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• Ed Hardy’s Tattoo Art Is Booty for Digital Pirates

  12 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Don Ed Hardy, the famed tattoo artist, and his backers battle constantly with counterfeiters who create fake Web sites to peddle knock-offs of his gear.

• Self-Expression in Spray Paint and Ink

  10 Aug 2009 | 9:00 pm

  A graffiti writer and tattoo artist talks about how he got his start, and his subway-platform encounter with the legendary Iz the Wiz.

• Metropolitan Diary

  12 Jul 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Autumn romance, a tribute in ink, a letter lost and found, and other tales of city life.

• Seafarers’ Memoirs, Written on Skin

  22 May 2009 | 9:00 pm

  An exhibition at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia explores the role of sailors within tattoo culture.

• The Body as Billboard: Your Ad Here

  17 Feb 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Some marketers are getting their messages across by putting tattoos, both permanent and temporary, on willing wearers.

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• Grand Rapids tattoo parlor pleased with new regulations - WZZM

  21 Nov 2009 | 8:20 am

  Grand Rapids tattoo parlor pleased with new regulationsWZZMGRAND RAPIDS, MI (WZZM) - Proper hand washing is one of the new licensing requirements for Michigan tattoo parlors. "It's one of the things that are near and more »

• 'Caveman' tattoo leads police to suspect - The Northwest Florida Daily News

  21 Nov 2009 | 4:01 am

  'Caveman' tattoo leads police to suspectThe Northwest Florida Daily NewsFORT WALTON BEACH — A man accused of beating and robbing another man was identified because of a tattoo on his hand. Jeremy Kuhl, 23, was arrested for

• Deputies seeking robbery suspect - Marietta Times

  20 Nov 2009 | 11:46 pm

  Deputies seeking robbery suspectMarietta TimesThe suspect had a tear drop tattoo at the corner of his right eye and the word "LOVE" tattooed across the fingers of his right hand. and more »

• Tattooed floater had a C-section - The Trentonian

  20 Nov 2009 | 10:26 pm

  Tattooed floater had a C-sectionThe TrentonianBy Trentonian staff MANSFIELD — State Police have released a composite facial sketch of the tattooed woman found floating on Newbold Island in the Delaware

• 'New Moon' Fever - Tampa Tribune

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:05 pm

  Telegraph.co.uk'New Moon' FeverTampa TribuneJames was so spellbound by the series that she got a tattoo inspired by the four book covers. She wanted to incorporate all four book covers into one tattoo US-ENTERTAINMENT SummaryWashington PostTrue Test For a “Twilight: New Moon” Fan: Do You Have Fangs?Wall Street Journal (blog)AZ of Twilight: New MoonMirror.co.ukEast Coast Radio -Examiner.com -io9all 5,578 news articles »

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• Tooth artwork Tatoo

  Khalid

  10 Nov 2009 | 3:42 pm

  You wouldn’t think it was possible but in fact tooth tattoos are possible. They are not only possible but they are being offered by a dentist in the US as we speak and have been for the last 20 years or so. And they are not as expensive as you would imagine, with the prices ranging from the under hundred to the several hundred dollars. From what we have seen, they are not actually on your natural tooth but on a cap or crown, or even on a milk tooth that you have rescued from the fairy, if you prefer… and yes, they are drilled in then painted in. People seem to opt for the molars (back…

• There’s More to Montel Williams

  Khalid

  8 Nov 2009 | 3:39 pm

  Montel Williams. He once was a US Navy spy, he speaks Russian, smokes marijuana for medicinal reasons, he has multiple sclerosis and is the hottest daytime TV host the world over. By far. He of the eyes and the voice and the tattoos. The what?!…??Who’d have thought that under those crisply pressed shirts are hidden the most impressive biceps adorned in the most elaborate of half sleeves? OK, you may have guessed at the biceps, but the tats? Whoa. There really is more to Montel than at first meets the eye. So why tats? It apparently took till 2001 before he went for his first ink and…

• Kat Von D and her Sensuous Smells Sinner and Saint

  Khalid

  6 Nov 2009 | 3:39 pm

  No tattoo aficionado can avoid knowing of Kat Von D. She is LA’s best known female tattoo artist and persona. She has been instrumental in the shift in attitude towards women and tattoos. In fact, I credit her with the huge societal ground shift which has seen professional women choose to have tattoos to adorn their bodies and enhance their sexy charisma, their power and their talents. If I have any criticism it is only that tattoos have now become so popular that the trend buckers among us are going to start soon to choose to go as blank canvasses just to be different… Why do I say that?

