Can you recall something when you see the tattoo in the picture above? Yes, it’s a Fibonacci sequence formula. I mean a diagrammatic representation of the Fibonacci sequence. Don’t think that I’m going to discuss the boring physics and mathematics formulae out here. Just wanted to share a cool Fibonacci Tattoo with all you guys.
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Glimpse the tattoo in the picture above. What’s the first word that comes to your mind? Mystifying, horrifying or surprising? I think seductive is the right word. Ain’t it? If you ask my opinion about this tattoo, I’ll say, cute, seductive expression. It’s a Hector Cedillo lips tattoo and something really different. Nothing much to say about this tattoo just found it irresistible and wanted to share it with all you guys out there.
Via: pinuptattoos
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Don’t be surprised if you end up seeing old generic designs when you are looking for good pics of tattoos. Getting quality artwork is becoming harder than trying to drive a car without any gas or oil in it. All of this is happening because of the techniques and ways the average surfer “looks” for the artwork at the very beginning of their journey. Let me tell you how to change this mess around, so that you can get to places that have the good pics of tattoos.
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Eindelijk iemand die het snapt haha…Luis is een held!
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MTV’s college channel, mtvU, recently wrapped Engine Room, a reality show in which MTV brought 4 teams of young digital artists from around the world to New York City to compete in a series of creative challenges, and one of those challenges was to design a tattoo.
Oliver Peck, Aesop Rock, and Lovefoxxx of CSS judged the team designs, which were then tattooed on models by the artists at East Side Ink.
Best part: use of technology in the design creation. But even better, how the winning team took a flat 2d design and tweaked it for flow on the body.
Great episode. Must see.
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Well, they ain’t as sexy as the beauty contest that is the US elections, but the tattoo news headlines still got your kinder, gentler — and more artful — Drill, Baby, Drill down; although it’s unlikely your tattooed dermis will contribute to global warming, with the slants of some of the news items, you’d think ink spillin was as bad as Exxon Valdez.
Yes, even Brad Pitt has had to come to tattoo’s defense in asking the LA fire department to reconsider the recent policy on banning visible tattoos on firefighters.
Then Corporette.com threw down this poll on tattooed professional women, which I didn’t respond to because the question was limited and kinda dumb, but boy did others. In the poll results, 43% said “a professional woman could never have a visible tattoo.” Haters! The cries of low to middle management shine on the Internet. Yes, it’s better to cover your tattoos in the office — mainly to avoid the annoying questions of co-workers who call themselves “corporettes.”
Granted, tattoos can be distracting and clients may react negatively. All true. But these proclamations that one can never show a tattoo at all seem a bit silly. The small tattoo on my hand shows at the international law firms I work at — firms that represent Fortune 500 companies and even countries. And no one says anything because I help make them lots of money. It’s good business sense. That said, because these prejudices still exist, tattooed professionals need to keep busting our asses even more so until the hating stops.
Oh, and the worse hatin of all came from my own Gawker in today’s post called Tattoo Edginess Declines In Inverse Proportion To Tattoo Popularity. Ok, tattoo chains in malls is not cool. I get it. But I guess if I want the above stereotypes against the tattooed to wane, we gotta take the good with the bad. The good: higher accountability for hygiene, health insurance and benefits for tattoo artists, and as one client in the video above put it: if the artist is great, it doesn’t really matter where the tattooing takes place. The bad: impulse mistakes because of the instant accessibility, and yeah, loss of “edginess” and mystery surrounding the art.
Interestingly, to combat this loss of mystery and exclusivity that once surrounded tattooing, more “secret tattoo societies” are emerging with worldwide reach. And because they’re secret, I’m not saying any more except I’ve been approached to take an oath a couple of times and declined, but only because I have some secret plans of my own. A girl’s gotta have some mystery. [A few clues and hints will be dropped in my personal blog that will be published next month.]
In other news …
Not mysterious or edgy but smile worthy is this story of six grandmas getting friendship bond tattoos.
Tom Leppard, once the most tattooed man in the world until Lucky Diamond Rich took the title, has left the hermit life and entered a home for the aged in Scotland. Wikipedia notes that Leppard once said that “if he went back to civilization, he said he would be plagued by ‘interfering busybodies’ and kids throwing stones at his window.” Here’s hoping Tom finds quiet and shatter-proof panes in his new life.
