Tommy Lee set a new, mile-high record this year for flying 45,000 feet in the air while getting penetrated … with a tattoo needle.
Mario Barth of Starlight Tattoo gave the infamous drummer a black and gray tattoo of a peacock on his thigh as they flew from Burbank to Miami aboard a private jet (Tommy’s). The stunt landed Lee and Barth in the Guinness Book of World Records for “First-Ever to Perform a Tattoo in High Altitude.” Barth, whose client …
Bring on the 2009 circuses of INK! Whether you are hoping to see, be seen, or rub inked elbows with the most coveted professionals in the tattoo industry, we’ve picked the top 10 tattoo conventions of 2009 to keep you covered all year long.
Singapore Tattoo Show: January 9-11, 2009
Location: Singapore Expo Exhibition
Contact Information: admin@tattoo.com.sg
Website: www.tattoo.com.sg
The first annual Singapore Tattoo Show will gather famed tattoo artists from around the world, including show ambassador Chris Garver of “Miami Ink.” …
Silent Bob’s better half talks Kevin Smith, comic books, tattoos, and kicking his drug habit.
Actor Jason Mewes is standing in the living room of his Los Angeles home, taking off his shirt. Positioned in front of his laptop’s webcam, he shows off the “15 or 16″ tattoos he’s acquired during his 34 tumultuous years. He lifts his shirt and motions first to an elaborate tribal design on his shoulder. “I got this one in Santa Cruz … and …
From the margins to the mainstream - attitudes toward tattooing and piercing from the late 1950s to the present day.
“…Scars of self-harm, tattooing and body piercing are often associated with diagnosis of personality disorders or substance misuse.”
You can’t judge a book by its cover. Or can you? The practice of cosmetic alteration of the body, as ancient a human practice though it may be, has gone through peaks and troughs of popularity in the modern world. A trend of the …
Nothing about Margaret Cho made it look like she had a chance in hell in Hollywood.
Chubby, Korean, and bisexual (she admits to all three) in a business that typically has a hard time swallowing that list, Cho’s rank as one of the biggest female comedians on the planet is the result of a one-woman battle, built from her fi rst stand-up comedy gigs in a club near her parents’ book store in San Francisco to tours with Jerry Seinfeld and …
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is one professional sports league with heavy tattoo coverage. Nearly 30% of NBA players have at least one tattoo, compared to approximately 4% percent of the total U.S. population.
This statistic may be because NBA players operate under a spotlight, and in a uniform, that allow them to expose their tattooed skin. Many other professional sports, such as golf and baseball, don’t offer this extreme freedom of ink expression. But if you’ve watched ESPN as …
Not long ago, when tattoos had yet to sprout like crabgrass on the bodies of our friends and loved ones, publicized photographs of tattoos and tattooed folks were scant at best.
Tattoo magazines were few, the Internet was still learning to walk, and tattoo photos that did surface were typically flat and featured poorly inked, head-banging youth or old-school aficionados whose once discernible, pectoral sailor maiden had since turned into a smudgey, re-entry club stamp.
But times have changed. Sure, there are …
Out of hundreds and thousands of tattoo designs the world has produced, there are few that stand out and continue to ink their way onto generation after generation. Here’s a list of the 50 most popular tattoo symbols and designs.
1. Tribal
This is the most requested tattoo design ever. I am not sure why folks really want tribal tattoos in this modern world, but …
Hot female celebrities and their sexy tattoos. That’s one sizzling subject to take on.
From neck tattoos and tramp stamps to ankle tattoo designs, nobody looks better in ink than our beloved female celebrities. And the fact that they are willing to show off their body art to the gaping public makes it all the more alluring to sneak a peek.
Here are 35 of the hottest female celebrities and their equally hot tats.
Adriana Lima
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Designer John Galliano unveiled tattooed stockings for his spring 2004 collection for Christian Dior.
Lucien Pellat-Finet offers cashmere sweaters and diamond watches brandishing tattoo skulls in NYC for $1,200-$3,500.
The exploitation of a counter-culture, when its monetary value is discovered, is painfully inevitable - but, the sole blame is not always on the hoitey-toiteys. Legendary tattoo artist Don Ed Hardy said of designer Christian Audigier, “This guy is at ground zero of everything that’s wrong with contemporary civilization. However, if he …
