crew as well as the staff at the Oneida Casino for the awesome time they gave us.  See you again next time.  

It was an even better show for Jessica who won a Top Three Artist Choice Tattoo Of The Day award on Saturday for the first tattoo she ever entered.  Congratulations to her and her client Heather on the big win.  Jessica also had the surprise and privilege of tattooing Skin & Ink Tattoo Magazine editor, Bob Baxter.  Mr. Baxter is a fan of Jessica's Whim and Attitude Animal designs and got two pieces done, Raggedy Andy and a Bee on the back of his hand.  Many thanks to Bob Baxter and his wife Mary Gardner for the wonderful company through the weekend, it's always a pleasure.

Larry would like to thank his good friend Buddy Wheeler for the history lessons and for the more than generous gift.  You are full of the same goodness as your father, thank you.

Thank you to Tom Eiler and the crew at the Chicago World of Wheels for having Tattoo City along for the ride now three years running.  Joe, Kelly and Brent had a great time and wanted to say thank you to all the wonderful people who made the weekend so special.  

There have been new tattoo photos added to Brent and Jessica's galleries so check them out here.

Larry will be tattooing at the Detroit Motor City Tattoo Convention February 27 thru March 1st along side great artists John Wayne, Darrin White and Kelly Gormley.  

Jessica and Larry will be joining Billy the Kid and Darrin White at the Tampa Bay Tattoo Fest March 26-29th.

For appointments contact us at tattoocity@aol.com

12-29-08 - We hope everyone had a great Christmas and wish you a Happy New Year.

Darrin White will be returning for a guest spot January 23-29th 2009.  He is known world wide for his award winning and unique style of color portraits.  Call the shop now to book your appointment with this talented artist.

Darrin White

January 23-29 2009

New tattoo photos have been posted to Brent, Jessica and Larry's pages, check them out by clicking on their names.

12-11-08 - Happy Holidays to everyone from the staff at Tattoo City

Some new photos have been added to Brent, Jessica and Larry's Tattoo Galleries so check them out.  Jessica has been creating a bit of a stir at the tattoo conventions with her whimsical and child like designs that she calls Whims (short for whimsical) and Attitude Animals that resemble crayon drawings that we all did as children.  She has been doing a bunch of these lately so we have added a gallery to feature them right here.

It was a busy autumn with us attending four tattoo conventions over five weeks in Orlando, FL - Hancock, MA - St. Louis, MO and Louisville, KY.  Some of the highlights include a collaborative painting in Massachusetts with Darrin White, Kelly Gormley and Larry Brogan.  St. Louis found another collaborative painting project between Jessica Weichers, Muriel Stewart, Kelly Gormley, Darrin White and Larry Brogan where they painted a famous tattoo machine built by Lyle Tuttle called the Frisco Flyer.  The group presented Lyle with the painting at the end of the convention.  In Orlando, Darrin White, Nick Malasto and Larry Brogan started a three artist tattoo collaboration on fellow artist Marc Draven.  This is quite and undertaking considering it is full back cover-up of a bunch of old tattoos covering Marcs entire back.  In Louisville Larry won Tattoo of the Day and Best of Show trophies for an interesting Cyclops Octopussy tattoo on Mel D from Ink Junkies foot.

Some interesting news in the Tattoo Press from recent times include Jessica Weichers being the cover girl of Intense Ink Magazine along with a two page article about her in the October issue.

Back in August our Body Piercer Kelly LeVake was the cover girl for the same magazine also with a two page article.

Larry was featured in the 15th Anniversary edition of International Tattoo Art Magazine in November with a nine page spread showing off much of his current work as well as some of his paintings.

Joshua and Nichole Carlton published a book called 100 Faces of Mary which included paintings done by a ton of great tattoo artists from around the world and also include pieces from Larry Brogan and Brent O'Leary.

Kristian Misser has just published a book titled Inside The Tattoo Circus that includes work and writing from 97 international artists including a bunch of tattoo photos by Larry Brogan as well as an article he wrote about Pin-up Art through the last Century.

Needled.com has posted a video interview with Larry Brogan that was filmed at the Hell City Convention in Phoenix AZ in 2007.

Click here to check it out.

10-9-08 - Joe Pasternak has just added a ton of great new original style tattoos to his galleries so check it out.

10-7-08 - Autumn has arrived, the kids are all back in school and Halloween is fast approaching.  This is a great time of year to get tattooed with the swimming pools closed and the sun not so sunny.  Our artists can also get you in sooner during this time of year so what are you waiting for, stop in for that new tattoo or body piercing today.

