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Steve Soto Art &
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Next Generation
Tattoos in the work place. Will it ever change?
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Clean Tattoo Shops
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Picking the right Tattoo’s for You!
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Caring 4 Your TATTOOS
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Mixing INKs
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BADD TATTOOS ? Just Badd:(
Mixing to match colors Properly
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LETTERS
EDITORIAL
A New Tattoo Magazine
A Warm Welcome
* Just learned that your making a new Tattoo magazine. I have enjoyed mnay other tattoo magazines in the past, is this going to be like other magazines?
Hi and welcome to all you fellow readers of this new magazine. We are proud to say that this magazine will bring out more articals about up coming tattoo artist and have pages of tattoo flash art with artist bio. Also we have great sales on tattoo suppleis and merchindse. Bringing out this magazine is going to be great for us and our readers. We will also be putting quite
*Hi I just found out about the new designs and flash art you will be putting in your magazine. Is there a chance you will put readers designs in the magazine? *Hi and good day, I am so delighted to hear that this Magazine is being made. I love tattoos and flash art. I cant wait to see whats in store. Congratulation. *I am a huge fan of tattoo magazines I do enjoy many of the articals and photos and even the flash art that is in these magazines. Do you think this magazine will over power other magazines that are out on the stands. *I am a up and coming tattoo artist, and I am wondering how to get an artical and pictoral in your magazine by chance. I am from Denver, Colorado and would love to get some recognition to help with my business. Also is there a way I can put up ads in your magazine? I am truly excited and i am looking forward to this magazine.
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a bit of articale about tattoo artist and there flash art and why they like the style they create for there drawings and art. One of our biggest names we have in this month is Steve Soto. I got to say for me being an editor for this magazine that Steve Soto is one of my favorite Tattoo artist, and artist just straight across. In our magazine we are hoping to help out with artist and the up coming talent. Our goal is to get more people known in the tattoo comunity so that they can be reconized as artist and there talents. By us doing this we are not looking to overcome any other magazines by any chance. we just want the oppertunity to put this out and have many more artist be reconized. For people to be reconized all you need to do is send in a boi about yourself and some of your art and tattoos that youu have done. Not all submissions are going to fall through so it is important that you be very detailed with your boi. Well I hope you all enjoy and keep reading if there are sugestions please send them , we are open to opinions. Thanks, Editor Anthony Lovato.
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Steve started drawing at a very young age- as soon as he could hold a pencil in his hand. His love for art and drawing was as evident as his talent. As a child he excelled in sports and academically, but his forte was art, in particular, graphite pencil drawings and portraitures. In grade school and high school, Steve won several art contests and this motivated him to become a professional artist. Staying on the right path was not always easy for
Tattoo artist Steve Soto was born and raised in Orange County California. He is the oldest son of Mexican immigrant parents who, like so many others, settled in Southern California and began the brutal struggle of laboring in order to give their children a chance to live a prosperous life. His parents worked very hard not only to provide the necessaries of life, but also to instill in him a strong work ethic and values. Above all, his parents sought tirelessly to keep him away from the negative influences, which surrounded them. Steve is the oldest of four children and with that came tremendous responsibility at a young age. Like all challenges in Steve’s life, he stepped up to the plate and grew up always looking after his siblings. Although many children of immigrants share the same struggles, Steve’s life is far from ordinary. Due his parent’s social-economic status, Steve understood early on that he would have to write his own ticket, as they say, or better said, draw his way down the path called the American Dream.
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for him. Since 2001 Steve has traveled nationwide attending tattoo shows and competitions. His tattoo art has won hundreds of national awards at some of the most prestigious American Tattoo shows. Among some of the most notable awards are: First place for “Portrait Black and Gray” (Ink ‘N’ Iron, Long Beach, CA, 2006), multiple first place awards, and two “Best of Show” awards (Hell City Tattoo Festival, 2007-2011) Today, Steve helps support his parents and their sacrifices and hard work are a driving force behind his ambitions. Steve is the proud father of a son and three beautiful daughters whom inspire him to elevate his artistic abilities without limits.
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