• Rescue Ink

  Khalid

  31 Oct 2009 | 7:41 pm

  Ever heard of Rescue Ink? Well, you should have (no, neither had we) because they are the epitome of inspirational and just plain fantastic human beings. I’ll tell you why… Rescue Ink is a group of people – well, men, for the most part -  almost all heavily tattooed, who work out of Long Island, NY to rescue animals from abusers. Their motto is: “Abusers are losers”. In their own words from their own website, they are: “a bunch of tattooed, motorcycle-riding tough guys who have joined together to fight animal cruelty, educate abusers and help resolve situations other…

• Davina McCall Whacky Tattoos

  Khalid

  29 Oct 2009 | 7:38 pm

  Davina McCall was born in 1967 in London. The world was never going to be the same. The wild child product of a messily broken marriage, she suffered anorexia and went a bit off the rails in her twenties, which was to be expected. However, during those days of drug induced hazes, she still managed to sing at the Moulin Rouge in Paris, work as a nightclub hostess in London and date Eric Clapton. Yes. Eric Clapton. Love her yet? In fact it was Clapton who put her on the road to recovery, despite her mother who died years later. Davina’s comment on the matter? “We hadn’t really…

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• The Illustrated Man: How LED Tattoos Could Make Your Skin a Screen

  The title character of Ray Bradbury’s book The Illustrated Man is covered with moving, shifting tattoos. If you look at them, they will tell you a story.

• 50 Cent Ditches Arm Tattoos

  RAPPER 50 Cent has had the tattoos on his arms removed.

• Bald Is Beautiful Too

  I usually prefer my guys with some hair on their head, but the combination of Benji Madden's cute face and buff, tatted up bod makes me not even care! We spotted the Good Charlotte rocker ...

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  Tattoos In Flight: Airplane, Flying, Aviation & Flight Themed Tattoos

• Bush Pilot Ink: Piper PA-18 Super Cub Tattoo

  Icarus

  1 Nov 2009 | 12:40 pm

  One of the best uses of aviation is the supply and support of camps and settlements where traditional “over-road” travel isn’t possible due to distance, terrain, or weather conditions.  The hard conditions faced in flying such missions leads to a breed of pilots who are as battle hardened and devoted to their flying skill as [...]

• First Solo Flight Forever: Student Pilot Tattoo

  Icarus

  31 Oct 2009 | 8:31 am

  Some people snip their shirt-tail off and pin it to the wall for their first solo, others (like at my flight school) were traditionally thrown by their fellow pilots into the nearby Duck Pond after doing their three stop-and-goes aloft by themselves… but some, like the subject of our tattoo feature today, choose to commemorate [...]

• Aviatrix Tattoo Redux: Amelia Earhart Backpiece

  Icarus

  25 Oct 2009 | 12:48 pm

  I completely realize that we have featured this fantastic black and gray back tattoo honoring famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart before, but in honor of the opening weekend of the movie Amelia by Mira Nair and featuring Hilary Swank, we decided to bring it back!  It was an early post of ours and perhaps not everyone [...]

• Irregular Ink: Curtiss CW-22 Airplane Tattoo

  Icarus

  5 Oct 2009 | 10:45 pm

  I will admit that when I first saw this tattoo, I thought the aircraft pictured was a North American AT-6 Texan… one of the more common trainers of WWII vintage.  However, as I reviewed it this past week as I was preparing posts, I realized it was far more rare than an AT-6… this tattoo [...]

• Balloon Flight Beauty: Hot Air Ballooning Tattoo

  Icarus

  4 Oct 2009 | 3:11 pm

  In commemoration of the annual, World famous Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, which is happening right now in Albuquerque, NM, we are delighted to present this colorful rib tattoo featuring two hot air balloons. Propelled only by gossamer breezes and lifted by hot air contained within the colorful envelope, hot air ballooning remains one of the [...]

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• New Piercing Information Pages: Eyebrow and Monroe

  15 Nov 2009 | 6:53 am

  As part of my revamping the Body Piercings for Beginner's Guide, I have 2 pages finished and available for viewing. More will follow in coming weeks, including some new piercing types that haven't previously been covered here before. Eyebrow Piercing Guide Monroe Piercing GuideNew Piercing Information Pages: Eyebrow and Monroe originally appeared on About.com Tattoos / Body Piercings on Sunday, November 15th, 2009 at 14:53:54.Permalink | Comment | Email this

• New & Improved Fantasy/Sci-Fi Tattoo Gallery

  15 Nov 2009 | 6:53 am

  Over the past ten years, I have received many, many tattoo submissions. Admittedly, some of them did not meet up to my personal standards of quality, but I posted them anyway for a variety of reasons. Some were inked by friends, some were unique in concept even if not so great in execution, and some were just simply lousy photos of really good tattoos and I hated to avoid posting good work just because the photo was shoddy. But now that I have so many submission to choose from, I am starting to put together new collections of only good photos of good tattoo work. Some may still be better than…

• Bad Tattoo Experience - Would You Go Back?