Lots of tattoo photos have just been added to Rich, Brent, Jessica and Larry's galleries as well as the entire Body Piercing Gallery has been fully updated with tons of new piercing photos from Kelly.

Rich has added some of his recent Tattoo Magazine coverage to a new gallery so check it out.

Jessica and Larry will be traveling to Orlando Florida October 17-19th for the Screaming Ink Tattoo Festival at Spooky Empires Scream Fest.  Appointments are now being taken so call the shop at 815-836-8282 or email at tattoocity@aol.com

9-11-08 - We just added a new Tattoo Gallery of Jessica's work as well a one for our frequent guest artist Darrin White so check them out.

9-5-08 - Several new tattoo images were just added to our artists pages so check them out.

Larry and Jessica have just returned from the Calgary Tattoo Convention in chilly Canada.  While it was 90 degrees back home they where enjoying the 50 degree fall weather up north.  Many thanks to Steve and Lindsay Peace who put on the best tattoo show in North America.  

Larry and Jessica will be traveling to Orlando Florida October 17-19th for the Screaming Ink Tattoo Festival at Spooky Empires Scream Fest.  Appointments are now being taken so call the shop at 815-836-8282 or email at tattoocity@aol.com This is Florida's largest Horror Convention an many of your favorite Movie Monsters will be there including actors from Dawn of the Dead, Hellraiser, Saw, Halloween and Friday the 13th as well as Malcolm McDowell from Clockwork Orange and Elvira. 

Larry will be tattooing at the Paradise Tattoo Gathering in Hancock, MA October 23-26 2008 which promises to be one of the most unique tattoo conventions ever and is geared towards educating artists through seminars and discussion panels and is set in the beautiful Jiminy Peak Resort Hotel.  

Rich and Larry will both be tattooing at the Old School Tattoo Expo in St. Louis MO.  Appointments are now being taken so call the shop at 815-836-8282 or email at tattoocity@aol.com

Jessica and Larry will be tattooing at the 4th Annual Greater Kentucky Tattoo & Piercing Expo at the Louisville Marriott downtown Louisville, KY  November 21st-23rd, 2008.  Appointments are now being taken so call the shop at 815-836-8282 or email at tattoocity@aol.com

Keep an eye open for the upcoming issue of International Tattoo Magazine Anniversary Edition which will feature an article on Larry Brogan.  The issue is due on the news stands mid September.  

8-21-08 - At long last we are happy to announce the re-launch of our new and fully updated web site.  After a stressful, time consuming battle with computer troubles we have finally got it under control and present to you www.tattoocityskinart.com.  All our artists have a ton of new tattoo images posted on their gallery pages so check it all out and let us know what you think about the site.  

8-12-08 - It has been another long wait for an update and we apologize for that.  We are in the process of building a new web site with an all new look so stay tuned for that in the near future.  

We have lots of news to report on from the last several months, most importantly the new edition to our shop with tattoo artist Jessica Weichers.  Jessica has joined us all the way from St. Louis Missouri where she had been tattooing for the last four years and was also a body piercer for seven years.  We just added Jessica's tattoo gallery so check it out and book yourself an appointment.

We have added many tattoo conventions to the list of upcoming shows for 2008 and 2009 so check them out and book your appointments.

Larry Brogan has had one of the busiest years ever in 2008 with lots of traveling including conventions since our last update in Tampa Bay Florida, Melbourne Australia, Columbus Ohio, Toronto Canada and guest spots at Paul Booth's Last Rites in New York City and Matt Parkin's Southern Ink in Christchurch New Zealand.  He has recently finished a three week motor cycle trip on Route 66 with friend and client Jim Bush where they collected photos and information for their upcoming book on Jim's 300 hour RT. 66 tattoo project.  

 Larry has been fortunate enough to have tattoos and artwork included in several recent books including...

3-24-08 - We apologize for the long stretch between updates but due to a computer melt down problem we were unable to access our web site.  The problems have been taken care of and we will soon have a bunch of updates coming online soon.  A giant thank you to Arlan and Dale for the computer help, you guys kick ass.

It has been a very busy year so far at Tattoo City and we would like to take the opportunity to give a shout out and some thank yous to some fine friends. 

 Larry Wishes to thank Brett Schwindt and the crew at Strange World in Calgary Alberta Canada, George, Heather, Rick and all the clinets, thanks for the awesome time.  It was lots of fun working with you guys and I hope to be back soon for another visit.  George went above and beyond the call of duty and between her and all her friends, they showed me a great time all week.

