With Obama's daughter's getting older, his worry of rebellious behavior from the two becomes a greater concern. In a recent interview on the Today Show the President revealed his plan to keep his daughter's from getting tattoos. He and his wife, Michele Obama, told their girls that if they get a tattoo then they will get the ...

Justin Bieber's new tattoo was first spotted last week at the backstage of his Copenhagen concert. An image of a Koi fish is located beside the owl and X tattoo on his forearm. The 19-year-old pop star now has over 10 tattoos in his collection. Although Bieber has not revealed the significance of his new ink, the Koi fish ...

A new form of celebration for J.R. Smith is getting new ink. If the Knicks win the championship title then Smith will get orange and blue ink. It has been 40-years since the Knicks have won their last title so this year is hopefully their year. Jason Terry in 2011 got a tattoo of the Larry O'Brien Trophy ...

Damaged Ink Tattoo Shop on Main Street in Milford has started a fundraiser for the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions. The tattoo community is among the many reaching out to help aid the victims in Boston. Joe Todisco, owner of Damage Ink Tattoos, wishes to give back through his business and looks for nothing in return other than good ...

Actress and singer, Christina Milian has a method behind her tattoo choices. Her ink is placed on her hip and lower back, both not being typically exposed. On her back is a lion's head in the middle of a crowned heart and on her hip is Believe. It is said to believe that her hip tattoo was in celebration ...

It’s been one heck of a ride for the Exile Cycles bike builder.

"Bell's new Rogue helmet represents the ultimate collision of innovative design and outlaw attitude - the same qualities that master tattoo artist Corey Miller brings to every human canvas."

Bell Helmets is giving you and a friend an opportunity to join them in Sturgis and get INKED by Corey himself. Just visit Bells Facebook Contest Page and tell us the ...

Whoa, just got a little dizzy from "A Million Times," a kinetic work where 576 electrical engines move 576 hands on 288 clocks. Stockholm based studio, Humans Since 1982, this installation presents a purposeful illusion that gets the viewer disoriented and lost in time and progression, the way we frequently are without even knowing it. Art has perpetually attempted to ...

Birds of a feather really do flock together!

Demi Lovato jumped on a trendy tattoo bandwagon in late November, tweeting a picture of her new ink - bird silhouettes flying away from the word "faith" to her followers. The "X Factor" judge has celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D to thank for this piece, and seemed pretty enthusiastic about it.

Lovato ...

In pictures Emily Shephard looks to be a bubbly blonde, but she describes herself more like the dark-haired, jaded character Emily the Strange. “I’m a strange person,” she says. “I wasn’t a rocker chick. I was kind of a nerd. I didn’t have porn under my bed—I had tattoo magazines. Tattoos just fit me.”

Guy Aitchison and Michele Wortman receive collectors from around the world who want to be tattooed by two of the industry’s pioneers of contemporary tattoo styles. The husband and wife team are also renowned for promoting fine art and education in the tattoo community.

The hottest rapper on the block, Mac Miller, talks about collaborating with his heroes on rhymes and with legendary tattoo artists on designs.

There are two different sides to rising pop star Emii. The sexy singer behind “Stilettos” and “Mr. Romeo” (recorded with the recently rechristened Snoop Lion) certainly knows how to work her goddess mojo, but at heart she’s a geek who feels at home discussing X-Men, having “nerdgasms” at Comic-Con, and quoting Star Wars.

In tonight's episode of Ink Master, judges Oliver Peck and Chris Nunez put the contestants' basic skills to the test by drawing their own flash designs for the artists to tattoo. Los Angeles Laker and tattoo collector Matt Barnes makes his appearance as a guest judge, but will he be impressed? Who will deliver the most colorful tattoo and ...

Exquisite Body Art is the home base for ink artists Rob Auquier, Jonathan Brown, and Bill Alcenius. Welcoming walk-ins from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, the door is always open for an art-hungry human canvas to get some work done. For those who seek new ink in southeast Michigan, Exquisite is the place to go ...

If you were perplexed by Miley Cyrus' recently inked excerpt of President Theodore Roosevelt's 1910 speech at Paris' Sorbonne, be perplexed no more. Well, be less perplexed. The former Disney star's incomplete sentence tattoo, which sprawls along her forearm, corresponds to fiancé Liam Hemsworth's tattoo from the same speech. While hers reads, "So that his place shall ...

When Cummings was 15, he was getting himself into trouble—so his dad bought him a tattoo machine, thinking it would give him an outlet for his restlessness. It did. He’s not in this competition to make friends; he is focusing on his art and is in it to win it.

Davies is an oddity in that he’s a veteran tattooer with only one piece of ink on his skin. As a self-described obsessive-compulsive workaholic, he says that he’s too busy focusing on his clients’ tattoos to design and get another one himself. He started out as a comic book artist but grew bored with its repetitiveness and transitioned ...

