Angel Wings Tattoo: It Makes You Fly!
Posted on February 19, 2009
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Can you think of something more romantic than wings on someone’s back, chest or arms? It’s so charmingly beautiful. To my mind, wings are a very good idea for a tattoo. Something tat people can not reach in reality, they do in imagination. I want to have a couple of wings on my back. They would make me fly!
In Loving Memory Tattoos: Art To Pay Tribute
Posted on February 3, 2009
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Many people decide to get a tattoo to pay tribute to the passing of someone important to them. These tattoos help people to keep that special someone with them always, and can bring some comfort while the grief takes their hearts.
An “In Loving Memory” tattoo can be intricate or quite simple. You can use a small, significant symbol such as a star or an angel and include dates of birth and death. Or you may tattoo a symbol of a special interest you might have shared with your loved one such as music, motorcycles, or nature. A tattoo image of something you shared could make a great body art tribute on its own or as an added element to a larger tattoo.
You may wish to take a portrait photograph of your loved one to the tattoo artist that you plan to work with. Talk to him about getting a portrait tattoo, and ask to see some examples of previous similar work he has done. You will want to work with an artist whose abilities allow him to produce a good likeness from a photo.
Designing your memorial tattoo may be a bittersweet activity as you think about the happy memories and also realize that you will be going on without your loved one. Getting the tattoo will bring you comfort, and also create opportunities to share your memories with others.
Below are the photos of very nice “In Loving Memory” tattoos. And please, remember that you’re looking though not just pictures, but the trach of people’s pain, watered with tears:
Want A Secret Tattoo? Then Go For Tongue Tattoo!
Posted on January 12, 2009
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There are many reasons of people being affraid of getting a tattoo on their bodies. But what about a secret one? A tattoo that is seen only when you decide to show it? Those who had a tongue tattoo do admit it hurts like hell and speech is initially difficult, but claim that the surprise factor of sticking out their tongues at unwary persons is worth the effort.
Tongue tattoo is something really unusual! For those seeking out cool tattoos getting the tongue tattooed might be too much. Circus carny and graphic designer Curtis McMurty is the person credited with developing a specially patented Tongue-Dyed Tattoo™ technology.
And McMurty’s innovation doesn’t stop with the visual. He claims the new technique has the same durability as any regular tattoo, but has the added aspect of eliciting a specific taste to go with the design. “They come in chocolate, vanilla and garlic. If you really want to shock a person’s sensibilities, go for the garlic — you won’t be disappointed.”
“I’ve always been unique. My friends say I’m ‘touched.’ Now I’m twice as unique!” — Egrett Emry, tongue tattooer.
The first person to have the procedure done was Egrett Emry, who has a depiction of vomit it was a toss-up between that and an “Eat Me” graphic). Emry’s roommate acknowledged that Emry’s first week after getting it done has been “a real tongue twister. He really sucks at taking phone messages.”
“If scientists could grow another tongue on me through stem cells, I’d totally tattoo that one, too. Hey, I’m a no-hold-the-bar kinda risk-taking guy.”
Emry added that so far all food tastes like burnt flesh. “Don’t get me wrong, I’ve never actually tasted burnt flesh, but I think we all agree on what we think it must taste like, you know?”
About two dozen Californians have supposedly received tongue tattoos at McMurty’s parlor in East L.A. In terms of safety, initial research shows that it’s no more harmful than swallowing small droplets of mercury.
And in terms of imagery, well, the sky’s the limit. McMurty was contacted recently by some Portland, Ore., teenagers who want to tattoo the Nike corporate swoosh on their tongues, “to speak out about the omnipresence of corporate greed.”
“It can certainly be shocking,” admitted Emry, describing how he surprised his dentist when he went in for a routine check-up. “The poor guy said, ‘Open up.’ So I did — and I swear he fell over backwards when I stuck it out at him. I guess the general public will find this sort of thing hard to swallow.”
Pig Tattoos: Some Artists Can Tattoo Whatever Moves
Posted on December 2, 2008
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Have you ever tried to tattoo your pet? Have you ever wanted to have a machine that produces poos? Have you ever thought of getting x-rayed while having sex? Have you ever heard about Wim Delvoye?
After all that modern artists have done, you might think that nothing would be more shocking. After seeing Jeff Koons make statues of celebrities giving birth and Damien Hirst slicing up sharks. Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Wim Delvoye and his controversial art of tattooing pigs.
Delvoye first began tattooing pigs in Belgium (where he is actually from) around 1992, at that time he inked dead pigs only. By 1997, he decided to explore the concept further. Thinking of the pigs as living “piggy banks”, that is to say as investments, he began to tattoo designs on live pigs. The animals are sedated first, and then shaved and tattooed all like a human being.
In 2004, Delvoye rented a farm in China, where he wouldn’t be hindered by prohibitive animal welfare laws and established his Art Farm project. Pigs are tattooed when they are young and the designs change and grow as the pig grows. Interested art buyers can purchase a pig, although Delvoye has noted that none of them have actually taken their pigs home to live with them. Some buyers have waited until the pigs dies of old age to have the skins turned into art, but others have preferred that the pigs be slaughtered and the skin stretched and framed. Delvoye has also exhibited some of the tattooed pigs as fully stuffed and taxidermied statues, sitting as he puts it “like a stone lion outside a Chinese restaurant.”
In September of 2008, Delvoye was scheduled to have eight of his pigs appear as part of the Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, but shortly before the exhibition was set to open, officials decided the pigs, tattooed with Disney designs and the Louis Vuitton logo, were in poor taste and the Art Farm exhibit was removed from the event. Delvoye was somewhat disappointed as he had interested buyers coming to China from Europe. The tattooed porcines can fetch as much as $160,000.
Apart from tattooing pigs, Wim has several projects which I consider to be worth seeing. You can find them in the artist’s official website. You can also read an interview with Wim Delvoye here.
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