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Tattoo blues: What happens to your skin art as you age?

So there you are, getting a tattoo. The needle's buzzing, you've chosen a meaningful image. You've made peace with the permanence, and it's all well and good. Just keep in mind: No matter how young you are, you are pain [...]

Posted On : Sep, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Loveland tattoo artist's clients show off his work

Dana Wright of Fort Collins lifted the hem of her sundress Monday during Loveland's Thunder in the Rockies Bike Rally to illustrate that she's biker proud. Wright showed off the tattoo -- of her mother, Linda McCartney, sitting [...]

Posted On : Sep, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Electronic smart skin would simplify vital sign monitoring

Call it smart skin. Researchers have developed a tattoo-like film that would allow doctors to monitor a patient's vital signs without the bulky wiring and electrodes now required. "What we are trying to do here is to really [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Tatts gotta hurt: inking twice means suffering for your art

CONAN Blake has never liked the thick black tattoo that swirls from the top of his right shoulder to just above the elbow. Tribal in style, it was originally intended to cover a smaller tattoo but, Blake explains, the tattooist who did th [...]

Posted On : Jul, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Body Art Around the World

Body adornment has always included body painting, tattooing, and other kinds of body art, this has been the case over the ages; but in recent times, body art has become more varied and endlessly creative. It now includes variations such a [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Customers are their canvasses at Requiem Body Art

Even if you would never walk into a tattoo shop, most of us have some fascination with the whole concept of tattooing and the artistry behind a brilliantly administered tattoo. Yet not so long ago, tattoos were considered badges of honor [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Release of Hangover 2 Could be Delayed After Mike Tyson's Ta...

Mike Tyson's tattoo artist, S. Victor Whitmill, has sued Warner Brothers for depicting a facial tattoo similar to Tyson's in the new film Hangover 2. The lawsuit could block or delay the release of the movie (until it could be re- [...]

Posted On : May, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Tattoos viewed as artwork on flesh

To Jose Hernandez, who recently opened Ink Addiction on East Florence Boulevard, tattoos represent a modern day art form. “Tattoos have come a long way from the Seventies when tattoos were just for sailors and bikers. Tattoos are no [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Attitude through body art

This may well be called Kochi Ink. For those of you who have drooled at the many tattoos and tattooists on Miami Ink or LA Ink, and yearn to ink your self, Black Art is your chance. Black Art is a Panampilly Nagar-based tattoo studio run [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Tattoos become expression, art for some

To some it's the way to stick it to the man, the way to rebel against the system and be different. To others it's a way to express how they feel where words cannot suffice. And then there are those who wake up after a fun night o [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Tatoo you: Lawsuits over body art lead to lots of ink

Tattoos are becoming the subject of legal battles lately, and not always in ways you might expect. Recently, S. Victor Whitmill — the tattoo artist who created, inked, and copyrighted Mike Tyson’s distinctive facial tattoo [...]

Posted On : May, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Tattoo formula uses mathematics to forecast ageing of body a...

It may be small comfort if you wake up after a heavy night with a hazy memory and some unsuitable words inked in to your body, but it is now possible to predict what a piece of body artwork will look like in years or decades hence. A [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Artists get inked up at convention

Murfreesboro has made its mark again. This time, it's in ink. Tattoo artists, models and suppliers from all across the country gathered at Mid-TN Expo for the inaugural Needle Art Expo, which wraps up today. The event is also drawing [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Tattoos are not just for drug peddlers, it’s an art form

When Shibanii Shah got her first tattoo, her mother stared at her in disbelief and feared the worst. “She was worried that I was turning into a junkie,” laughs the 25-year-old tattoo enthusiast who recently organised the firs [...]