Little Mike makes up for his diminutive status with a large, funny, and sarcastic character (his friends affectionately refer to him as BLB: Belligerent Little Bastard). Similarly, his designs are big and bold with thick, sculpted lines and exaggerated highlights that make his tattoos pop.

Miller comes with a different outlook on tattooing. After having worked with numerous design firms on branding campaigns, she quit her thriving graphic de- sign and illustration career in order to ink. She aims to expand the medium and push the boundaries of what is considered tattoo art with her illustrative work.

Since Smith’s resume boasts a job of drawing caricatures at Busch Gardens, there’s no doubt that if a quirky, cartoonish tattoo goes in front of the judges, it came from his hand. Not just an illustrator, Smith prides himself on being able to construct his own homemade tattoo machines.

Rapper T.Mills chats with Inked Magazine about his tattoos, his tours and his talent in this web exclusive interview.

Every tattoo has a story, but few are more moving than that of Michael and Melissa Flinchum. The Flinchum's 3-year-old son, Dylan, was diagnosed with terminal late-infantile metachromatic leukodystrophy in August 2011. This disease is responsible for the deterioration of white matter in Dylan's brain, which alters his muscle and mental functions. That same year, Dylan's parents ...

The Wu-Tang Clan's 2010 collaboration album Wu-Massacre has inspired some colorful artwork that never got published. Illustrator Chris Bachalo designed the Wu-Massacre cover in comic-book fashion and then teamed up with art director/designer Alex Haldi to produce a comic book mini-series to go with it. Even though the comic allegedly had a storyline laid out, it doesn't ...

There are a lot of unhappy newly inked people this week. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found at least 22 confirmed cases of skin and soft tissue infection due to contaminated tattoo ink. The cases have been found in New York, Washington, Iowa, and Colorado.  The bacteria got into containers when the manufacturer used distilled ...

Oh Fashion Week. A time of glitz and glamour and expensive designer names in New York….well, at least more than usual. In preparation of the big event, the Mondrian SoHo has collaborated with painter and photographer Marilyn Minter in presenting a new installation. The swanky hotel has decorated its lobby walls with Minter's Kicksilver photograph. The photo shows ...

Every tattoo artist has a style that they are known for, whether it be realism, old school, Japanese; you name it there is someone specializing in it. Vinny Romanelli of Red Rocket Tattoo in New York City specializes in mini portrait tattoos.

American gold medalist Missy Franklin had said in reports that once the games in London finished up, she was going to get an Olympics-inspired tattoo.
She can crosss that item off of her list, because Franklin is officially an inked Olympian.
Franklin tweeted the news, along with a photo, to her followers on Thursday. "All inked up. AHH! Can't ...

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Beach volleyball star Misty May-Treanor has more than just amazing skills in the sand. She's also got a couple of thoughtful tattoos too.
The gold medalist has a lower back tattoo of her grandmother's initials that are in between the Roman numeral for the number five. Five is the number she played while in college. These symbols are ...

San Fran skateboarder, tagger, and graffiti artist Mike Giant is known for his sick designs and general badassery. And now he's come to NYC. Well, at least his art has. Giant has a new installation under the Manhattan Bridge in Chinatown. The black and white mural of street and skate slogans was commissioned to help promote the Kingbrown Magazine ...

Gamers, prepare yourselves for a cool new toy. Oculus Rift is a virtual reality headset with "an incredibly wide field of view, high resolution display, and ultra-low latency head tracking." It's all wrapped up in an immersive 3D experience that will take your gaming to a whole new level. Oculus Rift is only in its funding phase at the ...

Skater Spencer Nuzzi and Mishka are back once again, and this time with some visual aesthetics. Giving viewers another look into their Summer 2012 collection, they have perfectly used the skills of Nuzzi to highlight what the brand is all about. Shot by Cameron Sanchez with the background music from swag daddies Snoop Dogg and R. Kelly, this 2 minute ...

Wooster St. Social Club's Ami James knows a lot about tattoos and the customers who want them. As he divides his time between his shops in New York and Miami, the star of TLC's "NY Ink" takes note of the personalities who are looking to get inked.

"It's like a culture in New York, and it's ...

“It was love at first e-mail,” says Sherri DuPree-Bemis, vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the band Eisley, of meeting her husband, Max Bemis, frontman for the band Say Anything. 

If you are an eclectic beauty with a lot of sick tattoos, we think that we found the place for you to shine. Boston Tattoo Convention is sponsoring the Miss Boston Beauty Pageant that is crowning the most beautiful tattooed woman with the best personality that submits, and who knows, it could be you!

The beauty contest is over Labor ...

We present you with our first collab with apparel masters Mishka, available to be purchased this Friday! This T-Shirt features the badass Cyco Simon, tattooing an almost naked lady with skeletons surrounding.  So graciously designed by the super talented Lamour Supreme, the shirt is a limited run, so make sure that you are one of the first to grab it ...

