It's been a pretty big stereotype for a long time."Įlisheba Israel Mrozik, artist/owner of One Drop Ink Tattoo in Nashville, has some "Black Panther" pieces on the company Instagram account (Γåòonedropink). ![]() "Every day I'm pretty much sending someone to someone's page on Instagram that I know who does colour work on POCs, just trying to let them know that it exists. "In the past two years that I've been doing it, I've discovered a lot of POCs (people of colour) that are tattooing amazing pieces and colours," she says, noting social media platforms are helping show what's possible. Toronto tattoo artist Thomarya (Tee) Fergus says a growing emergence of "Black Panther" tattoos is part of an awakening when it comes to tattooing darker skin. "What I'm hoping is that once the images start getting out there, that there will be more of an incentive and more of an empowering unification thing," says the Funky Ink Tattoo Gallery artist, whose father is a Zulu, of the Ngoni tribes, from Malawi in Africa. He hopes such work will bring a much-needed African cultural identity to the tattoo world, and stamp out the stigma that darker skin tones are difficult to ink. Inspired by the film's Afrofuturism esthetic and African cultural motifs, he designed a series of "Black Panther" tattoos and recently inked one them, of a Dora Milaje-style warrior, on a woman's inner forearm. ![]() ![]() TORONTO - When "Black Panther" hit theatres, Toronto tattoo artist D.C Nchama saw an opportunity to fill a void, instil a sense of pride and dispel myths in his craft.
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