Guy Aitchison Journal

April 19, 2014

Hot Off The Presses- Two New Guy Aitchison Prints

It's been a while since I've added new art prints to our catalog, so I'm excited to announce these two new medium-sized affordable giclee prints, based on two paintings that I completed for themed art...

April 17, 2014

Guy Aitchison's Technique DVD

For a decade and a half now I’ve been perfecting my Reinventing The Tattoo curriculum, which teaches some of the fundamentals of artistic design in a way that can be applied toward making your t...

April 2, 2014

What About My Sore, Tired Back?

Over the course of 25 years of tattooing I've encountered my physical limits a few times; I've had my back lock up on me, along with some pretty frightening hand and wrist issues that I could only res...

March 27, 2014

Two Upcoming Seminars, Now Available As One Great Ticket!

After the great successes of the seminars we produced from Jeff Gogue's Off The Map location in Oregon, I'm excited about the two upcoming classes I'll be offering in the beginning of April. These are...

March 3, 2014

How Do I Educate Myself As A Collector?

I've really been enjoying the broad variety of questions I've been getting from both clients and artists for my monthly Ask Guy column that I publish through Tattoo Magazine . This month's question wa...

March 1, 2014

How Do I Break Into The Tattoo Business?

The Ask Guy column that I write for Tattoo Magazine has given me a lot to think about- questions come from such a wide range of people and from so many different perspectives, it's really kept me gues...

February 3, 2014

New Tattoo Coloring Book In Stock Now!

One of the big surprise hit items that we've carried in the past few years was The Coloring Book Project by Memento Publishing, which features line drawings by a wide variety of artists touching on a ...

January 11, 2014

TattooTelevision upgrade, and Sunday night movie screening!

We've been working hard over the winter to complete a bunch of video projects, and thought that a great way to kick off the New Year would be to upgrade our YouTube channel, TattooTelevision , with so...

January 5, 2014

New Ask Guy column, plus improved Hypercast page with new episodes!

We hope you all had a great New Year celebration. We had a great time rounding off the year with Hypercast Episode 7: Tattooing Past, Present and Future where we interviewed Tattoo Archive historian C...

December 16, 2013

What causes bad healing?

Once again we are proud to present you with the latest installment of the Ask Guy column , where I'm taking questions from both artists and collectors on all kinds of topics related to tattooing, and ...

December 13, 2013

Great Gift Ideas from GuyAitchison.com!

With just 4 days left before the cutoff date for guaranteed Christmas shipping in the US, we wanted to show you a few items that are excellent holiday gifts for both artists and art fans. We have a fe...

November 22, 2013

Hyperspace Studios Seeking an Apprentice!

When I first started tattooing 25 years ago, I got a lucky break in being offered a proper apprenticeship at one of Chicago's more progressive shops, Bob Oslon's Custom Tattooing.It was a huge deal fo...

November 9, 2013

Latest Hypercast with Russ Abbott now on Youtube, and new Ask Guy on newsstands!

Last week's Hypercast with Russ Abbott , Teresa Sharpe and Kelly Doty ended up being an epic conversation, stretching to close to two hours and covering a broad range of topics, including audience que...

October 4, 2013

Webcast interview

October 4, 2013 Michele and I have been talking about doing a webcast interview show for a long time. We have such an amazing community of fellow artists and original thinkers around us, it has always...

September 11, 2013

Join us in a virtual panel webcast!

Wednesday, September 11, 2013 Greetings from Tattoo Education! Although we couldn't personally make it to this year's Paradise Tattoo Gathering in Keystone Colorado, tomorrow night I'll be joining the...

August 29, 2013

Michele's Client on the Cover of Tattoo Magazine

August 30, 2013 Greetings from Hyperspace Studios! Tattoo Magazine is the world's longest-running tattoo publication, and throughout our careers Michele and I have regularly appeared within its pages....

July 14, 2013

New Art Prints Added to the Catalog

Greetings from GuyAitchison.com! It's been a while since I've released any new fine art prints , so I'm excited to announce these two, which are some of my most recent works. The first one, Inner Work...

May 24, 2013

Ask Guy Column in Tattoo Magazine

May 24, 2013 Some of you are already familiar with the Ask Guy page at my educational site, TattooEducation.com , where I'm taking questions from both artists and tattoo enthusiasts on a whole range o...

May 13, 2013

Welcome to my new website!

GuyAitchison.com has been a long time coming. For 18 years now I've shared www.hyperspacestudios.com with my wife, artist Michele Wortman . But GuyAitchison.com gives me a more suitable place to blog ...