Last night on "Late Night," journalist Matt Lauer sported a new tribal face tattoo as an homage to Mike Tyson. Lauer said that the ink was the result of a misunderstanding he had when he got booked on the show. "I thought he said, 'It's Mike Tyson night tonight.' So I went right downtown," Lauer said. It was all ...

Jean Paul Gaultier is the first creative director to design cans for the collaboration kings, Diet Coke!  After the great public reception of the 'Night and Day' and 'Tattoo' bottles, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola light has graced the fashion guru with his own 'Night and Day' 330ml cans.

Embossed in the sexy lace and sailor stripes, these cans are sure to ...

Earlier today, Miley revealed in her usual nonchalant way while leaving pilates, her 14th tattoo. The new ink is a quote taken directly from the honorable Theodore Roosevelt from a speech he gave in Paris in 1910. The tattoo is on her left arm and reads, "So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who ...

In downtown L.A., Mister Cartoon creates amazing tattoos, sick marketing campaigns, and now, a fresh line of car products, christened Sanctiond.

Singer Kylie Minogue is taking her role in a new movie seriously, as she has been spotted walking around New York with some major tattoos.

The 44-year-old pop star is wearing the imitation ink for her part as a tattoo shop owner in the upcoming film "Jack and Diane."

Minogue also traded in her glittery concert costumes in favor of ...

A tattoo shop in Nova Scotia was ordered to pay $9,000 to a customer after they made a mistake on her tattoo. Maria Huckle got "See You at the Crossroads" tattooed on the side of her stomach in memory of a deceased friend. However, when she got home, she noticed the artist left out an "R" so the tattoo ...

WARNING! THIS FILM IS NOT SUITABLE FOR ANYONE OF ANY AGE.

Gutter shows the uglier side of man. Showcasing total destructiveness and violent nature, if it's let run free without any kind of social constraints or order. The short film is too gruesome for children under the age of 18 featuring scenes of decapitation, animal cruelty and genocide.

The ...

There might be pain involved in getting a tattoo, but there can also be some laughs there as well. 

The Hope Blog posted some very funny comics inspired by tattoo artists and those in the chair getting the ink done.

Whether you have tattoos or not, these pictures are worth a thousand laughs.

Is Miley Cyrus looking to tame her wild child image before her upcoming wedding? 

Cyrus made an appearance at a tattoo removal shop in California this weekend and was there for a few hours. The 19-year-old star has a number of tattoos so it's unclear as to which ones she could be looking to remove.

Among the tattoos that ...

Back in the day when tattooing could still be considered "underground," tattoo removal was even more rare due to the pain and the hefty bill that comes along with it. Nowadays, tattoo removal has been growing in popularity, and studies show it may be related to the economic climate as of late. The Patient's Guide reports that laser tattoo ...

If you have always dreamed of meeting Rico the Zombie Boy, you're in luck. Rick Genest is the latest celebrity announced to be attending Comic Con in San Diego. He will be featured at Tonner Doll Company booth, doing multiple signings on Friday, July 13th... How appropriate.

Rick first got his start with fashion guru Nicola Formichetti, and went ...

Zayn Malik of the UK boy band One Direction showed off his new tattoo in Los Angeles this past weekend.

Malik, 19, got a life-size microphone on his right forearm. He is no stranger to tattoos, with this latest one being his eighth. 

Some of his others include a playing card on his stomach, his grandfather's name on his ...

Mistah Metro’s grandfaddah, a painter, passed down the artistic gene to Metro, who decided to use it on skin. 

A new movie about the history of tattoos is premiering in October 2012. Tattoo Nation is a feature documentary that tells that tale of the revolutionary style of how tattoo came to be in the rough neighborhoods of East LA.

Following tattoo pioneers, Charlie Cartwright, Freddy Negrete and Jack Rudy, Tattoo Nation is a story set in the 1970's ...

 The Cyrus family seems to love getting inked. Trace Cyrus, who is already heavily adorned,  recently posted a picture of the latest addition to his collection on Twitter. Although Cyrus already had a dove, two feathers and a diamond ring on his head he has decided to add a Native American Indian Chief to the collection.  What are your thoughts ...

This week Jägermeister unveiled their "Stronger Bond"advertising campaign. Best known for their Jägerettes, tap machines and ice cold shots,  the brand enlisted critically acclaimed film producer Albert Hughes and Emmy Award winning Director Alastair McKevitt to capture top talent including Keyshawn Johnson, Kerry King, Freddie Roach, Mike Lingerfelt, Mister Cartoon, Nathan Fletcher and Rob Smets to create ...

