Bob Tyrrell (born November 4, 1962) is an American tattoo artist. He is known for his
black-and-gray
Black-and-gray (also black-and-grey, black and grey/gray) is a style of tattooing that uses only Tattoo ink, black ink in varying shades. This tattooing style is thought to have originated from prisons in the 1970s and 1980s and was later popular ...
tattooing style.
Biography
Bob Tyrrell was born on November 4, 1962 in
Detroit
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,
Michigan
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.
His father was an artist.
He began tattooing in his early 30s.
He apprenticed at Eternal Tattoos, a tattoo shop in Michigan.
He has been featured in ''
LA Ink
''LA Ink'' is an American reality television show on TLC that follows the events of the High Voltage Tattoo (and, later in the series, American Electric) tattoo studios in Los Angeles, California. The spin-off of TLC's '' Miami Ink'', premiere ...
'' and ''
London Ink
''London Ink'' is a reality show on Discovery Real Time that follows Louis Molloy and three other tattoo artists.
Each of the artists brings a different style to London Ink. Louis Molloy, is an expert in parallel and straight lines and other ...
''. He became known for tattooing
Kid Rock's back. In 2012, he participated as a jury member in the first Chaudesaigues Award, an award that recognizes the career and artwork of tattoo artists. In that year, he appeared on an episode of ''
Ink Master
''Ink Master'' is an American reality competition television series that originally aired on Paramount Network (formerly called Spike), premiering on January 17, 2012. The show features tattoo artists who compete in various challenges assessing th ...
'' as a special guest judge.
Filmography
DVDs
* ''Method to My Madness'' (2014)
* ''Hair of the Dog'' (2017)
References
Further reading
*
External links
Official website*
American tattoo artists
Artists from Detroit
Living people
1962 births
Artists from Michigan
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