Art

Inked is lucky to present the latest project from the modern day Renaissance man Evan Seinfeld, Badass TV. Whether he is rocking faces off in one of the many bands he has been in, like Attika 7, or playing a imprisoned biker on OZ you know that Seinfeld is going to bring it. And ...read more

Shooting from the hip with a Detroit artist who turns illegal firearms into works of art. For the last couple of decades, that’s right decades, the city of Detroit, Michigan has been on the receiving end a lot of bad press. Some of it deserved and some of it media hype. The ...read more

You Own Mystery Spot! These floors are a combination of people’s dreams and nightmares. A bathroom floor infested with sharks in shallow water. A bed precariously perched on the cliff overlooking a Brazilian rainforest or a bizarre geometric pattern that makes it hard to stand up ...read more

The Tattoo Industry Needs a #metoo Moment Alex Bage is a traditional tattoo artist at Fat Panda Tattoo in the United Kingdom. Aside from his career Bage is also a dad and husband. He is married to a fellow tattoo artist, known as @Hayleytattooer on Instagram. His beautiful ...read more

My favorite “trap soul” alt-rock babe Bishop Briggs has a new single out today, called “White Flag” — a song that is an empowerment anthem for the masses, featuring lyrics like “I won’t go down slow” and “won’t wave my white flag, no.” The song rides the cusp of loud anthemic ...read more

These tats are scary good! Walk into any tattoo shop in almost any city and between the flash on the wall — well, that would be if you walked into an old school shop — and the tats fresh on the arm, odds are there would be plenty of skull related tattoo imagery for as far as the ...read more

Last night we were at a cocktail bar in Los Angeles when a group of, well, “bros," saddled up next to us and asked the bartender, “What’s on special?” The bartender recoiled, then steadied himself and asked them what kind of spirits they prefer. He talked them up from from well ...read more

Periods and Other Body “Flaws”! Cinta Tort Cartró is a 21-year-old Barcelona-based artist who goes by the nom de plume of Zineta. Most recently she has focused her attention to the female body and all its “society deemed flaws”. She has decided to embrace these “flaws” and create ...read more

Mobile communications company Swiftkey recently released their "Emoji Report." After they studied over one billion pieces of Android and iOS data from 16 different languages and regions, some interesting facts have been revealed about localized emoji use. Some stats are more ...read more

Jake “Creep” Crawley makes motorcycle-inspired designs that make our tattooed skin tingle. Jake Crawley may be a creep, but he’s the best kind of creep. He’s the kind of creep that likes getting bugs stuck in his teeth when he’s zooming through the desert on his Harley, the kind ...read more

Go Big or Go Home! Sean “Diddy” Combs is a huge believer in the expression “go big or go home,” so when he decided to get a Bible-themed tattoo, naturally, he went with a massive and incredibly lifelike rendering of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus that covers his entire back. ...read more

From Thumb-Sized Portraits to Detailed Fabric Patterns Tiny tattoos are all the rave amongst celebutantes these days. From the Jenner sisters to Hailey Baldwin, Zoe Kravitz, Miley Cyrus, and many others, the paparazzi magnets have been adorning their bodies with miniature tats. ...read more

The most iconic superheroine rendered in ink. Wonder Woman is by far the most iconic superheroine of all time. Yeah, Storm, Rogue and Phoenix from X-Men are high up on the totem pole, but they all pale in comparison to DC Comics' amazonian demigoddess. Don't debate me on this! ...read more

She’s One Proud Canadian, Eh? Canada is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its confederation this year, and a Reddit user named Jess decided to mark the momentous occasion by getting the most Canadian of Canadian tattoos – an impressive piece on her calf of a beaver riding a ...read more

From Meme to the Streets! Memes have been known to spawn a lot of things — an annoying catch phrase, an unfunny cliché, a ubiquitous hokey image, to name just a few. However, in the case of the “Virgin Killer Sweater” we are more than happy to completely embrace the ...read more

It Actually Isn’t as Creepy as It Sounds Although views on tattoos were at their most putrid levels in the early 1990s, plenty of people were still basking in ink. With the popular misconception that the art of tattoo was reserved for the lowest of lowest in society – like ...read more

These Artists Breathed New Life Into These Tattoos Regrettable tattoos will never cease to exist. Whether it's a tattoo done in the spur of the moment by a sketchy artist or something you let your friend scratch on you, people sometimes simply just get bad tattoos. Luckily, there ...read more