Thank you Tom Eiler and the World or Wheels staff for once again taking great care of us at this years car and bike show.

Larry wishes to thank Gabe Ripley, his wonderful family and the staff at Off The Map in Easthampton Mass, Mary, Tattoo Andy, Johnny Berrios, Khalil and the clients.  It was a real cool time this trip and Gabe took me to see the Norman Rockwell Museum and Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort where the Paradise Tattoo Gathering is being held this October 23rd-26th.  It promises to be a great and unique convention so don't miss it.  Book your rooms early and get one of the condo's they rock!

The Detroit Motor City Tattoo Convention was a blast this year with one of the most talented line-ups of artists that the world has ever seen under one roof.  Tramp and Brian at Eternal 66 sure know how to put together a fun show, thanks guys.  Thanks to John and Jackie Wayne for sharing the booth, it's always a pleasure.  Thanks to the clients who got tattooed and thanks to my travel partners Melissa and Jessica who made the weekend so much fun.  Jessica by the way sat for 12 hours under the needle on Saturday after sitting under Kelly Gormley's machine for 7 hours on Friday.  She's  a hard core trooper all the way.

A big Tattoo City thank you to Brandon Heffron for coming out to do a guest spot with us during the second week of March.  Brandon and Larry did a collaborative painting together that turned out great.

Darrin White and Larry did a collaborative painting as a gift for Joe Capobianco after learning he had to cancel his guest spot with us due to health issues.  After letting the oil paint dry and having our friend Tony frame it, Joe finally got the painting on his doorstep.  Joe was a bit surprised and pleased to find a painting of his dog Molly in the box as he had no idea it was coming.

Larry has three recent tattoo magazine articles out including the current issue of Tattoo Revue #134 with Kat Von D on the cover.  

The internet based Tattoo Magazin out of Romania Year 1 issue 5 which feature one of his tattoos on the cover.  You can get the PDF down load from the site in English or Romanian. 

Tattoo Revival in Australia did a 14 page spread in Volume 11 just in time for the PTAA Tattoo Convention in Melbourne Australia where Larry will be tattooing with his old friend Chris Reed.

On a much sadder note we end this update with the Loving Memory of two people we lost recently.  Larry's Grandmother Emily passed away at the age of 93. 

Our good friend Tom Eiler lost his wife Robin after a long courageous fight that would have taken most of us much sooner.  She was a strong woman with the heart of a lion.  

Our deepest sympathies go out to  the Brogan and Eiler families.

1-8-08 - Tattoo City is happy to announce that St. Paul MN tattoo artist Brandon Heffron will be joining us for a guest spot March 11-15th.  Please contact us to set up appointments and be sure to check out Brandon's work at www.belovedstudios.com. 

12-26-07 - We hope everyone had a great Christmas and got lots of good stuff from Santa.

Due to Larry's overwhelming and busy schedule he will not be taking on any new clients until approximately April.  His appointment book is filled into May with the exception of a couple conventions and guest spots.  To be able to accommodate his regular clients who are working on large in progress tattoos it has become necessary to put a hold on new clients.  You can still email him with info and requests about future work but bookings will not be made until the Spring of '08.  Sorry to inconvenience anyone but the work is worth the wait.

12-19-07 - We would like to thank Darrin White for coming back for the fifth time this year and look forward to seeing him again in 2008.  Darrin and Larry worked on a collaborative painting together this past week so check back soon for the photos.  

All the artists have updated their tattoo photos with Joe, Rich and Brent adding new gallery pages and Larry has updated a ton of in progress images as well as a few finished images.

Kelly, Brent and Rich have made work week schedule changes so click here to check out the new tattoo and piercing times.

As this may be the last update of 2007 we would all like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and hope 2008 is a happy and health New Year for you all.  Thank you to all the people who made this year such an awesome one for Tattoo City and our artists.

12-7-07 - ATTENTION - Due to an unforeseen health issue, Joe Capobianco has had to cancel his guest spot next week.  He is very sorry to disappoint anyone this trip and will be contacting his appointments ASAP to give them the news.  We wish Joe well and hope that he can reschedule his trip to Tattoo City very soon.

Darrin White will be here Tuesday December the 11th through Monday the 17th.  Please call the shop at 815-836-8282 to schedule an appointment.

Larry will be doing a guest spot at Paul Booth's Last Rites in New York City April 11-16th 2008.  Feel free to contact Larry at tattoocity@aol.com or at 815-836-8282 for an appointment.

