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Mark Cropp has found himself a new gig
A TEEN who shot to international fame thanks to his enormous face tattoo has been pictured working in a high-visibility vest in New Zealand. Mark Cropp, 19, made headlines around the world when he spoke about the difficulty of getting a job with the huge “DEVAST8” tattoo that covered the bottom half of his face.
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz - and his secret love
For more than 50 years, Lale Sokolov kept quiet about his job at the Nazi death camp.
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This Woman Wanted Her Tattoo To Cover Up Her Self-Harm Scars But No Tattoo Artist Agreed To Help Except This One
With the help of tattoo artist Ryan Kelly and his project Scars Behind Beauty, which he started in order to help people with self-harm scars, this 19-year-old is now able to move on with her life. By Agnes Tepon.
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Graphene tattoos could monitor health
The tattoo could be a wearable device measuring electrical activity of the brain, muscles and heart.
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Harvard researchers help develop ‘smart’ tattoos
Harvard and MIT researchers have developed smart tattoo ink capable of monitoring health by changing color to tell an athlete if she is dehydrated or a diabetic if his blood sugar rises.
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A Cop With A Tattoo He Swears Isn’t A “Nazi Tattoo” Says A Lot About Police Free Speech
What beliefs disqualify someone from working as a cop? A Philadelphia officer with a tattoo strikingly similar to a Nazi symbol shows how free speech is being put to the test in police departments.
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Beautiful Scar-Concealing Tattoo Designs
Cover up that scar with a beautiful tattoo. Scars and birthmarks make many people self-conscious. Regardless of your scar’s location, at some point in time, whether it be the general public or your significant other, someone will see it. While this isn’t such a big deal for most, some people find it a constant embarrassment that never quite goes away. While technology has yet to find a way to completely remove unsightly scars and blemishes, many people have turned to tattoos as an effective and fun way to conceal those pesky imperfections.
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25+ Of The Best Cat Tattoo Ideas Ever
Since ancient times cats have been a symbol of grace and poise. The word cat comes from the ancient Egyptian name "caute." In ancient Egypt, they had cat goddesses Isis and Ba'at, and were often de...
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The work of Britain’s first tattoo artist in Victorian times.
In Victorian England, Sutherland Macdonald stands out as the country's first professional tattoo artist.
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Blood and Tattoos
Full movie - Tattoos are an ancient ritual practiced around the world, by nearly every culture. Each culture has its own reasons for the practice, and many have unique ways to administer them. In this special, host Craig Reynolds will get tattooed, by many of the methods, while he visits these different cultures, experiencing first hand what it's like and what these tattoos mean to people.
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Cats Tattooing Other Cats by Kazuaki Horitomo
Kazuaki Horitomo is a California-based Japanese artist who combines two of his great passions – tattoos and cats – into one. As an illustrator and tattoo artist, Horitomo is steeped in the Japanese tradition of tebori (a technique of tattooing by hand) and his illustrations reflect that.
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75+ Beautiful White Ink Tattoo Ideas Before Getting Inked
White ink tattoo-The name itself says that this tattoo comes in white color without any extra pigments. The ink is certainly injected under the skin layer
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Twenty Tattoo Ideas For Cat Lovers
You already have three cats, all of them eat better food than you, live in a fancier houses, and you’re still finding yourself running out of ways how to show your uncompromising love for these beautiful felines? We’re here to help. We and these tattoo artists who cater to the die hard kitty fans.
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Not All Swastika Tattoos Are the Same
Algorithmic tattoo identification for law enforcement could have all sorts of scary consequences.
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Skin deep: glimpse into the history of American tattoo design – in pictures
These hand-drawn artworks from the 1900s to 1960s, collected in a new book, are what customers would choose their design from, and are increasingly rare
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Beautiful Tattoos that are Works of Art
This ink is simply breathtaking. It's tragic that it will only last as long as the person it's imprinted on... unless we skin them. Which we probably shouldn't do.
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Here's what hiring managers REALLY think of your tattoos
Skinfo.com found that a whopping 37% of HR managers cite tattoos as the third most likely physical attribute to limit career potential.
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The man who reads the criminal mind by analysing convicts’ tattoos
Arkady Bronnikov collected more than 20,000 tattoos from male and female prisoners. By Olga Gertcyk and Vera Salnitskaya.
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Oldest Known Tattoos Confirmed To Belong To Ötzi The Iceman Mummy
Who said that tattoos don’t age well? It has been confirmed the first tattoos ever recorded belong to Ötzi the Tyrolean iceman, a 5,000-year-old naturally-preserved mummy.
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An Urban History: The Influence of Street Gangs on Contemporary Art
The influence of street culture on art in Los Angeles has been systematically underrepresented by academia and art history. Although scholarly research has traced the origin of gang graffiti from the 1930s on, this aesthetic has been largely absent from the dialogue about the shaping of modern art. By Rodrigo Ribera d’Ebre.
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