Technology

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

• Oct 17, 2018

How much did that hurt? Did that hurt? Anyone who has tattoos has been posed this question countless times. And ninety-nine times out of a hundred if the person is honest will answer something like, “Hell yeah!” And even though it is pretty much unanimous that every tattoo ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Where Does the Ink Go? The days of a tattoo being a lifelong commitment is now really a matter of personal choice. If you decide that it's time to get rid of a tattoo because you made a mistake, no longer dig the ink or are looking to free up space for a new tattoo, it can be ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Hey, text me when you get there! If ever something as inanimate as a cell phone could be become a “living, breathing” cult leader, then it would have to be the iPhone. People wait on line for days, beg, borrow, steal and in some cases even kill to get their nimble thumbs on the ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Treatment Turns Deadly! People are always seeking out new forms of therapy in attempts to improve their health — and more times than not these “new” therapies are actually ancient remedies and practices. Such is the case with the newest craze – “cupping”! The practice dates from ...read more

• Jan 10, 2019

"...hacked away...with a blunt, rusty knife." Kirtsy Adam is a 24-year-old woman from Glasgow, Scotland who has recently experienced a surgical nightmare. The pretty young girl decided to undergo breast augmentation after a dramatic weight caused her breasts to sag. Not wanting ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

How Is Your Ink Holding Up? Fading tattoos are just a part of a tattoo collector’s life and are not a reason for anyone to get upset over. Some people actually dig the way a faded tattoo looks, although if you’re not one of those people you have two options – get it reworked or ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

The Doctor Will See Your Tattoo Now! The cutting edge researchers at both world renowned institutions — MIT Media Lab and Harvard Medical School have teamed up to create tattoo inks that react to the changing chemical make-up of your body. Their goal is to have people being ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Listen to My Tattoo! Although the art of tattooing is an ancient art form, in the last century it has never shunned technology — the electric tattoo machine, autoclaves, rotary machines, white ink, black light and bar code tattoos - are just a few examples of how tattooing has ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

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

• Oct 10, 2018

Never forget another festival set time with this genius temporary tattoo. You’re at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, and you’re desperately trying to remember what time Bro Safari takes the stage, but you’ve had one too many beers and your cell service is almost nonexistent. ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Ever since everyone caught Pac Man fever back in the 1980s, video games have been a major part of American pop culture. Sometimes people want to take that love out of the arcade and put it into their skin by getting tattoos of their favorite characters. We've compiled a long list ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Here are the mechanics of getting inked! We all love getting tattoos, but not every ink-enthusiast knows the mechanics of the process. Sure, we all know that there is a motor, needles, and ink involved, but I'm willing to bet that most of us don't know the differences between ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

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

• Oct 10, 2018

Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the funk Dr. Dabber’s new Aurora Flight Edition vaporizer pen. Hit up the slideshow for the deets on this dope limited edition vape! ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

If you are the type of person that is constantly looking at technology and fearing that it will become self aware (like Skynet!) and lead to the eventual destruction of the human race we suggest that you stop reading right now. But if the idea of a tattooing robot seems pretty ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

It's almost impossible to remember the last time a fad completely took over the country in the way that Pokémon Go has over the past two weeks. Nintendo, the parent company that owns Pokémon, has seen their stock double since the game was released on July 5th. Packs of ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

A 24-year-old NYU graduate and Pokémon professional is offering up her catch-em-all skills to those interested in dominating Pokémon Go. Brooklyn-based Ivy St. Ive posted an ad on Craig's List where she claims to be a professional Pokémon Go trainer, offering her skills for the ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

You won't have to worry about who you gonna call for a Ghostbusters tattoo thanks to the gallery below. Tattoo artists have inked just about every clever scene, character and iconic moment from the original 1984 Ghostbusters movie, so we rounded up our favorites for your perusal. ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Happy International Chocolate Day!  What is your mom's favorite treat? Her favorite dessert? Here favorite flavor ice cream? I bet it is a Hershey's chocolate bar, a chocolate cake with chocolate icing, and probably two scoops of hard chocolate ice cream topped with hot fudge. I ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

When life gives you lemons (or honeydew melons, bananas, grapefruits), tattoo them.  Tattooing fruit has been around for ages and is often one of the initial practices a mentor suggests to his or her apprentice. There are a few challenges one faces when tattooing fruit: Its ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Ben Oxley is a 28-year-old badass with a taste for good tattoos and a need for adrenaline highs. He was born with Cerebral Palsy (CP), but that doesn't stop him from jet skiing, skydiving or getting tattooed. In fact, his condition—and Travis Barker—encouraged him to get inked. ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

According to a 2015 survey of 2,000 Americans, more than one in four U.S. adults (27%) has at least one tattoo, and many of these inked-up individuals eventually experience tattoo regret, either because their personality has changed since they got the tattoo, because the ink was ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

It would take European football stars more than a decade to collectively remove their ink—not that that's happening, please God don't let that ever happen. They are some of the most tattooed athletes in the world and definitely rank amongst the best looking. That would just be ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Gabriel, an eight-year-old battling cancer, has the #bestbalddad who shows unconditional love and support in the hardest of times. Kansas-based Josh Marshall watched his son undergo surgery in an effort to remove a large tumor from his head, leaving an enormous scar. To remind ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Ladies and gents, a doughnut made of sushi has been born and now it is hogging news feeds everywhere. The sushi doughnut is not sweet, it is not baked or fried (though a tempura option would be a game changer). It is not filled with jelly or drizzled with glaze. It is a roll of ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Behold the exclusive world premiere of Mesplé’s “Killing Time.” When is the last time a piece of art made your synapses explode? If it’s been a while then you are reading this description before clicking play on the video above, just go ahead and do that now. It isn’t very often ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Tattoodo, the tattoo site co-founded by renowned artist Ami James, has just released the app that the tattooed community has been craving for years. The app, available on both Android and iPhone, is packed with features that will delight tattoo aficionados including thousands of ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

So you’re stuck with a tattoo of your ex-boyfriend’s name inside an adorable red heart, and you’re trying to decide if you have the guts to suck it up and get it removed with a laser. From what we hear, laser tattoo removal is feels like either being repeatedly snapped with a ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Let’s say you have a barbed wire tattoo inked around on your upper arm that was super awesome in the 90s, but now, not so much. You head to the laser removal clinic to erase it from your arm (and your memory) for good, and after a few treatments – poof! – it disappears into thin ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Everyone has gotten a chuckle when an old timer whips out his Sailor Jerry tattoo on his forearm and makes her "dance," but what if that tattoo could actually come to life in full animation? Sounds impossible, right? Obviously you've never heard of the Portuguese artist duo Oskar ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

As Bill Nye The Science Guy would say, "science rules." And so do science inspired tattoos. It can be hard to capture the essence of science and math in artwork, yet tattoos based off of molecules do a great job at portraying a scientific concept through a readable and ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Since the first title was released in 1997, video game fans have gone crazy for the Fallout series. While the game is billed as a post-apocalyptic role-playing game set in the 22nd century, the art used within the game gives it a retro 1950s feel. Thus, the game has an artistic ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Gallery Follows the Text Back in the day, aspiring tattoo artists were left with no choice but to convince their brave friends to volunteer their precious bare skin as a canvas to practice on. Since, there has of course been alternate options available to future tattooists. A ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018