Miami's Finest

Miami, Florida is a beautiful place with great beaches, warm weather and palm trees and people love showing off their skin. There are many tattoo parlors of all types regarding prices and styles, but a very well known stop shop in Miami is "Love Hate Tattoo" which is co-owned by a popular artist by the name of Ami James. You may recognize him from the award winning show Miami Ink. In this show many people came in with stories and wishes to get a beautiful piece done by him or other award winning artists working the shop. This shop opened in 2004 by the name of 305 (The Miami area code), but soon after before Miami Ink the name was changed to what it is now. Ami James was born April 6, 1972 and got his first tattoo when he was only 15, giving him the desire to become a world star tattoo artist. As of now his average charge is said to be $500 / hour for his work, and he has a net worth of $5.1 Million.

In 1992 Ami James started an apprenticeship with an artist by the name of Lou at the shop "Tattoos By Lou". When Miami Ink picked up in 2004 on TLC, Ami started getting more relevance and being more popular in the tattooing industry as the great artist he is. As of now the show Miami Ink has 6 seasons, this show also encouraged other similar shows such as LA Ink. Along with being the Co-Owner of Miami Ink, Ami also has several clothing companies such as DeVille and has invested in jewelry lines such as Love Hate Choppers Jewelry. Ami's love for tattooing has brought him a long way from owning shops, to shows, and clothing/jewelry brands. His success in the industry is evidence of the hard work and patience put into his dreams.

In this video, Ami is doing work for a teacher, putting a Geisha on her back in the show Miami Ink.

You can follow him on...

Twitter: @amijames 

Instagram: amijames1

*Dragon Tattoo retrieved from Ami Jame's Instagram

The Great Art

"You get what you paid for" is a big saying when it comes to the art of Tattooing. Anybody can do a tattoo on anybody, but it is the quality of the art that counts when it comes down to it. Finding a good tattoo artist is not tough, but finding an excellent one is, and as always you should be ready to spend a little money. The main thing to look out for when searching for a tattoo artist is the style of tattoo the artist specializes in, for example...

Portrait Style (Roman Abrego Tattooing)



Asian Style (Chronic Ink Toronto Shop)

Bio Mechanical (BioMech) 

  

These are just some of the incredible pieces done by very talented and hard working artists. One of my favorite artist is Roman Abrego (he did the Bob Marley piece). Roman was featured in a show season one of Best Ink. Roman is also a talented artist who has won many awards for the work he has completed, with only 12 years experience in the industry. Roman is currently in his early 30's and has two daughters, he had two large Mexican families which raised him and always had love for the art. When Roman was younger he had gotten into a lot of trouble and soon after ended up in jail for a period of time. Within that time he spent in jail, he familiarized himself with the art more by spending time working on his artistic ability. Once out of jail he decided to change his lifestyle and begin his career. Roman's step father had him working in construction to keep out of trouble, but he did not want to do that for long. Shortly after, Roman was introduced to the art of tattooing and decided this is what his dream was. He is currently the owner of Artistic Element in California and many famous people go to him to get inked such as the rapper Game and many more. His tattoo style is portraits and BioMech, anything with a lot of color blend and mixture. A lot of his art can be seen here.