Keith “Bang Bang” McCurdy has tattooed Rihanna in the tropics, Lebron James in his basement, Cara Delevingne on a roof, Katy Perry in Stockholm’s Abba Museum, and Justin Bieber on a plane at 30,000 feet.
After a decade of tattooing all over New York City, he has gathered some of the most talented artists in the world and opened Bang Bang Tattoo in Autumn of 2014.
Bang Bang has since been featured in various media outlets, such as Inked, Elle, Vogue, The Huffington Post, MTV, and many more!
On November 17th, he released a book, "Bang Bang: My Life in Ink." You can find it here.
He is joined here today by Bang Bang Tattoo’s assistant manager, an avid Redditor, who will help facilitate this AMA.
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Hello,
I am planning on getting an orchid tattoo on my inner forearm, approximately 3-3.5 inches in length. The orchid is the cattleya trianae. Reference photos here:
Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4
The tattoo artist is Dragon of Bang Bang in NYC. He's done various small flower tattoos on his clients and I love his style. However, I am curious if anyone has gotten a tattoo from him (or someone similar) and how their tattoo has aged. I'm mainly curious due to the small size and thin lines used.
Here's a few links to his pieces as references:
Peony 1 Bouquet 1 Sunflower 1 Sunflower 2 Bouquet 2 Bouquet 3 Sunflower 3 X-ray Orchid Roses 1 Roses 2
Fine Needle Tattooing (Method)
I know that fine line tattoos and smaller tattoos blur with age more than traditional or neo-traditional tattoo styles. However, I'm not a big fan of those styles and I'm truly okay with this eventually blurring with age, even with touch-ups. I'm hoping someone who has gotten a similar style of tattoo can chime in on how their tattoos have aged over time/years.
Thank you for your time!
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| Questions | Answers |
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| Have any of the celebrities who have tattooed YOU ever messed up? What kind of stuff do you let them do? | All of them messed up -- they're not tattoo artists! But, I'm not asking them for a perfect tattoo. I'm just asking for a tattoo, and that's all I get! |
| I let them do whatever they want. Sometimes we'll do matching tattoos -- whatever I do on them, they'll do on me. For example, I did a peppermint on Katy Perry and she did one on me. Cara and I also have matching diamond tattoos. Kylie did a "K" with a crown on top. | |
| What was your most interesting tattoo experience? | My most interesting tattoo experience...tattooing Bieber on the airplane was pretty crazy. Rita Ora in a bathrub, Rihanna in the DR, Lebron in his house...Cara on a rooftop. Any time I'm taken out of my element, and working on these incredibly iconic people, is an incredible experience. |
| Have you ever regretted tattooing anything or anybody? | I've regretted several tattoos throughout my career. Most of them came when I let someone direct my art. |
| How did get celebrity clientele? | I've always been good at building relationships with people. The area I worked in NYC 10 years ago -- I had a lot of friends working in surrounding tattoo shops. Rihanna came in to get her nipple pierced and she has who the best tattoo artist around was. My good friend Joe Snake lied to her and said it was me! |
| Ri has pretty much led me to celebrity clients one way or another. | |
| Hi Keith! I love your work. You and Rob Green are awesome! I was wondering- who are your favorite tattoo artists and what type of tattoo styles you are into. What is your opinion on watercolor tattoos? | Honestly, the people I employed. To pick one that doesn't work here, I'd have to say |
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Edit: unconfirmed reports are it was a minor earthquake. https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/6579756/quake-felt-Jan-1-2022-USA.html
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> Hello everyone, this is Bang.
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>Being a professional gamer for about 10 years and this year being my last, I am officially announcing my retirement as a professional gamer and will be fulfilling my duty in the military service.
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>Walking in the one direction of a professional gamer with my experience in League of Legends, I was able to form many valuable relationships, accumulate precious memories and make various achievements in my lifetime.
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>These experiences are something that I feel blessed and most grateful of.
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>I know that in the future, there will be new things and experiences that are going to be totally different from the world I have been but will take my past experiences and achievements as a cornerstone in moving forward.
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>Thank you again for everyone’s support in professional gamer “Bang” up until now, and I will be back soon again as a better person and better “Bang” in the future.
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