11-2-07 - We hope everyone had a Ghoulish Halloween.  

Don't forget that Joe Capobianco will be at Tattoo City doing a guest spot December 11th-15th and at the same time Darrin White will be returning for the fifth time this year December 11th-17th.  These guys are both a couple of the best artists in the business and are highly sought after for their artistic skills.  You can contact Joe via his web site by clicking on his name above.  Appointments for Darrin can be made by calling the shop at 815-836-8282.  

Larry Brogan has just built and launched his new web site

www.larrybrogan.com 

Check it out and let us know what you think.

A few new tattoo images have been added to Brent O'Leary's galley page. Check them out here.

10-21-07 - Larry just completed an oil painting that will be used as the poster and T-shirt design for the 2008 Toronto "Northern Ink Xposure" Tattoo Convention.  "It was quite an honor having the chance to do such a project especially considering the shoes I had to fill.  Kurt Wiscombe and Bob Tyrrell each did the last two years designs."

9/30/07 - We just posted a gallery of Larry's original artwork.  Prints are available for many of them and can be ordered by clicking here.

9/28/07 - Our good friend Darrin White will be back once again for a guest spot October 2nd thru the 8th so stop in for an appointment while they last.

We are extremely happy to announce that Joe Capobianco will be doing a guest spot with us December 11th thru the 15th.  For those of you not familiar with Joe's work click here to check out his web site.  He is one of most highly respected talents in our industry and his incredible tattoos and paintings are world famous and highly sought after.  On top of all that, he is one hell of a guy.  Stop by and say hi while he's in town and bring him lots of expensive gifts too.

There have been a ton of tattoo images added to Joe, Brent and Larry's galleries so click on their names to be directed to the new stuff.

Lots of convention dates have been added for 2008 including guest spots in Massachusetts and New Zealand. 

7/25/07 - It's been a very busy summer for us at Tattoo City and we hope everyone has been doing well.  Some of the highlights since our last update include Larry's feature article in the Italian tattoo magazine, Tattoo Dimension and his Tattoo Of The Day win at the Toronto Tattoo Convention.  

Rich Cseri officially becomes a FIB with his move from Green Bay Wisconsin down here to Illinois.  We hope Rich and his family enjoy living here with the rest of us Fucking Illinois Bastards.  He will no longer be allowed to cheer on the Packers and will be made to wear the Bears Blue and Orange every day.

Our apprentice Brent O'Leary has been cranking out some cool tattoos on his friends lately so click here to check them out.

Our good friend Darrin White will be back again for a guest spot August 3rd thru the 10th so stop in for an appointment while they last.

There is big news on the horizon.  We are waiting for confirmed dates from World Renowned Tattoo Artist and all around Great Guy, Joe Capobianco.  He will be doing a guest spot with us in late fall early winter.  It is not likely that he will be able to take outside appointments with the already big demand  during his upcoming stay here but feel free to visit the shop and say hi.

Larry updated some new tattoo photos and some in progress shots have been added as well.

There are three big conventions coming up where you can find our artists tattooing including Hell City in Phoenix, Calgary in Canada duh, and Boston.  Click here for more info.

5/30/07 - June 1st marks the 13th anniversary of the opening of Tattoo City.  Larry and the crew would like to thank everyone who has made the past 13 years possible.  There are a lot of artists, guest artists and friends who have helped make us one of the Midwest's most successful tattoo and piercing shops but it is our clients who have made us what we are today.  A huge thank you to everyone who has trusted us with their body art since 1994 and we look forward to servicing you again in the future.

Sincerely,

Larry, Joe, Rich, Kelly and Brent

Thanks again to our friend Darrin White for coming out and working with us last week.  He will be returning again August 3-10th 2007 for another guest spot so if you missed your chance to get tattooed by this awesome artist, here is another opportunity.  

Larry and Rich will be traveling to Long Beach California June 8-9-10th 2007 for the International Ink & Iron Festival on the Queen Mary  Appointments are still available so contact them soon.  

Larry will be working the Northern Ink Xposure 8 in Toronto, Ontario  Canada June 15-16-17th 2007 and sharing a booth with John Wayne from Beesting Tattoo  Appointments are still available so contact Larry soon.  

Larry and Rich have both updates lots of new photos so check them out.

4/18/07 - The tattoo world has suffered a  big loss with the death of our good friend Monica Henk who was the victim of a hit and run driver while on her motor cycle.  There is a $20,000 reward posted for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible. Some of you may remember Monica doing a guest spot with us back in August 2005 and some may have been lucky enough to be tattooed by her.  She will be missed by many and our hearts go out to her husband Dan Henk and the families involved.

