- 9 years ago Sticky: Please read the rules!
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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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Who owns your tattoo? Maybe not you
Copyright and trademark law mean that the body art inked into your skin may leave you open to an infringement lawsuit. More than 20 percent of all Americans have at least one tattoo, and for millennials that number jumps to almost 40 percent. What could be more intimately a part of you than a work of body art permanently inked into your skin? You probably assume that the tattoo on your body belongs to you.
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The 2020 Olympics Could Change Tattooing In Japan Forever
The 2016 Rio Olympics are underway, and athletes from around the globe are competing for gold. Many of those Olympians are inked, as are those spectators who have flocked to the games. All are giving hope to those who want Japan, host of the next Summer Games, to become more open-minded about tattooing.
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Your future robot tattooist has steady hands, but isn't great at conversation
A robot tattooist might have steadier "hands" than its human counterpart, but how do you know it's not going to accidentally tattoo you all the way down to the bone? That's all I could think of watching this video of what's been billed as the "world's first tattoo by an industrial robot." At around two and a half minutes in you can see how tightly the tattoo recipient has been strapped to a chair and you think: "Ah, if he moves, then things are going to get nasty." That aside, it's wonderful to see an industrial robot being put to this use.
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Ephemeral is developing tattoo ink designed to disappear after a year
Practically everyone who has ever considered a tattoo knows the old parental refrain of “you’ll have it forever.” It’s a fairly stark warning tinged with the regret of a generation covered in inked relics of disco and popular culture past. Some temporary solutions do exist, including the relatively recent phenomenon of the two-week tattoo (along with some other high-tech options). A two-year-old Harlem-based startup spun out of NYU is presently in the process of bringing...
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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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An Annotated Guide to David Beckham’s Many Tattoos
What we can learn about the man from his ink.
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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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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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“Tech Tats” Turn Wearable Devices into Cyberpunk Body Art
Tech Tats are temporary tattoos are made of electroconductive tattoo paint embedded with an ATiny85 microcontroller.
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Nautical Compass Tattoo Saves Lost Man
The search for a lost Philadelphia man came to a joyous conclusion after he was navigated to safety by his nautical compass tattoo.
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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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Minimal kiwi tattoo - Devon Smith of Agency Inc. Dunedin, NZ
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Another geometric favourite of mine! Wolf and Wren Adelaide, Australia
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[DISCUSSION] Geometric tattoos
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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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My Deathly Hallows tattoo
My husband and I both have this tattoo. We met as kids at a HP-related event.