Tattoos these days have become more of a body modification “just because” and less of a message, as they were when I was growing up.  When I got my first tattoo, I got it because I had recently turned 18 and I wanted something that was going to stick with me for the rest of [...]

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I would say it is rare to see someone engaging in severe body modifications that does not already have a tattoo or three.  When I say severe body mods I am talking about suspensions, pierced nipples, and pierced nose bridges like the guy in this picture, hooks and rings pierced into their back, things of [...]

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Travis Barker, former band member and drummer for the group Blink 182, is no stranger to tattoos.  With most of his body covered with tattoos, he still manages to find new places to add them.  His tattoos range in styles from plain black ink to multicolored.  A giant cartoonish boom box is displayed on his [...]

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It’s always important to have goals in life.  Set your sights on a goal and never look back until you have achieved it.  Goals are important and so are rewards.  Sometimes, the rewards can be better than the satisfaction of completing your goal.  Weightlifting has goals, for example.  Someone might have a weightlifting goal designed [...]

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So, say you’re in the supermarket and you happen to see a guy walking around with a tattoo on his face.  Being that we’re not in an area that’s used to seeing people walking around with tattoos on their faces (unless you live on the islands of Samoa), maybe you stare a little bit.  Maybe [...]

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The nice thing about getting a tattoo is that you can always get it removed if you change your mind the next day.  Right?  Isn’t it that simple?  No.  Not really.  Well, it might be “simple” depending on your definition but I’m sure it’s not painless.  There are a few ways to get it removed [...]

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Are getting tattoos addicting?  I have heard a few people say that recently and am just wondering how or why they feel that way.  I only have two tattoos and the second one didn’t come until two years after the first one.  To me, they’re not addicting but that might be because I do not [...]

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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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The last weekend of September 2009 was a memorable one for East London. There were hundreds of tattoo and body artists from all over the globe attending and performing their trade from traditional Nordic facial tattoos applied with a chisel and hammer to heart-stopping full body designs ranging from Eastern mystic creatures to science fiction [...]

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