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Baby Bear Will Always Be Close to Liam's Heart Liam Payne and girlfriend Cheryl Fernandez-Versini just welcomed their little “Bear” cub into the world in March, and already, Payne is planning on honoring his newborn son with the most permanent of tributes – a new tattoo, of ...read more

Civil Rights Activists Honored in Ink John Wall, point guard for the Washington Wizards, has found a permanent and personal way to “pay respect to the ones who made a way for me,” as he’s said, by getting a series of tattoos on his back that pay tribute to icons of African ...read more

The Most Intriguing Tattooed Man in the World When it comes to Ed Sheeran’s massive collection of tattoos, which currently numbers in the 60s, people tend to feel very strongly about the pieces that cover the singer-songwriter’s body – they either love them or they hate them. If ...read more

Soccer Star Goes Beast Mode with Latest Tattoo If you thought Ed Sheeran’s lion chest tattoo was sweet, you should see the massive new lion piece professional soccer player, Mauro Icardi, debuted last week on Instagram. The striker for Inter Milan is known for his impressive ...read more

'I'm gonna keep shocking y'all.' People get tattooed for all sorts of reason: to remind them of an important time in their lives, to commemorate loved ones, as a badge of devotion to a place, person or team, or simply because they love their artists' work. Others, like UFC ...read more

A Tattoo Fit for a Seafaring Warior Jason Momoa first captured our attention as the fierce yet beautiful Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones, and now the Hawaiian actor has been cast as Aquaman in the upcoming film Justice League, a role that it appears he was made for. Why, you ask? ...read more

Chris Brown Adds More Animated Tattoos To His Collection Chris Brown has been a tattoo fiend since the ink needle first pricked his skin when he was 13-years-old. Since then, Brown has gotten as the kids say these days: "tatted the f-ck up!" And, it seems like he has no plans to ...read more

Whether you’re a fan of Justin Bieber or not, you have to admit that his years-long transformation from innocent boy wonder to shirtless tattooed superstar has been kind of mesmerizing. The 23-year-old already has upwards of 60 tattoos to his name, and over the past two weeks, he ...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

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

Justin Bieber is the king of the shirtless Instagram selfie, and thanks to a series of photos and videos posted to his account on March 20, we now know that the singer is rocking two ferocious new tattoos. Flip through the slideshow below to see the Biebs’ new ink. Video: ...read more

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

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

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

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

Get inked at a real-life military base during the Star City Tattoo and Arts Expo! Members of our armed forces have basked in ink culture since the days of Sailor Jerry, when tattoos were seen as mostly something sailors did to pay homage to their seafaring journeys across the ...read more

Traditional Japanese tattoos are a staple in tattooing ... and have been so way long before tattoo art gained as much traction as it has in recent time. The imagery in Japanese style are inspired by iconic figures and imagery which serve to protect, inspires valor and fortifies ...read more

Tennessee-born singer-songwriter Jacob Whitesides may make his living melting the hearts of ladies across the country, but once upon a time, the 19-year-old dreamt of being an astronaut, an adorable childhood fantasy he celebrated earlier this month with a brand-new tattoo. Flip ...read more

An extremely dedicated Tom Brady fan got a tattoo of the Super Bowl champ on his ass! You can't make this stuff up. Some dude walked into a Boston area tattoo shop demanding a portrait of the New England Patriots' celebrated QB on his butt shortly after the Pats' incredible ...read more

A new position was just created on one of the Major League Soccer teams: Chief Tattoo Officer! The pro soccer team known as the Philadelphia Union is looking to fill a position on their roster, and it's not to play goalie. They're looking for a tattoo artist to add to their ...read more

Louis Tomlinson has a tattoo on his ass. And, of all things, it’s a tattoo of a penguin wearing headphones. Now we can honestly say that we’ve seen it all. Hit the slideshow below to read the details on Tomlinson’s new butt tattoo! ...read more

“The Fosters” actor Gavin MacIntosh recently revealed a new tattoo on his arm, and the 17-year-old has shared the inspiration behind the ink – a recent trip to Thailand. Read more about Gavin's new Thai Sak Yant ink by starting up the slideshow. ...read more

Got an old racist tattoo or, perhaps, a tattoo that pledges your former allegiance to a street gang that you want covered up but don't have the money for it? No worries, because there's a tattoo shop in Maryland full of artists that'll help you out, free of charge. Flip through ...read more

We may have confirmation that Zayn Malik is indeed engaged to model, Gigi Hadid … sort of. Zayn Malik is probably used to his love life being fodder for tabloids, haters and conspiracy theorists, since unexpectedly breaking off his engagement with Little Mix singer Perrie ...read more

Start up the slideshow below, and check out some awesome animal tattoos! ...read more

Jessica Alba gets the surprise of her life when a cop stops her, not to issue her a ticket, but to show her a tattoo he got done inspired by the Mechanic: Resurrection actress. Most celebrities are probably used to seeing their faces pop up in all kinds of places – on the pages ...read more

There are plenty of people out there rocking unwanted tattoos that they think they’ll be stuck with forever, but the incredible transformation of this guy’s old-school tribal tattoo could be just the inspiration they need to spring for a cover up. Flip through the slideshow ...read more

Another day, another cool tiny tattoo! Anwar Hadid’s sister, Bella, may win the award for tiniest tattoo, but the 17-year-old male model takes home the prize for most interesting ink, hands down, his latest design inspired by Kyler Martz included. Read more about Anwar Hadid’s ...read more

A tattoo that can tell you when you’ve had one too many at the bar? Sign us up! With hopes of reducing alcohol overdose, violence and drunk driving, nano- and computer engineers from the University of California at San Diego have developed a cool device that will not only detect ...read more

When we first think about Russia our debauched minds always turn to vodka, but the next best thing would be their cultural Matryoshka (Babushka) Dolls. These made their first appearance in the 1890's in Moscow and were originally meant as children's toys. From the 1900's forward, ...read more

It's hard to believe that it's been more than 10 years since Miami Ink premiered and brought Ami James into our lives. In those years James has remained a fixture in both the reality television scene (his Wooster St. Social Club was the focus of NY Ink) and more importantly the ...read more

GALLERY OF JACQUI AND CURLY'S TATTOOS BELOW THE TEXT We’ve all heard that cliché love story a million times: woman gets divorced, woman goes to tattoo shop to get tattoo celebrating that divorce, woman falls for her tattoo artist, woman and tattoo artist get married and proceed ...read more

You may not be old enough to drink when you’re old enough to serve your country in the U.S. Army, but you are old enough to get a tattoo. Thanks to a revision of U.S. Army Regulation 670-1 on April 10, there are no longer limits on the size or number of tattoos soldiers can have ...read more