8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-Healed! Get tattooed at 10 different shops and you are bound to get at least five different sets of instructions on how to care for your new ink. And out of those five, we’re pretty sure all of them each have some merit. So that being said we took the advice of ...read more
Financial well-being brand, Qapital, threw a one-of-a-kind launch event at NYC’s Daredevil Tattoo. Qapital is celebrating their new banking and investing products that empower consumers to put their money where their heart is. Qapital uses a “rules” and “goals” approach to ...read more
This augmented-reality tattoo will let us play Sonic the Hedgehog. Olo Sabandija took to Twitter to share his incredible computer-generated “key code” tattoo to play the game. Sabandija made it using Unity, the open-source programming suite many popular video games also use. His ...read more
Criticism over Facebook’s monitoring practices has further sparked, as the heartbreaking news broke that a Facebook auction was held over a child bride in South Sudan. While there has been controversy over the social media network's monitoring practices for a while, this might ...read more
This extreme body modifier, Russ Foxx, has surgically injected microchips to allow him to communicate with machines. The 36-year-old Vancouver native has over 100 body modifications. The newest, feature NFC and RFID chips installed in his hand, similar to those found in ...read more
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
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
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
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
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
Catch Them Cheating! Everyone accepts the fact that we have officially entered the era of Big Brother. There are surveillance camera’s everywhere, kids record everything on their phones and post it up on line in minutes and our computers know and remember every website we’ve ...read more
"...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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
You are no longer expected to Like anything on Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg's pride and joy now allows users to reveal their anger, love, or shock without liking or commenting on a post. So when your News Feed includes a former high school peer supporting Donald Trump (or Hillary ...read more
Rihanna is known to sex things up—she does just that in her new "Work" video featuring Drake. Luckily for fans who have long awaited RiRi's new album, the seven minute clip delivers more than one music video—both parts equally steamy. In Part I, Rihanna and Drake grind it out ...read more
Gallery Follows the Text WARNING: The images that follow are a bit graphic for anyone with a weak stomach. While scarification is an incredible work of art, it comes with a lot of pain and discomfort. Plus, the end result does not solely depend on the talent of the artist, the ...read more
Gallery Follows the Text Creating a stonework tattoo is no walk in the park. Imagine the difficulty in cementing real-life stonework—the patience and precision that task requires—and then multiply it by 10. To successfully provide a client with a stonework tattoo is a major ...read more
Photo Gallery Follows the Text and Videos The tattoo industry's favorite celeb added more ink to her rib cage over the weekend. Lady Gaga paid a visit to Shamrock Social Club in West Hollywood on Saturday, February 13, where tattooer Mark Mahoney inked the late David Bowie's ...read more
Gallery Follows the Text You don't have to be a hipster to think Polaroid pictures are cool. Not to mention they are also a great alternative for naughty photos as to avoid being hacked and shared on the internet. Although forgoing the digital copy also means that in time, those ...read more
Gallery Follows the Text Bill Nye the Science Guy! BILL! BILL! BILL! Ladies and gentlemen, you will now have that song stuck in your head for the rest of eternity... or at least for the rest of today. Middle school would not have been the same without this man. Although, at the ...read more
Happy Birthday, Sailor Jerry! Grab a drink and make sure it has some Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum in it. The rum company is celebrating iconic Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins' 105th birthday all January long with a screening of Hori Smoku and you can stream it for free. The ...read more
The latest in "tattoo" technology has the ability to monitor your health entirely. Its purpose is similar to that of the famed FitBit, if the FitBit was not a bracelet. Tech Tats, known as biowearables (wearable technology), are applied like temporary tattoos using electric ...read more
Last year a group of design students responded to a challenge from the French Cultural Ministry and modified a 3D printer to turn it into a tattoo machine. The machine was able to tattoo an almost perfect circle onto the arm of one of the designers. While many were impressed by ...read more
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
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
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
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
