Tattoo Age: Thom deVita (Part 1/5)

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11 жыл бұрын

Tattoo Age is very proud to be featuring Thom deVita. Even though Thom has been tattooing and creating art for almost 50 years, there isn't much information out there about him. He started tattooing in New York City's Lower East Side in the mid 60s-when tattooing was illegal in the city-and quickly began to forge his own style.
Thom drew from a wide variety of infliuences for his tattoos, everything from Pueblo Indian designs to Lord and Taylor shopping bags. He also formed relationships with other American tattooers who were revolutionizing tattooing by bringing in influences that went far beyond the usual array of images found in most American tattoo parlors at the time.
We interviewed Ed Hardy, Nick Bubash, Clayton Patterson, Scott Harrison, Angelo Scotto, John Wyatt, Robert Ryan, and Bubba Reeves to help tell Thom's incredible story. The second of five parts will air next Wednesday. Please enjoy.
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@notti9351 11 жыл бұрын

His story is truly magical, it's like he was blessed with a curse. Amazing artist who tattoos for most of his life, grows old and develops Parkinsons - a tattoo artist's kryptonite.

@kadenkylo4448 2 жыл бұрын

Instablaster...

@kornellesniak6754 5 жыл бұрын

As somebody whos been in the industry for just a little over a year now i really teared up watching this. I do my best to educate myself on tattoo history and it's so sad seeing so many new people who don't really pay it any attention at all. I am beyond greatful for all the incredable work he did. A true legend.

@TheSabado215 5 жыл бұрын

Way ahead of his time, a fearless guy. RIP mr. Thom.

@roydemauro9154 8 жыл бұрын

Great to see Devite i'm an old 70's client lower east side...

@roydemauro6832 8 жыл бұрын

I have 5 or more pieces from deVita from the 70's east 4th St. NYC the home of the thirty dollar tattoo... so glad to see him alive and well

@JAdams-bb8rr 5 жыл бұрын

@One Love untrue

@champs591 4 ай бұрын

I was a young teenager in the 80's and also went to his east 4th st location in NYC. Devita did what Ed Hardy did, and brought it to life in the 80's

@gangrel_76 9 ай бұрын

R.I.P to one of the true originals. There can be no 'History of Tattooing' without mentioning Thom DeVita. One of my all time heroes. Rest easy, chief

@nickronin9618 4 жыл бұрын

i keep coming one or two times every year to watch all the parts Thom deVita was amazing human and artist .

@jeffreyhiles4620 11 жыл бұрын

i was very fortunate to have been tatooed on numerous occassions at thoms lower east side spot all my tats done by him were 20$ each and to this day and were talking 20 plus years ago.the colors and detail are the best i have.hats off to you thom your the og of tatoo artists!!!!!!

@chasphotography 2 жыл бұрын

I got tattooed by him on Christmas morning in 1980 when it was illegal in Manhattan . And yes it cost $30.00. This documentary was a great find 🙂

@xxshotxx1 11 жыл бұрын

utterly brilliant, i feel honored to have watched this.

@selinacalderon4584 4 жыл бұрын

I FEEL HONORED TO HAVE GOTTEN MY FIRST TATTOO FRM THIS LEGEND. NVR HAD IT RETOUCHED IT WAS ON $30.00 MY GIRLFRIENDS N MYSELF MADE IT A GIRL DAY'S OUT N 8 OF US GOT TATTOOS THT RAINEY DAY DWN ON THE LOWER EASTSIDE. GLAD TO SEE HE IS STILL IS DOING HIS THING.

@renatomartins5112 6 ай бұрын

I got serious about tattooing and tattooing history because of this legend , i love to watch this doc , thank you Thom ❤️❤️

@Sidavinci 6 жыл бұрын

RIP. One of the greatest, a true legend

@adriansamuel891 11 жыл бұрын

ive seen this guys pictures constantly i knew he was someone unique and different and now hearing about him and these vids he was an unknown legend he seems like a very humble man... amazed by this guy

@nickburleson9555 3 жыл бұрын

And now there honored to have you ... Aaaaaaa let me finish! It sounds cocky to a normal person .. but to a true artist . That is absolutely a humble thing to say .. an artist as his or her biggest critique. The world is a canvas ... Every wall Every brick ... Every slab of Wood.. is your God given right .. to create. He moved me in such a way that I sacrificed my wrist in his honor I tattooed a scratchy pattern of his Asian brick design on my left arm because of these vids ... My grandmother was his age and she played piano and wrote poetry and when I was a young man I cooked her favorite soup smoked cigs ... Drank coffee and would drive my mustang to her house and chill ... And just listen to the good ole years from her mouth because where I come from .. elders are key their the tree to pay the attention to. That's all we got as a whole youth .. the path in witch we came from. So yes not to be so sappy but damn... getting the honor to hear from your (tree) as an acorn .. that's one of the true meanings of life... God bless and listen to the old they'll steer you in the right direction.😎

@blackcowboymusic 11 жыл бұрын

love this series

@dystant1658 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for everything, Thom. RIP.