Rest in Peace Mon

On a lighter note, Larry returned from the Tampa Bay convention  with a couple awards including Tattoo of the Day on Friday and 1st place for best cover-up.  

Our friend Darrin White will be returning to Tattoo City for a couple guest spots May 21st - 28th and August 3-10th 2007.  It is recommended that you set up appointments early as Darrin books up fast when he is here.

Larry has updated some new tattoo photos throughout the galleries so check them out here.

Joe has updated some cool new tattoos as well and they can be seen here.

Kelly has added a couple new piercing galleries with over two hundred new photos.  If you have been pierced here recently you might just find yourself and your friends on the site.

3/17/07 - We just added a few new tattoo conventions to our 2007 list of shows including Long Beach, Boston and St. Louis.  Check out the info here.

Larry added several new tattoo photos to his galleries just click here.

2/14/07 - We have just added over 200 new body piercing photos to Kelly LeVake's gallery so check them out.  If you have gotten pierced here in the last few months, you just might find yourself in the gallery.

Joe Pasternak has added some new tattoo photos to his galleries check them out by clicking here.

2/13/07 - We have added the Skin Deep Article to the site as well as the info for the upcoming Hell City Tattoo Convention were Larry will be tattooing alongside Billy the Kid this August in Phoenix AZ.  

There have been a few photos added to Larry's Tattoo Galleries.

Rich Cseri is now working with us full time Friday thru Monday from noon till 10pm.  Stop in and schedule an appointment with him soon as he is already well booked for the next few weeks.  

1/31/07 - It's been such a busy start to 2007 for us with the Green Bay convention and the Chicago World of Wheels in back to back weekends as well as Darrin White and Mikey Vigilante doing guest spots with us.  Thank you to both artists, it was a pleasure having you at the shop.  

Darrin White will be making his return for another guest spot February 26th thru March 4th 2007 so get your appointments early.  He was booked solid within the first day here last time and he did a bunch of kick ass large work for clients.  

The Green Bay convention turned out to be one of the best conventions ever, full of tons of the best artists from around the world.  Neil Dalleywater, editor of Skin Deep tattoo magazine from the UK was on hand and hand delivered the current issue of the magazine, hot off the press, which features a great article on Larry Brogan.  Larry won 1st place for Black and Gray during the tattoo contests for a beautiful pinup on Jennifer.

The World of Wheels turned out to be a big success with well over 150,000 people in attendance thru the weekend.  Rich Cseri joined Joe and Larry for three days of tattooing and promoting.  We where the only tattoo shop in attendance.  Chris Garver from Miami Ink was on hand for a meet and greet and even stopped by our booth to visit and chat a bit.  Infamous Rat Rod builder VooDoo Larry from the VooDoo Kings car club came by to get his club logo tattooed on his neck by Larry Brogan and his wife had a swallow tattooed on her wrist by Joe Pasternak.  VooDoo Larry even pin striped Joe's tattoo machine case.  Our good friend Jim "Mr. RT 66" Bush was with us displaying his chopper and even took best in his class in the bike show.  A GIANT THANK YOU is due to Tom Eiler for hooking us up with the awesome opportunity to work the show.  Thank you Tom, from all at Tattoo City.  Click here to see some of the highlights of the show. 

At long last, we have NEW T-SHIRTS in stock from small all the way to XXX Large.  S-M-L-XL for $10 and XXL XXXL $15 shipping not included.  The design drawn by Larry Brogan titled "FrankenFord" depicts a Big Daddy Ed Roth influenced Frankensein driving a '32 Ford Coupe.  There is also a very limited edition 11" x 14 " print available numbered from 1 to 100 for $20.  Click here for more information. 

1/5/06 - Darrin White has been keeping quite busy during his guest spot and even had a guy drive down from Minnesota on Wednesday to get tattooed by him.  The rest of Darrin's week is looking busy as well but if you want to stop in and say hello he will be here until Tuesday the 9th.

It seems that our friend Jim Bush with the RT. 66 sleeves is getting even more press after his cover story in Route 66 Magazine.  The Reporter News Paper out of Bolingbrook Illinois did a front page story about him and his tattoos.  Check out the story here.

We have added the dates for some new tattoo conventions coming up in 2007 including the Calgary Tattoo & Arts Festival so check out the info here. 

