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Have you ever wondered what the meaning is behind a person's tattoo? Well, you're in luck. Here is a handy guide to help you learn the traditional meaning, or meanings, behind a huge assortment of different tattoos. Of course, everyone has their own personal meanings attached to ...read more
The Only Tattoo Artist in Scotland (in 1925)
Imagine what it would be like to be the one and only tattoo artist in your entire country. Pretty cool, right? Well, in 1925 Scottish tattoo artist Prince Vallar could lay claim to that title. ScotlandsPeople, a genealogy website run by Scotland's government, has named Vallar the ...read more
Shepard Fairey and VRt Ventures Launch VR/AR Art Experience
The man behind the iconic "Hope" poster during Barack Obama's first presidential campaign, Shepard Fairey, is a contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator and founder of OBEY Clothing. He had emerged from the skateboarding scene, and threads his gritty ...read more
Money Talks!
Art, with a Message Words by: Paul Gambino Photos by: Chad Daly The art coming out of Daly’s studio is a combination of ancient origami, currency engraving and modern, high tech engineering. Here the three come together to create works of art that have part of their social ...read more
20 Sobriety Tattoos! Inked Badges of Honor!
One Day at a Time. Beating an addiction is something to be proud of. Very proud of! A person fighting their way out of an addiction deserves the utmost respect and support. So, it only seems fitting that many people get "sobriety" tattoos as a badge of honor, a war medal, a ...read more
Inked Presents Badass TV - Freddy Negrete
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
The Shreds Project
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
VIDEO! 3D Floors! You Can Put in Your Home! But Can You Handle It!
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
This Man is Calling Out Sexual Predators in the Tattoo Industry
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
INKED MUSICIANS BY WHATANGIESAYS: BISHOP BRIGGS
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
28 Dead-On-Great Skull Tattoos!
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
EXCLUSIVE: Bulleit Frontier Works Project Launches World’s Biggest Collaboration Tattoo by Shawn Barber, Kim Saigh, Henry Lewis and 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
Artist Finds Beauty in Stretch Marks and Menstruation!
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
The Emoji Movie Is Out This Weekend. What Does Your Emoji Tattoo Say About You?
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
Zen and The Art of Motorcycle
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
If Tiny Tattoos Are Your Thing Then Tattooist Doy Will Blow Your Mind
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
21 Wonder Woman Tattoos That Are Full of Power
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
Check Out this Chick’s Crazy Tattoo Commemorating Canada’s 150th Birthday
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
Portuguese Museum Displays Strips of Tattooed Human Skin
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
Ink Redux: Reviving Drop Dead Ugly Tattoos
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
The Latest Trend in Tattooing: Mirror Ink
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
It's Hard Not to Stare at These Tattooed Hotties
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
One of the Best International Tattooers is Moving to the U.S.
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
SKULL ART! 20 AMAZING PIECES!
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
ARTIST INTERVIEW: Darwin Enriquez
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
Amazing Female Back Tattoos
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
The Controversy Behind Canadian PM Trudeau's Tattoo
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
Awesome Video Game Tattoos
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
Spanish Soccer Star’s Tattoos are Odd, But Incredible
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
BIGGER IS BETTER! 16 GREAT BACK PIECES!
