tattoos

Labubu toys took the internet by storm this summer — now collectors are taking it a step forward by customizing the plush toys with tattoos, piercings and rhinestones. For a Miami artist, it has become quite a side hustle.

Tootsie’s Tattoos, which celebrates its one-year anniversary Sept. 13, is a queer-founded tattoo parlor located at 4610 Central Ave N.

Paradise Tattoo’s global clientele has shown its support as its owners search for a new location for their business.

Memorial tattoos have grown more popular in recent years. Since parlors reopened after the lockdown, inkers have found that many people are eager to memorialize relatives and friends lost to COVID.

Many tattoo artists have traditionally declined to put color tattoos on darker-skinned people because they say it doesn’t look as good, or involves more…