12/31/06 - Tattoo City is extremely happy to announce that starting February 1st Rich Cseri will be joining our artist line up full time and will be working with us Friday through Monday noon till 10pm.  Rich was a huge hit here during his guest spot and proved to be a perfect fit for the shop.  The addition of Rich and his 16 years of tattooing experience will help make 2007 our best year yet.  See ya soon Rich.

12/23/06 - We have just added a ton of new FLASH to our collection on the walls of tattoo city.  For those not in the know, flash is the term for the design sheets that people pick many of their tattoo ideas from and can be found hanging on the walls of most tattoo shops.  We just added 1152 new sheets of flash which makes up over 10,000 new design ideas to choose from or to find inspiration in for custom work.  Stop on by and check it all out.  

The shop will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day so that we may enjoy the holiday with our families.  

We at Tattoo City want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. 

12/22/06 - Happy Holidays to everyone and we wish you all the best in the New Year.  

A huge thank you from everyone at the shop to Rich Cseri for coming down and working with us.  If all goes as well as we are hoping, he will be joining us full time in the near future.

January will be a fun month with these guys coming to work with us.  Stop in or call us for appointments.  

Asheville NC Artist Darrin White

Wednesday January 3rd thru Wednesday 10th 2007

East Lansing, MI Artist Mikey Vigilante

Friday January 12th thru Monday January 15th 2007

Larry will be tattooing at the Green Bay Wisconsin convention January 18-21st.  

We have added the dates for the Toronto convention where Larry will be sharing a booth with John Wayne from Beesting Tattoo.

12/5/06 - We would like to thank our friend Jason Woodcox for coming out for his guest spot this past week, hope to see you again soon Jay.

Tattoo City is happy to announce a couple more guest artists who will be joining us during the month of January.

Asheville NC Artist Darrin White

Wednesday January 3rd thru Wednesday 10th 2007

East Lansing, MI Artist Mikey Vigilante

Friday January 12th thru Monday January 15th 2007

Don't forget later this week...

Green Bay Tattoo Artist Rich Cseri

Friday December 8th thru Monday December 16th

11/24/06 - Tattoo City is happy to announce that a couple guest artists will be visiting us over the next couple weeks and will be available for tattoos.  

Detroit Tattoo Artist Jason Woodcox

Tuesday November 28th thru Monday December 4th 2006

Green Bay Tattoo Artist Rich Cseri

Friday December 8th thru Monday December 16th

We have updated some of our shop and artist photos. 

11/19/06 - Look for the winter 2006/2007 issue of Route 66 Magazine featuring our good friend Jim Bush, Mr. RT. 66 on the cover.  It includes an article detailing the insights of  his awesome Route 66 based full sleeves tattooed by Larry Brogan.

The New book Advanced Tattoo Art  How-to Secrets from the Masters has just hit the shelves at your local book store and can also be purchased here at Tattoo City while supplies last.  Email for details on how to order. The book contains step by step procedures of the tattooing process by ten of the countries most well know tattoo artists including our own Larry Brogan, Joe Capobianco, Cleen Rock One, Chris Blinston and many more.  

There have been a ton of tattoo photo updates to Joe's galleries as well as many new photos added to Larry's so check them out.

11/14/06 - The 2nd Old School Tattoo Expo in St. Louis was a ton of fun this past weekend.  Thank you to everyone who came out to support Larry and show off their tattoos.  Jim & Robyn Bush, Eric & Cara Werner and Jennifer, Megan and Ed Starek.  Larry did win awards for best sleeve and large black & gray.

10/14/06 - Our new Body Piercer, Kelly LeVake is now here full time so anyone interested in a new piercing or some jewelry can come by and meet her.  

Larry has updated a bunch of new tattoos including a bunch of new portraits and the Zombie Chainsaw Girl that won Best of Day at the Milwaukee convention.  Larry took a few awards at the Des Moines and Milwaukee conventions over the last couple weeks, details posted here.

9/17/06 - Tattoo City wishes to welcome the newest member of the family,  body piercer Kelly LeVake who will be joining us in October.  Keep an eye open for piercing updates soon.  

Larry has updated a bunch of new tattoos, many from the Calgary and Boston tattoo conventions, check them out here.  There were also a couple Tattoo Conventions added to the 2007 tour.

Larry had a small feature in the Japanese magazine Tattoo Tribal vol. 27 October '06 and was also included in the premier issue of the awesome new magazine, Tattoo Society.  This looks to be by far one of the best quality tattoo magazines on the market with much better content and quality than most tattoo mags.  The cover of the first issue is a who's who of the tattoo industries elite and features stories on Horiyoshi III, Paul Booth and Alex Grey.  