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
PHOTO GALLERY: Killer Chest Tattoos
20 Sick Chest Tattoos That'll Leave You Floored Around here we believe that if you're going to get your chest tattoo, you either go big or go home. The chest is one of those wide open spaces of canvas on your body that — much like your back — you can go wild with when it comes to ...read more
Veteran is Denied Entry into a Bar Because of his Neck Tattoo
Being discriminated for a job because of your tattoos isn’t anything new, but a paying customer being turned away from an establishment – a bar of all places – because of your ink is definitely new territory. U.S. Marine veteran Brandon Andrus was recently denied entry into ...read more
Toronto Tattoo Artist Raising Awareness About Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Jennifer Liles, a tattoo artist based in Toronto, is doing her part to raise awareness about the plight of missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada, by donating a day’s earnings once a month to organizations advocating for the cause, or to families of these exploited ...read more
Unique Placement of Tattoos
All Sorts of Places You can do whatever you want with your body, and you can get a tattoo wherever you want. Some people choose to have tattoos that you can't see in their every day life, and some people like to have them right out in the open, covering their body. A select few ...read more
PHOTOS: 15 Tattoos With Hometown Pride
15 Tattoos Reppin' 'Hoods Around the World Would you be down to represent your hometown or state with a tattoo? Rapper Paul Wall will tell you that reppin' your 'hood through body art is one of the most satisfying things you can do, as the hip-hop artist recently got a tattoo of ...read more
Paul Wall Gets Tattoo of Iconic Houston Graffiti Mural
Reppin’ your ‘hood in ink has been a staple in the tattoo game for quite some time. Whether it’s the Hollywood sign across your back or a killer sleeve of Lady Liberty surrounded by subway cars, folks around the world are all about getting tattoos that pay homage to their ...read more
Great Lakes Tattoo's 2nd Annual Walk Up Classic Goes Down This Weekend
This coming weekend looks like a good time to get a tattoo. Chicago's Great Lakes Tattoo will be holding their second annual Walk Up Classic, a two-day event featuring 22 artists from all over the good ole U.S. of A., all coming together to tattoo some gnarly flash pieces. Read ...read more
INKED CRUSH: 15 Times Elle Audra Made Our Jaws Drop
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
People Are Really Getting Tattoos of the 'Cash Me Ousside' Girl
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
The Astonishing Black and Grey Realism Work of YZ Asencio
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
20 Dope Biggie Smalls Tattoos
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
Lena Dunham Channels Rihanna with New 'Tit Chandelier' Tattoo
Actress and tattoo aficionado Lena Dunham recently debuted a sexy new tattoo below her breasts, and the fresh ink – a “tit chandelier” as she so aptly calls it – is reminiscent of the chest tattoo of the Egyptian goddess Isis, which Rihanna had done back in 2012. Flip through the ...read more
Best Amputee Tattoos on the Net
When Life Gives You Lemons... No one embodies human resilience more than amputees. Many lose limbs while fighting for our country, others lose them to disease or devastating accidents, and some folks are just born with a couple missing pieces. Overcoming the challenges involved ...read more
Arab Ink: Photo Series Uses Tattoos as a Means for Cultural Education
Perceptions of life in the Middle East have been tarnished for decades, and that view has been gaining more traction in recent years. To some on the outside looking in, life in the region is defined by wars, death, destruction and images of its inhabitants running for cover to ...read more
Ed Sheeran Planning a New Tattoo Drawn by Damien Hirst
To hear him tell it, Ed Sheeran plans to cover every inch of his body in a colorful explosion of permanent ink, and the singer has hinted that his next tattoo will likely be a skull piece drawn by British artist Damien Hirst. Flip through the slideshow below to get more details ...read more
Best Dermal Piercings That Work AWESOME With Tattoos
They Just Fit Right In! Dermal piercings have made a huge splash in the past decade and more and more people are finding out that they make a great addition to pre-existing tattoos. It was only a matter of time before we started seeing plenty of tattoos that utilize dermals to ...read more
Lensman Senén Llanos Exhibits Work at Juan Salgado's Color Conspiracy
Getting together a bunch of hot tattooed models, splashing them with paint and photographing them sounds like a helluva good time! It can also yield some amazing photos. Fifteen-year photography vet, Senén Llanos, is known for adding paint to his photography projects, splashing ...read more
Thompson Seattle Hosts Tattoo-Themed Dinner and Pop-up Tattoo Shop
We don't know about you, but getting tattooed gives us the major munchies—especially after a long tattoo session. After the artist securely wraps up our new tattoos, we scurry off to the nearest eatery to satiate our hunger. However, we've never followed up a tattoo session with ...read more
The Magnificent Work of Jay Freestyle
20 Tattoos by Jay Freestyle That Will Blow Your Mind There are plenty of bad tattoo artists in the world. Jay Freestyle is not one of them. He leaves you feeling like you have nothing to fear when it comes to the end result. That's a pretty important thing to factor in, ...read more
Mike Rubendall: Made in the '90s
World-class tattoo artist, Mike Rubendall, came up in the '90s era of tattooing, where things like the Internet weren't available and Photoshop had still not made its way into tattoo shops. Every design Rubendall and other artists of that time created were done through "real" ...read more