ShoutoutDFW – Meet Char McGaughy | Artist , Designer & owner of Gold Dust Tattoos

Meet Char McGaughy | Artist , Designer & owner of Gold Dust Tattoos We had the good fortune of connecting with Char McGaughy and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Char, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?When I started Gold Dust in 2013, there wasn’t really any studios doing what […]

Cover-Ups & Reworks

Cover-Ups & Reworks Covering up an outdated tattoo can be a complicated process that requires careful considerations. Despite the tattoo industry evolving, putting one image over the other is not always the solution. Think of cover-ups as camouflage (distracting the eye away from the existing bad tattoo). Different factors need to be considered to achieve […]

Seven Minutes in Heaven With Tattoo Artist Char McGaughy

Seven Minutes in Heaven Welcome to Seven Minutes in Heaven, GO Magazine’s interview series that profiles a different queer babe each day, by asking them seven unique (and sometimes random) questions. Get to know the thoughts, feelings, and opinions of the groundbreaking, fierce forces-of-nature in the queer community. I have so much respect for tattoo artists — […]

Dallas Observer Best Tattoo Artist

Dallas Observer Best Tattoo Artist Fascination with a family member’s body art led tattoo artist Char McGaughy to work her way up to the top of the tattoo industry in 2010 and eventually open a her own tattoo shop, Gold Dust Tattoos & Fine Art in Dallas. She has received multiple awards for her work. […]