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  1. Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
    Photograph: Jakob N. LaymanMarco Cerretelli of The Honorable Society Tattoo Parlour
  2. Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
    Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
  3. Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
    Photograph: Jakob N. LaymanCraig Jackman of American Electric Tattoo Co.
  4. Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
    Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
  5. Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
    Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
  6. Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
    Photograph: Jakob N. LaymanAlison Casson
  7. Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
    Photograph: Jakob N. LaymanZoey Taylor of Zoey Taylor Tattoo
  8. Photograph: Johanna Rosengren
    Photograph: Johanna RosengrenJim Sylvia of Unbreakable Tattoo
  9. Photograph: Robin Perine
    Photograph: Robin PerineJarrett DeMartino of Solid Gallery One

The 10 best tattoo artists in LA

We met with the top tattoo artists in the city to uncover stories of how they got their start and the wonderful, wacky and wild experiences that followed

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These LA tattoo artists are masters of their craft—whether or not you're in the market for permanent art, you simply have to know where to look (the best tattoo shops in LA) to tell the amateurs from the Michelangelos. Thirty six percent of young adults in America have been inked, and that statistic is undoubtedly higher in a city home to Venice's skater punks and Hollywood Boulevard's rockers-to-be. But tattoos aren't just for the alternative anymore. Get to know 10 LA tattoo pros under their edgy (and decorated) exteriors, from priceless retellings of bizarre requests for tattoos on nether regions to the very first time they held a machine.

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Alison Casson

Alison Casson

We sit down with the spunky tattoo artist behind some of LA's most badass bike-inspired ink