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Planet Earth's Vegan Tattoo Headquarters Has Arrived!

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Want a vegan tattoo? Then VeganTattooStudios.com is the place to find a vegan studio near you.

Vegan Tattoo Studios, founded in Portland, Oregon was created to offer vegans everywhere, a one stop shop to look for vegan tattoo artists or to list their vegan tattoo studio.

The founder --Olga-- who recently moved from the Ukraine to Oregon, developed and launched the project with a dedicated group of web developers and a good friend who helped with everything.

Olga remarks "I saw a growing number of talented vegan tattoo artists, and it was not that easy for people to find the right artist. Information on the web was very divided, so I decided to create a place which would combine all of these amazing artists. It took a long 3 years to make this idea a reality!".

Launched in August 2017 Vegan Tattoo Studios currently features about 200 vegan artists and studios, and showcases hundreds of amazing vegan tattoo art, with more being added every day.

Vegan Tattoos Image by: GRUNTVEGAN (CC BY-ND) Adapted from: Vegan Tattoo Studio (Portland) (CC BY-ND)

The platform is "free for everyone, tattoo studios/artists as well as people searching for the right place to do their tattoo, any time" Olga states.

Using the simple search tool, prominently found on every page of the website, anyone can find a vegan tattoo studio near them. Just choose your country and click "Find your studio", it's just that easy.

Visitors can also rate studios and write reviews, basically it is a resource both for vegan artists and visitors that are planning to get a vegan tattoo or just to explore the variety of these beautiful artworks by the various artists.

Studios and Artists Image by: GRUNTVEGAN (CC BY-ND) Adapted from: Vegan Tattoo Studio (Portland) (CC BY-ND)

The website also features a variety of information regarding tattoos, style and techniques, body placement, and important vegan information too. One of the articles "How to get a vegan tattoo?" alerts vegans that many tattoo inks, equipment and aftercare options are filled with animal derived products and by-products. Black ink for example can - but does not always - contain charcoal and soot derived from the charred bones of animals.

The website, Olga explains, includes "all you need to know about tattoos: the whole process from the beginning; vegan ink; aftercare products; tattoo styles, interviews and more".

Tattoo Art Gallery Image by: GRUNTVEGAN (CC BY-ND) Adapted from: Vegan Tattoo Studio (Portland) (CC BY-ND)

As a bonus, the developers did a nice thing that we can all appreciate, Vegan Tattoo Studios works on your smartphone just fine, no need for a desktop computer.

Future plans for the site include expanding the articles section to include interviews, surveys and research. As well, there are plans to allow tattoo studios / masters to be able to edit their profile themselves and communicate with each other, essentially creating an international online community.

"The project truly reflects my passion towards creating different communities" states Olga "I love to see how people, united in one community (if even itâ€™s just a page in Facebook), share their experiences, support each other and feel accepted and appreciated. I could see this on pages Iâ€™ve created a long time ago, like Vegan Art and Vegan Tattoos in different social networks. I can say they became my initial inspiration for this project."

Vegan Tattoos Image by: GRUNTVEGAN (CC BY-ND) Adapted from: Vegan Tattoo Studio (Portland) (CC BY-ND)

So if you are vegan (or not vegan!) and you want to find a good studio or browse the great tattoo art, then Vegan Tattoo Studios is your tattoo headquarters!

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