She’s 50 and she is still courting controversy. Barbie has outdone her headline grabbing skills, forget the one tattoo on a Barbie, the pregnant Barbie doll friend and flat chested teen Barbie. Now we have a proper full on tattoo artist Barbie.

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One of the more popular classifications of tattoo designs all over the world is based on the Chinese horoscope. Astrology is one of the earliest Chinese arts. It has been influencing the Chinese for centuries and most of us today are familiar with its 12 animal signs. The Chinese horoscope is based upon philosophical and [...]

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You know how we change our appearance by designing and tattooing colourful images on our skin? Wouldn’t it be cool if these tattoos were still permanent, in that we didn’t have to keep redoing or reapplying them, but the images themselves were variable? What about if these were not only transient but could also be [...]

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Brad’s in, Billy Bob’s way out. What’s a girl to do when the last love of your life is tattood on your arm, but you’ve traded up, moved on, or just gotten bored? Laser surgery may just be the answer you’ve been looking for. It worked for Angie!

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Most of us wanted them at one point, their unique designs, the meaning behind each artistic detail, and words that have meaning attracts all kind of people. Usually we all have different perspectives on them and many people get tattoos or want tattoos for different reasons. Among the most common two are, tattoos are [...]

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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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Peaches Geldof shocked holidaymakers on a Mexican beach yesterday, revealing a body covered in no less than 20 tattoos. Resembling a schoolgirl’s Biro doodles, Peaches’ rather more permanent body art included a large string of daisies from just below her bust to mid-thigh.

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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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There seems to be a growing popularity among people of faith who are requesting tattoos that reflect their spiritual and religious beliefs. A recent survey amongst tattoo artists suggest that about one-third of the tattoos being requested are spiritual symbols and art, including crosses and detailed images of Jesus or the Virgin Mary. Many first-time [...]

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Usually when we think of cover-up tattoos we think of an old lover whose name was tattooed in a moment of madness on some part of the body (usually highly visible) only to be regretted after the relationship suddenly ended. This is somewhat of a cliche and most often not the case.

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