The Art of Vegan Tattooing

Everything you always wanted to know about vegan tattoos (but were unaware to ask) can be found via a December 13th Q&A profile of Los Angeles filmmaker, bike activist and meatless ink meister James Spooner.

The website ThisDishisVegetarian.com produces consistently entertaining and well-researched content. Among the many factoids shared by Spooner is the idea that while most inks are already made with vegetable glycerine, it can get tricky when dealing with the essential color of black.

“A lot of companies use Shellac in their [black] ink, which is some kind of bug excrement.

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