London Ink
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London Ink is a reality show on Discovery Real Time
that follows Louis Molloy
and three other tattoo artist
s.
Each of the artists brings a different style to London Ink. Louis Molloy, is an expert in parallel and straight lines and other difficult shapes, and has tattooed David Beckham
. Dan Gold is an avid graffiti
artist in the freehand new wave graffiti style. New Zealand
artist Nikole Lowe specializes in Japanese
, Tibetan
and Indian
-themed art. American Phil Kyle brings a new wave old school
style with his own twist over to England. The show is a spin-off
of Miami Ink
and premiered on September 23, 2007.
The first series was filmed at London Tattoo, 332 Goswell Rd, Islington, London (http://www.london-tattoo.com).
Glamour model Emily Scott
appeared in the first episode of London Ink, in which she had a Koi
fish tattooed on her right arm by Dan Gold.
Discovery Real Time
Discovery Real Time is a factual television channel owned by Discovery Networks Europe.It was originally launched in the UK in March 1992 as TLC, a British version of the US channel of the same name...
that follows Louis Molloy
Louis Molloy
Louis Molloy is a Manchester-based tattoo artist who designed David Beckham's back tattoo, depicting a bald, winged, angelic figure. Beckham calls the tattoo his "guardian angel" and premiered it in 1999 after work finished in April that year....
and three other tattoo artist
Tattoo artist
A tattoo artist is an individual who applies permanent decorative tattoos, often in an established business called a tattoo shop, tattoo studio or tattoo parlour...
s.
Each of the artists brings a different style to London Ink. Louis Molloy, is an expert in parallel and straight lines and other difficult shapes, and has tattooed David Beckham
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...
. Dan Gold is an avid graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
artist in the freehand new wave graffiti style. New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
artist Nikole Lowe specializes in Japanese
Japanese art
Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture in wood and bronze, ink painting on silk and paper and more recently manga, cartoon, along with a myriad of other types of works of art...
, Tibetan
Tibetan art
Tibetan art refers to the art of Tibet. For more than a thousand years, Tibetan artists have played a key role in the cultural life of Tibet. From designs for painted furniture to elaborate murals in religious buildings, their efforts have permeated virtually every facet of life on the Tibetan...
and Indian
Indian art
Indian Art is the visual art produced on the Indian subcontinent from about the 3rd millennium BC to modern times. To viewers schooled in the Western tradition, Indian art may seem overly ornate and sensuous; appreciation of its refinement comes only gradually, as a rule. Voluptuous feeling is...
-themed art. American Phil Kyle brings a new wave old school
Old school (tattoo)
Old School refers to a Western or traditional Americana tattoo style featuring bold, blue-black outlines, usually filled with solid red and green with rare additions of blue, yellow, brown and purple; and embellished with little or no shading...
style with his own twist over to England. The show is a spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
of Miami Ink
Miami Ink
Miami Ink is an American reality show on TLC that follows the events that took place at a tattoo shop in Miami Beach, Florida. The show premiered in July 2005 and has finished broadcasting its fourth season...
and premiered on September 23, 2007.
The first series was filmed at London Tattoo, 332 Goswell Rd, Islington, London (http://www.london-tattoo.com).
Glamour model Emily Scott
Emily Scott
Emily Scott is an Australian commercial, lingerie and glamour model.She appeared in the visuals of Robbie Williams' spring 2006 tour, and in a remake of the "Rock DJ" video clip. She was the face of Lipton Ice Tea. In 2006, she was in the ITV reality series Love Island.As a DJ she tours Europe,...
appeared in the first episode of London Ink, in which she had a Koi
Koi
or more specifically , are ornamental varieties of domesticated common carp that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens....
fish tattooed on her right arm by Dan Gold.