  15 Nov 2009 | 6:52 am

  red road writes: "I decided, after months of debate...and a lot of research, I decided to go to a very well thought after studio in the UK, I knew a lot of people who had pieces done by the lead tattooist and his apprentice and the studio had been featured in many tattooing magazines and has alot of awards...I decided to go with the apprentice, his design was good and he was really patient when i wanted to change little bits and pieces before hand, so i felt confident going a long for my 1st 6 hour sitting. This is of course when things began to go wrong......" Find out what happened to red…

• In the News: Felony Voyeurism or Personal Protection?

  15 Nov 2009 | 6:49 am

  Wyoming tattoo shop owner, Steven Martinez, has been charged with felony voyeurism for videotaping women without their knowledge or permission while he pierced their genitals in his tattoo studio. His defense is that sometimes he works alone in the shop and doesn't have any witnesses if a woman were to claim that he did something inappropriate, so he takes the videos to prove that everything was professional. If that's the case, though, why wouldn't he inform the women they were being recorded and have them sign a waiver for their, and his, protection? I actually think taking video for…

• Wanted: Your Favorite Mod of 2009

  8 Nov 2009 | 9:09 am

  Wow, is it really November already? It's hard to believe this year has gone by so quickly. How many of you got new ink or piercings this year? If you got more than one, what's your favorite? Send me your pics and stories of your favorite mod of 2009. If I like them, they'll be published in my special end-of-the-year roundup. Wanted: Your Favorite Mod of 2009 originally appeared on About.com Tattoos / Body Piercings on Sunday, November 8th, 2009 at 17:09:41.Permalink | Comment | Email this

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  Pin-Up Tattoos

• National Elv

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am

  Another classic Elvgren peice from Tim Harris.

• Ill Health

  20 Nov 2009 | 5:58 am

  Nice and dark from Claire Reid

• Lady Luck

  28 Oct 2009 | 9:25 am

  Nice reader submission from Erin, done by Tiffany at Planet Ink Studios in Ottawa,Ontario Canada.

• What about Bob?

  15 Oct 2009 | 12:44 am

  Vintage Bob Tyrell

• Poles Apart

  15 Oct 2009 | 12:42 am

  A nice reader submission from Jakub from Poland. Tattoo by Batoon.

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  Owl Tattoos

• The Hoots With The Most

  20 Nov 2009 | 5:46 am

  These terrific owls were sent in by Kirstin, and done by Litos from Forbidden Images in Pasco, FL. The latin phrase "Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur" means 'To love and to be wise is too much for even a god'.

• Forgot Me Nhoot

  20 Nov 2009 | 5:45 am

  This owl comes from Andre at Lifetime Tattoo

• The Men Who Stare At Hoots

  11 Nov 2009 | 1:53 am

  This submission comes from Alyssa, and it's actually a nice cover-up of a shooting star. Done by Ben from Redemption Tattoo in Cambridge Massachusetts.

• Gesundhoot!

  9 Nov 2009 | 3:56 am

  Reader roundup..(still catching up!)First off, Trevor sent in the above, done by John Fitzgerald at Slave to the Needle in Seattle.Jana sent in 'Lilith', above, done by Christoph at Blut&Eisen Tattoo, Berlin, Germany.Harrison's was done by Harry at Las Calaveras Tattoo in Fullerton, CAAnd the little owl above comes from Monika

• Hoots With The Fur

  4 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am

  Megan sent in this awesome submission, done Briana Sargent of Black Rose Tattoo in Pacific Beach, San Diego, CA. Nice to see the progress of the piece too!

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• Shom's Chakra

  21 Nov 2009 | 5:22 am

  I met Shom very briefly as he was about to board a train at Penn Station.Aside from shoulder pieces and Sanskrit text circling his upper left arm, he has a couple of other tattoos, including this one on his inner left forearm:This piece represents one of the many chakra for meditation.It was inked at Jinx Proof Tattoo in Washington, D.C. Work from that shop has appeared previously here.Shom had to board his train before I could get more information, but I express sincere thanks for his brief participation here on Tattoosday!

