Barker is at it again this time putting finishing touches on his Jesus piece by Franco Vescovi.

A big thanks to the crew at loudwire.com for bringing us the top ten worst rock tattoos ever. You can check out some of our favorites in the gallery below or just check out all three tattoo galleries on Loudwire.

New Jersey tattoo artist and piercer, Dave Hurban, has come up with an inventive way to prevent losing his iPod.  Being a piercer by trade Hurban decided to pierce and surgically implant four magnets under his skin so that he could attach his iPod Nano Touch to his wrist. Check out the video (below) and tell us what you think!

Cultofmac.com recently published their review of a tattoo design App called Instattoo ($2.99).  Instattoo is an idea generator with 13  built in tattoo styles and an additional five styles are available as app purchases. This is what they had to say about it:

"In each style, there are different design modes with varying approaches to complexity and symmetry ...

We can all thank HappyPlace.com for compiling a group of some of the funniest tattoos with grammar and spelling errors, reminding us that it's always important to think before you ink.

To see more: http://www.happyplace.com/13722/the-most-blatant-grammar-and-spelling-mistakes-ever-seen-in-tattoos/page/3

After airing the Tattoo School special last summer, causing an uproar with professional tattoo artists, TLC has decided to bring the competition series back. For those of you don't know what the fuss is all about, Tattoo School is a show featuring the early stages of a tattoo artists career when they are learning to hone the craft as ...

Shortly after arriving to The Legoland Discovery Center at Grapevine Mills Mall, TX for a surprise visit Lana Massey and her son were asked to leave due to Massey's "offensive body art"(seen above).  Massey posted details of the incident on the Church of Body Modification forum where she describes the embarrassment of being escorted through the crowd and ...

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 ...

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 ...

For those of you unfamiliar with the stick 'n' poke method, it is a tattoo process where a sewing needle is attached to a pen or pencil, wrapped in thread, dipped into India ink and then repeatedly poked into the skin until it is dark enough to show up.

Do it yourself methods are typically associated with jail, but they ...

Sneakerwatch.com has complied images of the best and worst sneaker tattoos. There is everything from the Jordan's logo smack dab in the middle of some guys forehead to laces tatted on the top of someones foot. Click the link below and let us know which are your favorites.

Source: sneakerwatch.com

Covered in 305 country flags, 185 maps, 165 miniature flags and 2,985 characters, Guinness Rishi holds the current Guinness World Record for most tattoos. After enduring years of her husbands obsession with world records Bimla, Guinness' wife, has convinced him that no one will break his world record. Not to mention she also threatened to leave him if he ...

Cell phone company Nokia has recently filed a patent for vibrating magnetic tattoos, proposing "a material attachable to skin [that is] capable of detecting a magnetic field and transferring a perceivable stimulus to the skin, wherein the perceivable stimulus [e.g. a vibration] relates to the magnetic field."

Pretty much what they are saying is that they are taking out ...

People have been up in arms in the UK since Sainsbury, a supermarket chain, sent out publicity posters featuring soccer star David Beckham with a provocative tattoo of his wife. The poster, meant to encourage children to lead healthier and more active lifestyles, were sent to 47,000 schools and community groups who became outraged when they saw the semi-naked ...

If you are a tattoo artist looking to be featured on the next season of Ink Master you are in luck! Through out the month of April Ink Master is holding open casting calls in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Austin. They are searching for highly talented artist from all over the country. To apply all you have to ...

With all the buzz around the future of vibrating tattoos and tattoos that will change color when your blood sugar is low, it isn't too surprising that they are coming out with tattoos that will tell you when you are getting sick. FastCoexist.com reported on a new type of sensor that is "tattooed" onto your teeth and will ...

Joe Capobianco, previously featured on the cover of Freshly Inked Magazine, has been writing for a number of media outlets to promote the premier of Oxygen Networks "Best Ink," where he is set to be head judge. This week he wrote "The Evolution of Tattoo Art" for the Huffington Post, where he details the history of the tattoo culture.
"While ...

Shortly after becoming engaged in 2010 Katy Perry and her now ex beau Russell Brand got matching sanskrit tattoos reading "Anuugacchati Pravaha" on their right arms. A year later we reported the couple getting even more ink together, Perry a smiling peppermint on her ankle and Brand the badge of his favorite soccer team. A few weeks after the couple ...

