this is Miya Bailey
he is the owner of City of Ink in Atlanta, GA
an amazing black tattoo artist (17 years exp.) that has an great list of black celebrity clientele
from Durham's own Rapper Big Pooh of Little Brother, model/actress Eva Pigford, TI's wife Tiny, Big Kuntry of PSC, singer Sammie and more.
most of Miya's tattoo's are free-hand, you rarely see one done by him that is obviously a stencil which makes it that much more impressive
he specializes in African American Art tattoo's which is what intrigued me the most abt him
you rarely see amazing black tattoo artists so that another reason why im such a fan
in a recent blogpost about his experience at a Chicago Tattoo Expo he said
"black people just went to the booth who had the cheapest prices... Very sad... A cheap price over good quality is crazy to me... But hey to each Its own...."
so true, i know a lot of people down here say the same thing when i see others getting tattoos at the tattoo parlor that dosen't have the cheapest work but obviously has a higher quality
what made me do this blogpost about Miya Bailey is not that i just discovered him and wanted to write a bio about him.
but bc he will be in Asheville, NC from July 26-31st to do tattoo's
and let me say i am SICED
i haven't found all the information about whether its a convention or what but just to know that one of the most famous black tattoo artists in the world will be a few hours down the road is exciting to me (well more than a few) haha
it's a chance to get top-quality work and also be able to say that you have a work of art on your body that no one else will have.
in order to get a tat you must call 404.525.4465 and make your deposit before he touches down here in NC
check out his website
and some of his work
-OJAY FAISON
No comments:
Post a Comment