Blogs Posts in Tattoos category; 434 blog posts

2012 London Olympics: Some Amazing Tattoo Designs

Tattoos have long been used by many cultures around the world to ensure good luck and fortune and a propitious outcome and so are athletes in certain sports.. The most common is the Olympic flag with five interlaced rings in the centre: b [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

Van Wyk’s tattoos set to inspire Banyana

Banyana Banyana’s 2012 Olympics preparations have been going well so far with the team holding a training camp in Brazil and they have lined up a friendly against Brazil’s Selecao do Marinha. Coach Joseph Mkhonza’s ch [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Aussie hotels ban patrons with tattoos

Restaurants and hotels in Sydney are banning patrons with visible ink, with signs being erected warning customers they will not be allowed entry unless they cover up their tattoos. The policies follow a move by the New South Wales Police [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Tattoo tribute makes them brothers in arms

A Christchurch man will carry a permanent memorial on his arm for his tattoo artist friend who died in the February 22 quake. Matt Parkin, the co-owner of Southern Ink, yesterday started work on a tattoo for Sebastian Williams, in memory [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Russian man gets his cat tattooed

The naturally hairless sphynx cat was put under anaesthetic to receive the tattoo, which reads "Carpe Diem", Latin for "Seize the day". The tattoo is the same as one inked across the chest of owner Timur Rimut from Tat [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Chicago’s “ink”redible tattoo art is growing

Chloe Kolfield got her first tattoo when she was 15. Ten years later she has 18 tattoos all over her body. The Chicago hair stylist said she would never say never to tattoos. The Chicago Photography Center, 3301 N. Lincoln Ave., is showca [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Tattoo enthusiast stresses safety, education

Kris Richter said she barely knew the tattoo artist who created her first tattoo, an orange sun design between her shoulder blades. And though she is now friends with the artist, she said, people should seriously consider who they allow t [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Tattoos done by amateurs may carry hepatitis C virus

If you're planning on getting a tattoo, make sure it's from a professional and not a friend because ink work by amateurs may carry a risk of Hepatitis C, according to a new report. In an analysis of several dozen past studies, res [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Amateur tattoos carry hepatitis C risk: CDC

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're planning on getting a tattoo, make sure it's from a professional and not your friend, says a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In an analysis of sever [...]

Posted On : Feb, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Tattoo Shop Tries To Improve Image Of Body Art

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — It took Ray Bogardus multiple sessions to get a tattoo that covers his back, but that was exactly what he wanted. The Grasonville resident planned to have a cartoon-like image of a boy holding the world in h [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Tattooing — from trend to art form

Five years ago, a tattoo was the ultimate sign of rebellion. For guys, it was a talisman declaring that they were everything your mother had warned you about, and for a girl, it was a signal that she didn’t really care what her moth [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Tattoo shop strives to improve the image of bodyart

It took Ray Bogardus multiple sessions to get a tattoo that covers his back, but that was exactly what he wanted. The Grasonville resident planned to have a cartoon-like image of a boy holding the world in his hands, but seeing all of the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

FESTIVAL OF BODY ART COMING TO TAUPO

The world's best body art and body painting professionals will converge on New Zealand's beautiful Lake Taupo on January 29 for the third annual International Body Painting Festival. The unique event, which has fast become a ma [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

The agony of tattoo removal

Oh, the ache of getting de-inked. “Desperate Housewives” starlet Eva Longoria reportedly is removing the “NINE” tattoo from the back of her neck, a not-so-fond farewell to the jersey number of her ex-husband, Spurs [...]