Rainforest tattoo ideas

If you ever thought that tattoos are just some pretty pictures and adornments, you couldn't be more wrong. Since the dawn of tattoos in 4 millennia BC, the tattoo designs always had meaning to them. Whether it was religious markings or illustrations about particular humans lifetime achievements, they were always meant to convey a message of some sorts. Skipping forward to our age, some of the tattoo symbols have lost their intended context along the way, but there are still people who like…

I have recently 'tattooed' my whole arm with sea-themed sticker tattoos and it brought me '90s nostalgia and, honestly, made my day. Covering your arms and other body parts with temporary sticker tattoos was the most badass thing you could do as a child to impress others. Real stickers found in gum worked like a charm, too. What if those sticker masterpieces were permanent? The sticker tattoo trend is taking the ink world by storm and Luke Cormier, known as mr.sticker.tattoo, is a master at…

Finally finished my tattoo! It was a year in the making and is approximately 37 hours of ink time. Done by the fabulous Mark Galloway at The Mercy Seat in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

From the spiky, reptilian scales of a dragon to the feathery wings of a phoenix, animals have always been a popular choice for tattoos. But there’s more to them than just a pretty design. A unique animal tattoo can be a great way to commemorate a beloved pet or even symbolize something deeper about yourself. Whether you want to get inked with a creature that represents strength and power, like a tiger or a horse, or independence and freedom, like a butterfly or an eagle, there’s one for…

When you think of a tattoo, you'll almost certainly imagine it made up of either black or colored inks. However, there some tattoo designs that contain nothing but a single white ink, and their delicate and subtle nature is becoming more and more popular.

Awesome and well done tattoos, for those who aren't afraid of needles.

Tattoo art existed in the world even before our era. It wasn't called art back then, but rather a way of signing the body with symbols determining the wearer's heritage. It was first associated with tribal people, yet in the 1970s, this form of self-symbolizing became a mainstream art form.