Twig Sparks
Color Outside the Lines: Unscene
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1h 11m
Twig Sparks was one of the first black tattoo artists to really break thru in the early stages of reality TV and has worked extensively with shops that create large scale "Disney World" like experiences such as Hart & Huntington where we shot in 2011. Hart & Huntington grew to be such a large brand that the "shop" itself was located in Universal Studios, Orlando.
After showing us a bit of his art work and custom tattoo machines, we gain knowledge about how tattooing has come to be a respected artform on the corporate level and how that affects black artists.
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