• Drew's Samoan Circle

  20 Nov 2009 | 3:22 am

  I met Drew in Penn Station and he shared this, one of his two tattoos:It's a cool design that he saw in an encyclopedia and took to an artist at State of the Art Tattooing in Southampton, New Jersey.Drew ascribed his own meanings to the piece, creating his own interpretation of the designs.The main circles he regards as two pinwheels, spinning in different directions. These two, as a whole, represent progression, as life moves forward.Also, along the edges, in addition to some traditional design aspects, Drew pointed out two half-circles and four quarter-circles. These fragmented wholes…

• Rebecca's Reiki Symbols of Healing

  18 Nov 2009 | 3:03 am

  Last week I met Rebecca, who was waiting for an Amtrak train in Penn Station.She had these tattoos on her inner wrists:I recognized that they were kanji, but I didn't know that they were reiki symbols.Reiki is a Japanese healing art, and Rebecca is a certified reiki practitioner.As part of her certification and training, she studied enough to know that these symbols are accurate and refer to graphic representations of healing. Her right wrist speaks to long distance healing, and her left wrist refers to balance and healing.Since reiki practitioners work with their hands, it seemed fitting…

• The Return of Sal's Ink - A Teacher's Inspiring Words

  17 Nov 2009 | 2:52 am

  Once in a while I check in with old Tattoosday contributors and I recently revisited Sal, who works at a video store (Mr. Video III) in Brooklyn Heights. You may recall his Guns 'N Roses tattoo (here).Earlier this year, he had this inscription tattooed on his inner right forearm:The phrase "not a moment for granted" is inked in tribute to his late acting teacher Fred Kareman, who inspired and taught Sal, not to mention countless others.Sal explained that Kareman instructed in the Meisner Technique, which he described as an "in the moment" method.This phrase can be further applied to life, in…

• Camila's Salute to Her Heritage and Her Home Town of Rio

  16 Nov 2009 | 2:50 am

  Back in August, I met Camila in Penn Station after spotting an amazing tattoo wrapping around her lower left calf.The piece was still in progress, however, so we posted this tattoo instead.Over this past weekend I was pleasantly surprised when Camila sent me photos of her finished leg piece. Behold:Camila's tattoo celebrates her Brazilian heritage. The woman is holding two guns and represents female empowerment. The cityscape behind is a Brazilian favela, or tenement, representing her homeland, in addition to the Christ the Redeemer statue, perched high above Rio de Janeiro.It's completely…

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• One Tattoo Over the Line

  MJones

  13 Nov 2009 | 1:32 am

  I don’t like drug related tattoos.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not passing any judgement on people who use drugs, it’s just that drug related tattoos - even the clever ones, like a dolphin smoking from a bong - just seem to shout: Look at me!  I take drugs!  Let’s have a party!  Not to mention that the less time spent in dark interrogation cells in the bowels of international airports because you have a tattoo on your neck of a champagne glass full of marijuana buds, the better.  Without a doubt, the better. Oh I know what you’re saying: Come on Mr Buzz…

• Forgotten Lives

  MJones

  12 Nov 2009 | 3:52 pm

  A couple of years back, I was talking to a guy who happened to have quite a few tattoos.  We got to talking about tattoos and he began to show his artwork to me.  He pointed to a particularly large tattoo on his arm of a Native American on a horse and told me that he liked Native American tattoos because they never went out of style and always looked cool. True, his interest in this culture wasn’t anything more than a superficial one, but I think that such attitudes are often common when it comes to tattoos.  Which is a shame really, because the tradition of tattoo does go back deep…

• Turkeys Before Thanksgiving.

  Dr. Hook

  12 Nov 2009 | 3:52 pm

  Ok, maybe I’m showing my age, maybe my tolerance for bullshit has just gotten to a point where I’m not that willing to put up with ignorant, head up my ass crap anymore, or maybe I just have a rant going that isn’t gonna quit. What ever the reason, it seems like November has the turkeys coming out of the friggin’ woodwork this month, instead of staying in the oven where they belong. (For our younger readers “turkey” was 70’s slang for an ignorant moron. IE: “You jive turkey.”) It seems like I’ve had quite a few stories like the following one flash before my bloodshot eyes…

• Hiring the Tattooed.

  Dr. Hook

  12 Nov 2009 | 3:52 pm

  Instead of just bitching my ass off this time, maybe, just maybe, I can offer a bit of constructive advice for when a question like the following comes up in the future. At the worst I can try, and fall flat on my face, but here goes anyway. The following question was posed to David Emin in the UK publication, “Media Week.” Now, somehow I doubt that David has many tattoos, but he says his grandma did, and he did give some very level headed advice. However in my opinion he stopped just short of anything that could prove useful. Here’s the question: We are recruiting for a media buyer for…

• Ebay Auction For Tattoo Advertising On My Forehead

  BillyTheBillboard

  12 Nov 2009 | 3:51 pm

  I have just listed an auction on eBay for lifetime advertising on my forehead.   That’s right the winning bidder of this auction will get to advertise on my forehead for life with a permanent tattoo advertisement. I Have done eBay auctions like this in the past but recently I have been contacting websites and seeing if they would like to advertise on me. I decided to go this rout to change things up. You might be wondering why I am doing this, and here is the reason. A couple of weeks ago I saw an ad on craigslist for a van. My family and I have been without a vehicle for almost a…