Getting a tattoo is all about having your own identity. Some people have particular ideas about how they want their body permanently marked. While there are numerous designs to choose from, tattoo lovers understand that each design has a special meaning. Tattoos of butterflies represent rebirth and transformation. Aside from their symbolism, designs of a [...]

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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 [...]

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I had to chuckle. These two stories in the news last month each in its own way exemplifies why some people should, or just should not, have a tattoo. The first story takes place in Sweden. It stated that Swedish cops were on the lookout for five girls for assaulting a man on a bicycle… [...]

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Down on his luck and with debts piling up, a tattoo artist from the German town of Coesfeld, racked his brain for a creative money-making scheme. Unfortunately, Thomas Tanriverdi’s plan to sell ad space on his bald scalp went to his head.

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Tribal tattoos have been been practiced in one form or another for millenia. While the practice may be somewhat different nowadays there are still many who get tribal tattoos for reasons which could be described as neo-tribal in their quest to belong to a ‘tribe’ (either neo-tribal or traditional) even if it is on a [...]

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An Evasham-based tattoo artist has just returned from the tattooist’s version of the Oscars with a prestigious award marking him out as one of the best in his profession in the world. Terry Fuller, whose booming business Full On Ink, in Port Street, is defying the credit crunch, attended Rick’s 13th Tattoo Convention in Green [...]

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The year 2009 has signified a ‘new age’, according to many, and getting a tattoo of your president-elect seems to be one of the ‘new’ things people are doing.

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Over 8,000 people turned up for the first ever tattoo show held in Singapore last weekend with Asian designs leading the ranks of most popular tattoo design choices.

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When Matt Gregory died Feb. 23, 1999, after a lifelong battle with cerebral palsy, Bryan Gregory lost his best friend. Ten years later, Bryan hasn’t forgotten the valuable lessons he learned from his older brother. He never will—thanks in part to a fresh reminder of Matt that he carries close to his heart.

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If you are thinking about getting your first tattoo, or another tattoo, the one thing that is probably most prevalent on your mind is what to get, what design to choose, what kind of tattoo do you want? Perhaps you’d like to enter the bold new trend of politics, as it seems the Putin tattoo [...]

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