@TheSabado215 11 жыл бұрын

I totally love tattoo age series, really. Congratz from Chile folks.

@jammyowens 11 жыл бұрын

This is my fave series vice do, espesh the Valerie episode, can't wait for part 2 :D

@calirocker4031 5 жыл бұрын

I always dug him.. My first tattoo I got in 1998... He is one of the best..

@mateogonzalez8326 6 жыл бұрын

Greeting from Medellín, Colombia...... You're leyend Mr. De Vita, Respect🍃

@BurnSheDevil 11 жыл бұрын

He is the proof that tattoos do look good when you're old, contrary to what people usually say when you say you're getting a tattoo.

@giomookz 11 жыл бұрын

Vice your Docos are inspiring and I love them

@lilytattooss 5 жыл бұрын

Stuff like this is so inspiring to me

@jorgeraspa 11 жыл бұрын

Increible este tio es la ostia!!!!!!!!!!!! Quiero uno de sus Flash. Me da pena que se sepa tan poco de el. Gracias por hacer Tattoo Age.

@dcturtle16 6 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Thom, you will always be remembered

@syskorazo 11 жыл бұрын

Keep these coming pls.

@XxTheGoOfYxX 8 жыл бұрын

he looks like Trevor Phillips from GTA V in the thumbnail. there I said it.

@jesuslynch7861 5 жыл бұрын

He's the Burgess Meredith look-alike

@nickburleson1482 5 жыл бұрын

It's the mark of humanity boom he's talking to his tattoo guy after he that's there brains out jus like Trevor would with his foot in gta5

@powerhamstertreefish 11 жыл бұрын

tattoo age is easily my favorite show, thank you so much for making quality documentaries about amazing people. I would die to see a tattoo age on Thomas Hooper or Maxime Buchi next season.

@Zwhitehurst103 11 жыл бұрын

Great inspirational story guys. I love it.

@DahSiKK1 11 жыл бұрын

These videos are amazing

@seanSHRED87 11 жыл бұрын

After watching all these Tattoo Age videos that's what you got out of it? Awesome.

@spudfurfy 11 жыл бұрын

i loved this thank you so so much

@sexmagician222 11 жыл бұрын

Fantastic, just fantastic.

@Furrygumball71 4 ай бұрын

After watching this I’ve come to the conclusion that Thom DeVita is the Grandfather of the BLAST OVER TATTOO craze that we are seeing 2024 🤘🏆

@trailtrekker6506 11 жыл бұрын

devita is Awesome! a true pioneer. can't wait for part 2. ....also...i think i caught a little bit of my home town(Pittsburgh) in there at the end, pretty sure those were the fort Pitt tunnel's heading into Downtown.

@jamesmccormack3982 8 жыл бұрын

awesome you have a passion for sacred geometry i see

@fackeltattoo6666 4 жыл бұрын

Big Respect from Germany ❤

@ICanBelieveITsButtah 9 жыл бұрын

The Basquiat of tattooing.

@indiana5757 11 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@incH3206 11 жыл бұрын

A real legend

@jprendy1 11 жыл бұрын

this is the greatest show on the internet also id love to be half as cool as thom when im 80

@ebp03ex 11 жыл бұрын

The allure of a natural never ceases.

@Oi325 6 жыл бұрын

Man he's held up pretty well for 80

@joemeggs 7 жыл бұрын

*hits subtitles immediately

@MissDarlaDeville 4 ай бұрын

Inspiring

@reneeowenby3689 3 жыл бұрын

Just did the devita wrist design on my self im happy with it means the world to me devita is like if one of you grandparents experimented with tattooing the guy was such an old living legend like liqour prohibition had just ended when he was born...

@05ALMA20 11 жыл бұрын

Haha I love the pandas! That's so cute:)

@ruthy8ruthy 11 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@Casey5693 11 жыл бұрын

Dear Lord, if I can be like this man making art every day and doing what he loves, then I will have lived a good life.

@johntracy9753 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this! you guys need to find more of the real ones of tattooing! Not these new school guys!

@BostonRacinglife 11 жыл бұрын

great story

@willderby-hoffman5193 5 жыл бұрын

Rip. True legend

@athina663 11 жыл бұрын

"im workin' on a bunch o' panda bears" hahahaha brilliant

@WHAAAAAZAAAA 11 жыл бұрын

Man...I had to chuckle at the Pandas....this guy is awesome :)

@handfeed 11 жыл бұрын

I agree !

