Tattoo Ron, Where are You?

I once, many years ago met an artist from Lubbock who called himself “Tattoo Ron.” He would pay many compliments toward my art and ink work throughout the years.

I am now suffering from three internal health issues, and am desperately looking for him to help me with my headstone design. I need a drawn tattoo gun with its supply hose coming from an oil rig (as if the black ink was the oil itself).

I know Ron …

Has body modification gone too far? The craze and infatuation over the ever-popular 3D Tattoo is mystifying.

Those advocating for the madness claim adding shape beneath the skin enhances the tattoo by having the pattern injected giving extra shape to the design. But what are the complications?

What it is:

The basic idea of a 3D tattoo is to slightly lift a tattoo up about two millimeters. This is done by putting a tiny amount of hyaluronic acid (sugar) …

Growing up, throughout my Catholic high school days I spent every day making sure my socks carefully covered my ankle, so no one would see my tattoo. Luckily my uniform covered my upper left arm, as well as my upper back so I didn’t have to worry about covering up the tattoos in those areas. But I spent every day pulling my socks up extra high so that the priests wandering the halls wouldn’t detect my hidden treasure.

Once …