[vc_row css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”807″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column][vc_column_text]A tattoo artist traditionally earns the title by completing an apprenticeship under strict guidelines from an experienced senior tattoo artist. Apprentices are generally expected to be excellent at drawing, with an ability to excel at customising design ideas and genres, as well as various other styles of art […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Whang-od started her tattoo works at the age of 15 that she learned from her father. She has been doing the batok, the traditional hand-tapped tattooing, to male headhunters who earned the tattoos by protecting villages or killing enemies. She also applies tattoos to women of the Butbut people in Buscalan, Kalinga primarily for aesthetic […]