8/25/06 - Larry came back from the South Florida convention with a bunch of trophies including Tattoo Of The Day on Saturday.  Click here for more details.  Larry has also added several new tattoo photos from the convention as well as some new custom work and in progress tattoos.  Click here to check them out.

Larry will be tattooing at the Calgary Tattoo & Arts Festival Sept 2-4th and the Boston Tattoo Convention Sept 8-10th.  As of this date there is still two evening spots available for the Boston convention so call 815-836-8282 or email Larry ASAP to book an appointment.  

8/4/06 - There have been twenty new tattoo photos added to Joe Pasternak's galleries so check them out.  Larry has updated a few new tattoos along with some in progress work.

7/25/06 - At long last we finally have a new tattoo photo update from Ryan Granrath.  There have been about 40 recent tattoo pictures added to his galleries, so check them out.

7/23/06 - Larry was featured in this months issue of Scandinavian Tattoo Magazine with a great layout but you will need to know Dutch in order to read the article.

 Larry wishes to thank Gabe and the whole crew at Off The Map Tattoo in Easthampton Massachusetts for the wonderful time he had during his guest spot.  See you guys in Boston.

Larry has managed to win several more awards in the past month, click here to check out the info.  Thank you to Jim and Robyn Bush for representing in Las Vegas as well as Tonia and Candi for representing in Appleton.  

Larry will be tattooing at the South Florida Tattoo Expo August 11-13th.  Appointments are now being taken so email Larry for info.

There have been several additions to Larry's tattoo galleries including lots of in progress updates.

6/24/06 - The Toronto convention was a big success again this year with Larry coming home with Tattoo of the Day on Friday for a Jerry Garcia portrait.  Larry even made time to get his arm finished up by Bob Tyrrell was well as visit the Hockey Hall of Fame.  Bob and Larry paid a visit to the Rue Morgue office and had lunch with some of the staff and the infamous artist Joe Coleman.  

Larry will be traveling to Easthampton Massachusetts for a guest spot at Off The Map Tattoos July 5th thru the 11th.  Call or email soon for appointments.  

Larry has added some new tattoo photos to the galleries including some new in progress work.

5/31/06 - Thursday June 1st is the 12th birthday of Tattoo City.  We opened June 1st 1994 as a single artist shop run by Larry Brogan and quickly grew in reputation and added many artists and body piercers  through the years.  It is now 2006 and the shop is twice as large with a very strong line up of body mod artists and the shop has earned one of the best reputations in the Midwest with over one hundred awards to their credit.  The shop would like to thank all our friends and clients who made the 12 years such a great experience for us all and hope they will still be with us another twelve and beyond.  Larry wants to thank all the artists who have passed through our doors over the years and a special thanks to our current lineup of Joe Pasternak, Pervert, our new apprentice Rob Goodkind and Ryan Granrath who has been with the shop going on ten years now.  

Joe Pasternak has updated a bunch of new tattoo photos and added a whole new gallery so check out the work and let him know what you think.

5/19/06 - The Hell City Tattoo Fest in Columbus Ohio last weekend was one of the biggest and best conventions of the year.  Our friend Joe Capobianco had an awesome art gallery showing of over forty paintings that went along with the unveiling of his two new art books.  Click on his name to be directed to his web site for details.  Larry won 1st and 3rd place trophies for Best Sleeve at the convention for the two Route 66 arms on Jim Bush.  

Several tattoo convention dates have been added to the 2006 tour including Boston, Milwaukee, St. Louis and Green Bay in Jan '07.

Larry has added lots of new tattoo photos to his galleries so check them out.

The Toronto Northern Ink Xposure convention is June 16-18th and Larry will be there with Marshall Bennett from Eternal Tattoos in Detroit.  There are a couple openings still available to get tattooed so email or call the shop to set something up.

4/5/06 - Larry has returned from the start of the 2006 tattoo convention tour where he did four shows in five weeks and collected eleven trophies including Tattoo of the Day in Tampa and Best of Show in Denver.  He also reached a mile stone of one hundred awards which has already been surpassed.  

The next show on the tour will be the Hell City Tattoo Festival in Columbus Ohio May 12-14th.

Larry has added a bunch of new tattoos to his galleries including the finished second sleeve of the Route 66 project.  Most of the new tattoos have been done at the March conventions so check them out.  