Since opening their doors in 1995, Philadelphia's Independence Seaport Museum has held many exhibits about sea life at this water front location. Now they are showing "Past to Present - Tattooo Paintings," which is only appropriate considering sailors' history with ink. This is the first exhibit at the museum where they enlisted a guest curator, and not just any guest ...

Check out this Harry Houdini time lapse tattoo video by Inked Master winner Shane O'Neill.  O'Neill is also featured in the April issue of Inked Magazine.

Everyone seems to be getting their heads tattooed this week.  Drummer Travis Barker recently had Mister Cartoon put the finishing touches on the Transplants band logo tattooed he has tattooed on his.  What do you think? 

This week Alabama rapper Yelawolf made his love for Johnny Cash and his lady, FeFe Dobson, evident by tattooing both on his head.  Yelawolf tattooed a portrait of Cash and his wife June Carter with the word "Fefe" across the bottom as a tribute to his girlfriend.  Some things you just have to see to believe, and this is one ...

For a select few that are willing to go under the needle, medical tattoos are taking the place of bracelets. Dr. Ed Friedlander, a Kansas City pathologist with a "No CPR" tattoo on his chest, believes that the tattoos senates a stronger message than a bracelet. Melissa Boyer is a diabetic who decided to get a tattoo with the medical ...

There’s a long list of people who have a stake in the art on your skin, from you and your artist to, possibly, the artwork’s original designer and anyone whose image is depicted in your tattoo. Read on so you know your rights. 

For Lenten Ecclesia pastor Chris Seay asked members of his congregation to get tattoos. The Montrose pastor along with the church's "artist in residence" Scott Erickson were looking for 10 people to get inked with designs representing the Stations of the Cross, 10 monuments that illustrate the story of Jesus' death, but instead they received 50 responses from the ...

24-year-old Russian tattoo artist Timur has caused a lot of controversy after posting a video of himself tattooing his hairless Sphynx Coco on the internet. Animal rights activists are rightly up in arms about the whole ordeal stating that although the artist tattooed Coco under the supervision of a veterinarian she was still abused because every time a cat is ...

Thanks to the amazing Needles and Sins Tattoo Blog for bringing this great clip from IFC show Portlandia to our attention. It brings up an important question: Is a bad tattoo a "deal breaker"? In the case of this Pearl-Jammer-Eddie-Vedder-playing-tambourines tattoo... the answer is a resounding YES! Have you ever dated somebody and broken up with them because of bad ...

Last week the Hope Gallery Blog posted about the second episode from the IFC Original short-based comedy series Portlandia, Season 2, where Carrie falls for a guy but soon learns he has a bad tattoo of Eddie Vedder playing tambourines. Is a bad tattoo really that hard to over look?

View the clip here.

Early this morning Rihanna tweeted "All these bitches screaming that 2pac back," along with a photo of the latest addition to her tattoo collection, "Thug Life" tatted on her knuckles in what looks to be pink ink. The artist behind this Tupac inspired piece was none other then Mark Mahoney, a well known celebrity tattoo artist. Although we haven't ...

With divorce rumors in the air, Katy Perry and Russell Brand permanently marked their happily married love last week by both getting tattoos after her concert in L.A. Katy got a smiling peppermint on her ankle, while Russell marked his arm with the badge of his favorite soccer team, West Ham United. Katy even proceeded to try her hand ...

Jesse Hughes of Boots Electric gets a fuse/Sailor Jerry bomb tattoo in an attempt to prove himself "as the biggest rock and roll media whore of all time."  It wasn't all for the attention Hughes also said he wanted to show his love for the channel while helping his career with the air play he will receive on ...

These women rock out with their tattoos out!

When you think of the desert, you probably think of rattlesnakes, cacti, and Hunter S. Thompson blazing toward Vegas with a trunk full of drugs. It’s time you start thinking of tattoos as well...

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 ...

Tattoos are designed for permanence, and the technology behind them is in no hurry to change either. For more than a century, the basic setup used to put ink in the skin of sailors, soldiers, and other skin art fans has been tweaked and fine-tuned while never deviating too far from the original design. After all, tattoo artists aren’t ...