@bluepinkred5 11 жыл бұрын

so adorable amazeing man

@maxthunmanmohlin5166 9 жыл бұрын

He´s the Freud of tattoos. They were´nt great at their area, but they made the world look upon tattoos/psychology as something different then it had before.

@dashcamcalifornia5003 2 жыл бұрын

I cant wait till I'm old and covered in tattoos.

@Diamondowl 11 жыл бұрын

I like this guy

@ArkAidSkate 11 жыл бұрын

historic OG

@T25de 11 жыл бұрын

first scene you can see he has shaking hands, this guy did not spoil any thing. cheers

@michaelkinaman3483 6 жыл бұрын

Rip what a legend

@KidsWithGuns1992 11 жыл бұрын

I was on my phone checking this out so I couldn't see if other parts were up or not. Know how long till the other parts come up?

@skiboyscuba 11 жыл бұрын

Thanx

@SimpLeeBeth 5 жыл бұрын

Reminds me how sad I am that I never got an FE Craig tattoo before he died ❤

@BaussHauggOutlawz 11 жыл бұрын

respect

@zjoosqwe123 11 жыл бұрын

congratz

@madaienaa 4 жыл бұрын

This is crazy. I am 15 years old and my biggest dream is becoming a tattoo artist. My last name is de Vita. I feel so honored and have never been more proud of my last name. ❤️I‘ll keep chasing my dream.

@nermo.artist 3 жыл бұрын

Still chasing it?

@madaienaa 3 жыл бұрын

Jeremy David Yes! I’ve started my journey already, rn I’m just tattooing myself because of corona but after I’ll start an apprenticeship

@alext39 11 жыл бұрын

amazing artist! would love to know the songs used if anyone knows???

@Yorboxl 11 жыл бұрын

DeVita is like the Burroughs of tattoos

@dozhadeville444 2 жыл бұрын

The quality of this aged very well 👌🏾💉

@zirazira600 7 жыл бұрын

the burgh!!!!!!!!

@Samoor69 11 жыл бұрын

11.34 right hand. That's nice piece!

@dannyfitzpatrick6249 11 жыл бұрын

What's the song at the very beginning? 01:05

@fimmtattooer2316 6 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace mr. deVita

@Emperor_23 6 жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace

@GusKillah23 11 жыл бұрын

The guy is doing what he loves to do.

@carshinobi 4 ай бұрын

@4:08 Conrad from Folsom city ink, small world man

@guillekill4983 3 жыл бұрын

Máster!!!

@ttowntattoosupply6785 9 жыл бұрын

Very different.

@puprilla 4 жыл бұрын

Rip ol man

@BERTTTification 9 жыл бұрын

what is the name of the track which starts at 13:57?

@MrMicaljam 6 жыл бұрын

RIP Thom

@ryanfoster9417 9 жыл бұрын

does anyone know the song playing around 6:42? it's really beautiful.

@jessicadredgee 11 жыл бұрын

the symbol that we know as the swastika, has lots of diffferent meaning when varied slightly. in hindu and buddhist cultures it can mean peace and greater spiritual force.

@321seb 11 жыл бұрын

living legend. what did you get tattoed from him?

@TheAlyssaann22 9 жыл бұрын

we all (artist) no mater what color we are.

@321seb 10 жыл бұрын

true that. its hard as a young aspiring tattooer as few people want to take you seriously. and rightly they shouldnt because there are way too many half ass hacks that dont give a shit about tattooing getting into it and i can see why they would be inclined to include me in there because of my age. would love to see your tattoos man (especially the saint michael). do you have any photos online?

@ThesisOriginals 11 жыл бұрын

A Historic Black Tattoo artist would make a great story.

@oopsiepoopsie2898 5 жыл бұрын

ThesisOriginals it actually wasn’t too common or they only tattooed other black people. It became more common in the 80’s

@daltonmitchell6814 9 жыл бұрын

his tattoos dont suck , they are different unlike what most of you are used to , some of you are so petty and small minded , thom was and still is a great artist and tattoer

@GirdyTee 10 жыл бұрын

haha 2001 pandas! :) love it

@najin2 11 жыл бұрын

cool guy

@Jeremyramone 11 жыл бұрын

10:42 i have the same ring!!

@gabor345 11 жыл бұрын

Next Wednesday?!?!?!?! AAAAWwwww :(

@321seb 11 жыл бұрын

cool shit man. i love hearing stories about tattooing back then. it was a different world and way to many people are starting to mess that up now. thats great of robert ryan man. he's a great tattooist and its great he has such respect for devita. he deserves it. dude, id love to hear about his studio!! PM me? you heard the story from mike malone about thom's magic bell and bill heine?