Two-Time Grammy Award winning artist David Guetta collaborated with Beats by Dr. Dre to launch the Beats Mixr headphones ($249.99). The Beats Mixr is described as "the ultimate weapon of choice for DJs , providing them with a direct connection between the music and the audience," by Chairman of Interscope Geffen-A&M Records and cofounder of Beats by Dr. Dre ...

GRAMMY winning musician Chris Brown and artist Ron English, along with Garageworks Industries and Made by Monsters, have joined forces to produce an exclusive line of collectible toys and one of a kind sculptures. The art exhibit, which will open at Corey Helford Gallery in California on May 2, will showcase Chris' street art for the first time. All proceeds ...

In most states you cannot donate blood if you've been tattooed within 12 months, but this is no longer an issue in Minnesota. Due to a new FDA regulation tattoo shops are now regulated by the state, effective April 16. The 12 month rule was originally written to protect blood banks from getting contaminated blood from tattoo shops that ...

Custom shoe designer, Dominic Chambrone, is better known to his fans and his clients as The Shoe Surgeon for his unique ability to deconstruct and reconstruct a shoe, giving it new life.

Figurative painter and tattoo artist, Shay Bredimus uses tattoo ink on drafting film to portray spontaneous and personal moments of his models. In his recent series, currently on exhibit at Koplin Del Rio, entitled Kotomi, Bredimus casts female personifications of the Sister Cities of Los Angeles as the subject of his portrait paintings. The gallery also features a sampling of ...

Although the performer passed away last March, just weeks before last year's Coachella festival, this is not an April fools prank. TMZ reported that the rapper will be making a guest appearance in the form of a hologram. Dr. Dre did not want to leave the rapper out of his performance so he is using the same technology used ...

Mike Moses creates clean-lined, fantastical art, and recently made the move from Richmond, VA, to New York City. 

Saturday, Nov. 26th, tattoo artist and musician Dan Smith will be having a book signing of his new book "With the Light of Truth" at Sacred Gallery in SoHo, NYC.  The former LA Ink star brings a collection of straight-edge related tattoos, art and profiles from artists who have dedicated their straight-edge lifestyle to their artwork.

"It sucks but tattooing is not as cool as it used to be.  Now it's as cool as an Ed Hardy T-shirt." - Michelle Myles

Vans OTW and Mr. Cartoon proudly present the Art of Lettering, a limited edition book featuring Cartoon’s personal photography. The book was created in conjunction with Mr. Cartoon's “Art of Lettering” seminar held in Los Anges this summer. During the seminar, Cartoon discussing how lettering has impacted his life – from graffiti art to vintage sign painting and ...

When I call Geoff Rickly at noon on a Thursday he is sucking on a hard candy and rereading the novel Invisible Cities by Italian author Italo Calvino. If you know Rickly on any level at all, you’ll recognize that neither of these things—sweets and intellectual sustenance—are out of the ordinary for Thursday’s frontman...

Eve talks about how she’s continually reinvented herself time and time again. Eve talks about her humble beginnings in Philadelphia, her time with the Ruff Ryders, solo albums, and her acting career—including guest starring in a plot arc on hit show Glee and plans to be involved with VH1’s first-ever scripted reality show, Single Ladies.

Working in a hotel or restaurant basically breaks down like this: There’s the front room staff of fawning maître d’s, suave managers, and polished hostesses, and there’s the back room staff, including the (more often than not) tattooed guys and girls working in the kitchen. And then there’s Los Angeles–based chef Michael Voltaggio, a ...

Kyle is a champion freestyle motocrosser, and his beautiful wife, Casey, recently launched her own makeup line. Together, they play in a band called Piranha Fever and raise two young children... Wipe your feet.

Six Feet Under’s master of black and gray discusses his journey from tattooing with a guitar string and a fish-tank pump motor to being one of the most recognizable tattoo artists on the planet. He also dishes on why he left High Voltage for American Electric on LA Ink.

Your gym clothes look a lot better on her.

Alyssa Milano follows George Harrison’s footsteps, and is asking you to as well.

We would all secretly like to know what an S&M dungeon looks like. Or at least that’s what designer Mark Zeff seems to think. He’s injected his down-and-dirty yet decidedly luxe aesthetic into Voyeur, the Los Angeles nightclub located at 7969 (that address can’t be a coincidence) Santa Monica Boulevard, where these photos were shot. Using ...

As my first official G.Q. Blog, I thought I would touch on a subject that we have all dealt with at one time or another. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's shocking, but it is always uncalled for. As a female with tattoos, who also has a boyfriend with tattoos, I am used to dealing with dirty looks ...

Boy, have we missed The Dillinger Escape Plan. While some of the time since the prog-metal band released 2007’s Ire Works was certainly spent practicing guitar scales, it seems much of it was dedicated to songwriting, as Option Paralysis sees the band finally realizing their Faith No More obsession without abandoning their own schizophrenic sound. That doesn’t mean ...