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Are Tattoos Art?
The once-subversive 1,000-year-old form is seeing growing acceptance in auctions and museums—but it can be an uneasy fit.
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He Tattooed a Blank Map of the World on His Back and Started Coloring the Countries He Has Visited
Meet Bill Passman (or Bill Passman`s back), a travel blogger and adventurist. Four years ago Read more
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Well, ok: Latest trend among biohackers is putting LED lights beneath skin
So this is pretty weird: DIY biohackers at Grindhouse Wetware have created a silicone implant with LED lights that is activated by magnets and gets implanted under people’s skin, according to Gizmodo.
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Fang Od and the traditional art of Kalinga tattoo.
Fang Od is part of the last line of traditional Kalinga tattoo artists in the Philippines. This type of authentic tribal tattooing was once done for head hunters and to beautify women.
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Ink Mapping: Video Mapping on Tattoos, by Oskar & Gaspar
Not your average video mapping. Very clever!
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I tattooed an Elite logo on my arm. What kind of crazy things have you done for your favorite game ?
I started inking the Elite Eagle Saturday. One more session two or three weeks from now to add some golden/yellow and it'll be done. How about you ? Have you done something ridiculous or crazy based on your favorite game ? BTW, Proof bellow.
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Old-school women tattoos 1860's to 1960's
Fully Native. Totally Awesome.
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Are tattoo artists right to refuse to adorn necks and hands?
Although tattoos have shed much of the stigma, artists walk a tightrope between respecting a client’s wishes and maintaining professional integrity
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Ariel tattoo
Watercolor styled little mermaid tattoo.
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My new tattoo, Girl Power
It could also be read as "I turn women on"
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Tattoo Time Lapse - James Vaughn - Tattoos Color Coy Fish
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Advertising that (literally) gets under your skin
Latest “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” promo scheme wants to make you a permanent billboard. Two of my least favorite 21at century trends just came together in a particularly sickening way. And to make me even more confused, it’s all in the service of something I was, for a while, really looking forward to: the new novel in the Millennium series, which started out with Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
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Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss” tattooed by Alice Kendall, Wonderland Tattoo, Portland, Oregon
This cool tattoo is not mine. I wish I could afford getting it.
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The SkinBook
Tattoo Art Magazine wants every aspiring tattoo artist to have the right experience before embarking on their craft, and in order to create stunning tattoos, each artist needs an ample amount of practice which isn’t always possible without some errors on the way.
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Freak Out: The Body as a Canvas
A far cry from bespectacled, retro-inspired geek chic – or the homogenized ‘normcore’ look, is the trend for increasingly extreme tattooing and body piercing.
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Aaron Hernandez got a huge 'LIFETIME' neck tattoo in prison
Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez appeared in a courtroom for the first time since being found guilty of first-degree murder in mid-April, and he showed up with a large, new neck tattoo that appears to read "LIFETIME." Ian Rapoport, however, claims that the entire tattoo -- the bottom is not visible -- reads "LIFETIME LOYALTY."
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Man with Pinocchio penis tattoo banned from flying
A man has been banned from flying with an airline after waving a sex toy around and exposing his penis Pinocchio tattoo. Tom Washington, 22, of Grimsby, boarded the Jet2 flight dressed up as a female cabin crew member for the lads’ holiday to Majorca. He explained: ‘There were 23 of us altogether and we all met at East Midlands airport.
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Tattoos may stop Apple Watch from working
Your tattoo can prevent the Apple Watch from sending notifications, placing calls and using Apple Pay.
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Julie McCabe death: Mother may have died because hair dye reacted with her henna tattoo
The tragic death of a mother-of-two caused by an allergic reaction to hair dye has raised serious questions about its use in conjunction with henna tattooing. Estate agent Julie McCabe, 38, went into a coma in October 2011 after she suffered a massive allergic reaction to a chemical in her L’Oréal dye and died a year later. North Yorkshire coroner Geoff Fell heard expert evidence that a black henna tattoo that Mrs McCabe had in Dubai in 2007 could have contributed to her death.
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Alec Falkenham, Dalhousie student, develops tattoo removal cream
Valentine's Day may prompt some people to consider etching their loved one's name permanently on their bodies, but what happens if you break up? A researcher at Dalhousie University in Halifax may not have a magic potion to repair the relationship, but he might be able to help get rid of that tattoo. Alec Falkenham, a 27-year-old PhD student in the university's pathology department, is developing a topical cream that he says will make tattoo ink eventually fade away.
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