To celebrate the launch of the all new mike's HARDER Tennessee Barrel Lemonade, mike's HARDER is collaborating with acclaimed tattoo artist Lalo Yunda to create one-of-a-kind tattoo designs to appear on the new seasonal flavor limited-edition collectible cans. Yunda – who appeared on season two of Spike TV's "Ink Master and recently opened his own studio, House of Monkey Tattoo, in Brooklyn – is entirely self-taught and is continuing to make a name for himself as one of the top artists in the country.
As tattoos continue to grow in popularity and evolve into mainstream culture, inked skin is seen as a creative form of self-expression for millennials, with nearly four-in-ten (38%) having at least one tattoo and about half of those having more than one.
"Tattoo culture embraces the fact that the riskiest artwork is both painful and permanent, and HARDER has an incredible respect for that mentality," said Sanjiv Gajiwala, vice president of marketing, Mike's Hard Lemonade Co. "By collaborating with artists like Lalo Yunda, we're asking HARDER fans to push conventional boundaries by going even harder – not only with bold, intricate tattoo designs but as they live their truth out loud every day."
The collection of HARDER-inspired tattoos – including bold designs such as a skull, snake and dragon horse – were crafted in Yunda's self-described signature style of "magical realism," which combines the inclusion of mythical elements within otherwise realistic, true-to-life images.