3/12/06 - At long last Joe Pasternak has updated his tattoo and art galleries with a ton of great new work.  He has also added many more hours to his working schedule at the shop so stop in soon to make an appointment with this kick ass tattoo artist.  Joe will be sharing a booth with Larry at the Inkin' Lincoln convention the 17-19th of March so hit him up for an appointment there as well.

Larry's tattoo galleries have been updated with a bunch of new custom work including a great Zombie Portrait based on Bob Tyrrell's character in the movie Land of the Dead.

Larry will be traveling to conventions in Tampa Bay and Denver in the next couple weeks and as of this writing there are a couple appointment times available for both shows so email or call him right away to set one up. 815-836-8282

2/19/06 - Lots of new tattoos have been added to most of Larry's galleries so check them out.  Convention update - The South Florida convention in August has been added.

Larry has announced that he will be doing a guest spot at Off The Map Tattoo's in Easthampton, MA July 5th-11th 2006.  It is recommended that you book your appointments well in advance so contact him soon.

Larry will be tattooing at the Detroit Motor City Convention March 3-5th with friends Cool-Aid, Tilt and Bud Weeks.

1/15/06 - Welcome to the new year, things have been busy for us all winter so the website updates haven't been coming too quick but his is a good one.  We have updated the convention schedule for Larry's Tattoo Tour 2006, more dates to come soon too.  The artists working hours have been added.  Larry has added a bunch of new tattoo photos including a ton of in progress photos of some of the larger projects he has been working on as well as a few new pinup tattoos.  There have been a few links added to our links page.  

12/27/05 - We hope that you all enjoyed your Christmas holiday and have a Happy New Year.  We will be updating tattoo photos soon so check back often. 

11/30/05 - Check out the current issue of Savage tattoo magazine #69 Feb 2006 issue which has an article on Larry Brogan. There are three photos that they included that are not Larry's, a spider, the dead baby with the eyeball balloons and the blue symbol thingy. Oh well, what can you do.  We are trying to get permission from Savage to scan and post the article so keep your fingers crossed and check back for more updates.

11/20/05 - The 2006 convention schedule has been updated with six upcoming shows with more to be announced.

11/18/05 - Larry just got back from the St. Louis Tattoo convention which was the last of twenty-one shows that he did this year. It was so much fun, all the travel, good friends and great tattoos. The four trips to Canada were such a blast and I can't wait to get back there. I'll be cutting back to about a dozen conventions next year and spending more time on my larger projects at home. There may be a couple guest spots coming up in the next year so keep your eyes peeled. This years tour brought me four feature magazine articles and a total of twenty-six trophies including a couple Tattoo of the Day awards and Best Tattoo of the Vancouver Convention. Thanks to all the wonderful people who gave me the opportunity to do such fun artwork in 2005 and thanks also to my artist friends who shared booths with me at some of the shows. Thanks, Billy The Kid, Joshua Carlton, Elmo and Tim Beck. I hope to see many of you on the road in 2006.

There are some new tattoo photos in Larry's galleries so check them out.

Click here to see the pages from Larry's Skin & Ink interview.

11/1/05 - More success during the Bloomington and Kalamazoo convention with a couple trophies from each show and some cool tattoos which have been added to Larry's galleries.  

There are just two more conventions left in the 2005 tour which include Dallas TX. and St. Louis MO.  Larry has a little time available at each show so contact him ASAP for appointments.  815-836-8282 or at tattoocity@aol.com 

10/19/05 - The Milwaukee convention was a big success with Larry coming home with a few trophies including two for Tattoo of the Day.  New tattoo photos have been posted in Larry's galleries.

The new December 2005 issue of Skin & Ink is now out with a feature article on Larry Brogan so go get yourself a copy while they last or order one at skinandink.com

The next show on the convention tour is The Midwest Tattoo Tour in Bloomington, Illinois October 21-23rd 2005.

10/9/05 - Larry is back from the Des Moines Iowa convention with another trophy.  There are a few new tattoo photos in Larry's galleries including a couple new portraits so check them out.  

Only five convention left in the tattoo tour for 2005, next is the Milwaukee Beer City Convention October 14-16th.

The new issue of Skin and Ink (December) should be hitting news stands within the next few days so run out and pick one up and read the newest article on Larry Brogan.

9/20/05 - Larry's Tattoo Tour is in full swing with the marathon ten show in eleven weeks finally.  He is headed to the Cincinnati Tattoo Expo this weekend the 23-25th.  The Inkin' Lincoln show last weekend was great and Larry won 1st place for XL Color.  

Check out the new tattoos in Larry and Joe's galleries.  There are also new piercing photos in the piercing galleries.

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