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Lockdown means no tattooing. Lockdown means no tattoos. Lockdown means no tattoo conventions. Lockdown sucks. Can tattoo conventions survive the ravages of Covid-19? Yayo went out to investigate.

2020 was tough on tattooing; 2021 looks like it's going to be just as tough. But don't let Covid get you down. Instead read out blog interview with the fantastically talented Jones N S larsen. Great tattoos will always brighten a dull day.

This month Yayo heads over the ocean to the good old U, S of A to interview the super talented Conner Alderman. We chat oil painting, the impact of Covid-19 and combatting sexism in the tattoo industry.

Keety Mortem is a Yayo Pro Artist and one of the hardest working tattooists in the UK. She hasn't had an easy ride to get where she is but she was never going to let anything get in the way of fulfilling her dream of opening her own studio.

With another lockdown looming we head out to Bristol to interview the fantastic Kat James. Kate has been in the industry for a few years now but her tattoos just keep getting better and better. She is a proud member of the Pro Team and what she doesn't know aboyut tattooing could fit on the back of a postage stamp.

Have you ever been judged for having a tattoo? Tattoo prejudice is real, particularly for women. In this second part of our Yayo investigation we talk to Meraki Fade and Troy Tuck to uncover how tattoo discrimination has effected their lives.

Memorial tattoos are something very special and deeply personal and personify the deep connection human beings have with body art. Yayo met up with tattoo artist Samantha Barker to talk about memorial tattoos, the possibility of another lockdown and how bees are going to factor in her future.

Do you every get funny looks because of your tattoos? Have you ever been treated differently because you have ink? Is tattoo prejudice alive and well and living in the UK? Yayo set out to find out.

Its always wonderful when you meet a tattoo artist who wants to give something back. Bren Kelly is such an artist. Yayo met up with her to talk about her free service providing nipple tattoos to people who have undergone surgery, as part of treatment for best cancer.