Matching Tattoos For Yourself Symmetry in art occurs when the various elements of a painting, drawing or sculpture are composed in such a way that they are perfectly balanced, creating an image that is aesthetically pleasing. The same is true for tattoos. Think about the Thai sak ...read more

Why Get Inked When You Can Get Sprayed? British airbrush artist, Vicky McAdam, learned the craft of applying airbrushed tattoos in the United States, and she introduced it to folks back in the U.K. who absolutely loved the idea of it, turning airbrush tattoos into the latest body ...read more

Don't forget to blink! You know the drill: We see beautiful girls with tattoos, and we share them with you! We love tattoos, and we love sexy women, so it's the perfect combination. These girls have bodies that are works of art, both naturally and through their ink. They have ...read more

Rumor Has it That Kobay Kronik May Be Tattooing in L.A. Soon We hear that award-winning artist, Kobay Kronik, is looking to relocate from Istanbul to the sunny streets of Los Angeles soon, and we simply cannot contain our excitement! As one of the best tattoo artists in the ...read more

Do Your Grandparents Look This Awesome? Charlotte Guttenberg and Chuck Helmke are recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s most tattooed Senior Citizens, and if that wasn’t enough of a prize, the two also fell blissfully in love with one another—all because of their ...read more

Bone-afide Fabulous Art! Skulls. Skulls. Skulls. If you're like me you can’t get enough of them. For so many of us the skull was one of our first true childhood fears. That's right, the skull was its own entity. It symbolized everything that was scary, spooky and downright ...read more

VIVID VIVKA - THE NERDIEST AND DIRTIEST! Vivid Vivka is everything you look for in a cosplay girl. She' s cute as a kitten and nerdy enough to warm your heart. She's a talented costume maker and will beat you at any video game you challenge her to. Oh wait, and there's one more ...read more

Tackling Multiple Mediums Fifteen-year tattoo veteran, Darwin Enriquez, didn’t intend on slinging ink for a living. His entrance into tattooing started through his skill for drawing. Looking through tattoo magazines, Enriquez felt that he had the necessary artistic aptitude to ...read more

Baby got back... tats Everyone loves a good back tattoo. When you want to get a big piece of artwork done on your body, the first place you think about is your back. With so much room to work with and the ability to hide it whenever you want, it makes a great location for some ...read more

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau might quite possibly be the coolest head of state—especially now that Barack Obama is no longer in power. PM Trudeau hangs out with the likes of singer The Weeknd, he fights for refugees' and women's rights – pledging $650 million to expand ...read more

Perfect Pixels Video games can be more than just a game; some people devote their lives towards playing games. Some can be pretty moving once you get into them, so it's no surprise when people across the globe want a part of a game cemented on their skin forever. Check out this ...read more

The Curious and Wondrous Tattoos of Alberto Moreno A gun-toting chimpanzee, a tiger with a bandana on its head, a panda bear wearing a monocle and bowler hat and smoking a pipe, and a dog sporting boxing gloves. This isn’t some kind of twisted zoo exhibit—these are the tattoos ...read more

We’re not here to say bigger is better, but when it comes to a back piece, well, we’re here to say bigger is better. Devote that much skin-canvas to an artist and it better be damn good. Although YOU will rarely see it, back pieces are some of the most impressive tattoos around — ...read more

And she'll make yours drop too! We’ve got a confession to make. A few of us up here at the Inked offices have the biggest crush on tattoo model, Elle Audra—like a nearly “slide into her DMs” type of crush. Who wouldn’t? I mean, look at her. A quick scroll down the ...read more

Tattoos of the 'Cash Me Ousside' Girl. Wait... What? Nowadays, it's easier than ever to acquire fame. Whether it's through the magical (and free) marketing machine known as social media or through television, a 60-second antic caught on video or a funny catchphrase-turned-meme ...read more

20 Awe-Inspiring YZ Asencio Realism Tattoos YZ Asencio is pound for pound one of the sickest black and grey photorealism artists in the game. His portraiture work is on point, and the manner in which the finished tattoo lies on the skin makes it seem like he practically Gorilla ...read more

Today (March 9, 2017) marks 20 years since hip-hop lost one of its greatest contributors, the Notorious B.I.G. The Brooklyn native, born Christopher Wallace, quickly gained fame for his seemingly flawless flow and oftentimes graphic lyrics—some of which read more like suspenseful ...read more