A 98-year-old grandmother has got her first tattoo in tribute to her grandson. ...

Her works are refined illustrations depicting flowers, botanical subjects, created following the flow of body shapes to embellish them and make them graceful. Exactly like the dragon that she has on her body, about which she tells us in this interview: we introduce you to Chou, a Korean tattoo artist who loves travel and new adventures that can provide inspiration for new learning. ...

On the one hand the Japanese tattoos and a great respect for tradition. On the other hand the desire to evolve his own style by looking at elements and patterns linked to the art of the Western Renaissance or Baroque, combining them together in a new way. ...

"Never met a tougher one," the tattoo artist captioned an Instagram photo of the rapper's heavily inked new design ...

The event is scheduled to feature over 200 world-renowned tattoo artists, from local favorites to international stars, showcasing their skills and competing in contests that span 15 categories. ...

The model previously revealed that she has more than 20 tattoos total ...

Tattoo work requires patience, a steady hand and an artistic mind. And it is usually done by adults.
But an 8-year-old girl from San Antonio is proving she can do the work of grownups.
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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck sealed the deal with some new tattoos.

Lopez showed off the new ink, which the the duo got to celebrate their first Valentine's Day as husband and wife.

Lopez took a selfie of her ribcage, which had an infinity sign stamped with "Jennifer" and "Ben," while Affleck's tattoo has two arrows crisscrossed with the letters "J" and "B." ...

A 10-year-old boy in upstate New York was given a permanent ink tattoo on his arm, in violation of state laws, according to officials, resulting in the arrests of two people. The incident purportedly occurred in a motel, according to WNBF. Authorities were alerted to the illegal inking when the boy asked a school nurse for Vaseline to apply on the tattoo, which spelled his name. On Oct. 15, the man accused of giving the boy the tattoo, a 20-year-old from Highland, New York, was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and unlawfully dealing with a child, according to a release from the Lloyd Police Department.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article267634077.html#storylink=cpy ...

Disney, UPS, Virgin Atlantic, and the U.S. Army are among organizations that have relaxed visible tattoo restrictions in the workplace amid a tight labor market and as an increasing percentage of the population chooses to get tattooed.

The New York City Council is contemplating a bill that covers discrimination against people with tattoos, including in the workplace.

While employee tattoo policy has often been guided by negative stigmas, a recent study suggests customer sentiment was the same regardless if the workers had tattoos or not. ...

Something to remember him by.

Over the weekend, Jacy Nittolo, who was engaged to the late Ray Liotta prior to his sudden death in May, swung by famed West Hollywood tattoo parlor Shamrock Social Club to get new ink in tribute to the late actor. Renowned tattoo-artist Mark Mahoney, also the founder and owner of SSC, did the honors. ...

The Rocky actor, 76, recently added a tribute to his late dog Butkus, who appeared in the movie and its sequel, on his bicep, covering a previous tattoo of his wife Jennifer Flavin's face.

"Mr. Stallone intended to refresh the tattoo image of his wife Jennifer; however, the results were unsatisfactory and, unfortunately, unfixable," ...

You may be wondering why someone would want to act as a walking advertisement by literally bestowing a portion of their skin to a branded alcoholic beverage, but for Connor, he just couldn’t say no to honouring his favourite pint.

“When someone dares me, I always do it,” the tattoo artist-in-training admitted.

“Literally, I was just around my mate’s one day having a few drinks when one of my mates saw the design. He turned around to me and was like, ‘I bet you won’t get this done’."

Two weeks later, he headed to his local tattoo parlour, Absolute Art in Leicester, and stayed true to his word. ...

Possessed of ancient roots, tattoos have in recent years gone from being taboo to part of the social fabric. The next step? Their acceptance as art works that can even outlive their owners.

"The current best evidence suggests tattoos go back 45,000 years, That's when human beings developed symbolic and communicative visual behaviour. The urge to communicate stories and desires by tattooing something on our skin has long been a basic human need." ...

Seventy five years on since the partition of British India into two independent states, some elderly survivors are reminded of the conflict, through the symbolic and religious tattoos which saved their lives.

About 12 million people were displaced and up to a million lives were lost.

India was split into religious lines, Muslims on one side in Pakistan with Sikhs and Hindus on the other.

It is one of the biggest movement of people the world has ever seen. During partition, some South Asian families would have their names, symbolic or religious tattoos in the same place so they could be identified in the chaos. ...