​  American traditional tattoos are a rare sight on the streets of China — yet it was within this contrast that the artistic path of Haiwei Tai, known as 50tattooing, began. Today, he works at Greenpoint Tattoo in New York, where he merges the timeless aesthetics of American traditional with his own sense of form, color, and subtle irony. American traditional tattoos are a rare sight on the streets of China — yet it was within this contrast that the artistic path of Haiwei Tai, known as 50tattooing, began. Today, he works at Greenpoint Tattoo in New York, where he merges the timeless aesthetics of American traditional with his own sense of form, color, and subtle irony.