I dig the most tattooed man title but not these dumb tattoo marathons for a world record. This idiocy needs to stop. It’s dangerous and only serves the artist’s ego no matter how many “causes” they purport to benefit. Artists who want to help a charity can easily donate a percentage of regularly scheduled tattoos instead of risking infection (never mind fuckin up design work) in fast action needlin.
Here was a better idea for a fundraiser: the Veterans of Foreign Wars held their first Patriot Tattoo Contest to raise money for the organization. [Thanks, Scott!]
Another tattoo event covered in the news is the Paradise Tattoo Gathering in Hancock, Mass, highlighting the event’s communicative atmosphere where artists shared techniques and stories in an effort to further the artistry of tattooing. Congrats, Gabe, on the Gathering’s success!
On the pop culture tip …
Check this post on io9.com called “Tattoos That Say ‘I’m A Futuristic Bad-Ass’”, which is all about sci-fi characters whose tattoos make them, well, bad-ass. Love the tattoo stills from films like Doctor Who, Escape from NY, and your more popular faves like Elektra and Wanted. [Thanks, Jenni!]
Peter Wentz says he can’t be President because of his tattoos. And all along I thought it was his connection to Ashley Simpson.
Kat Von D recently tattooed her beau Nikki Sixx of Motley Crew with a portrait of Mick Mars. And that’s all I’m saying about that.
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Well, they ain’t as sexy as the beauty contest that is the US elections, but the tattoo news headlines still got your kinder, gentler — and more artful — Drill, Baby, Drill down; although it’s unlikely your tattooed dermis will contribute to global warming, with the slants of some of the news items, you’d think ink spillin was as bad as Exxon Valdez.
Yes, even Brad Pitt has had to come to tattoo’s defense in asking the LA fire department to reconsider the recent policy on banning visible tattoos on firefighters.
Then Corporette.com threw down this poll on tattooed professional women, which I didn’t respond to because the question was limited and kinda dumb, but boy did others. In the poll results, 43% said “a professional woman could never have a visible tattoo.” Haters! The cries of low to middle management shine on the Internet. Yes, it’s better to cover your tattoos in the office — mainly to avoid the annoying questions of co-workers who call themselves “corporettes.”
Granted, tattoos can be distracting and clients may react negatively. All true. But these proclamations that one can never show a tattoo at all seem a bit silly. The small tattoo on my hand shows at the international law firms I work at — firms that represent Fortune 500 companies and even countries. And no one says anything because I help make them lots of money. It’s good business sense. That said, because these prejudices still exist, tattooed professionals need to keep busting our asses even more so until the hating stops.
Oh, and the worse hatin of all came from my own Gawker in today’s post called Tattoo Edginess Declines In Inverse Proportion To Tattoo Popularity. Ok, tattoo chains in malls is not cool. I get it. But I guess if I want the above stereotypes against the tattooed to wane, we gotta take the good with the bad. The good: higher accountability for hygiene, health insurance and benefits for tattoo artists, and as one client in the video above put it: if the artist is great, it doesn’t really matter where the tattooing takes place. The bad: impulse mistakes because of the instant accessibility, and yeah, loss of “edginess” and mystery surrounding the art.
Interestingly, to combat this loss of mystery and exclusivity that once surrounded tattooing, more “secret tattoo societies” are emerging with worldwide reach. And because they’re secret, I’m not saying any more except I’ve been approached to take an oath a couple of times and declined, but only because I have some secret plans of my own. A girl’s gotta have some mystery. [A few clues and hints will be dropped in my personal blog that will be published next month.]
In other news …
Not mysterious or edgy but smile worthy is this story of six grandmas getting friendship bond tattoos.
Tom Leppard, once the most tattooed man in the world until Lucky Diamond Rich took the title, has left the hermit life and entered a home for the aged in Scotland. Wikipedia notes that Leppard once said that “if he went back to civilization, he said he would be plagued by ‘interfering busybodies’ and kids throwing stones at his window.” Here’s hoping Tom finds quiet and shatter-proof panes in his new life.
I dig the most tattooed man title but not these dumb tattoo marathons for a world record. This idiocy needs to stop. It’s dangerous and only serves the artist’s ego no matter how many “causes” they purport to benefit. Artists who want to help a charity can easily donate a percentage of regularly scheduled tattoos instead of risking infection (never mind fuckin up design work) in fast action needlin.
Here was a better idea for a fundraiser: the Veterans of Foreign Wars held their first Patriot Tattoo Contest to raise money for the organization. [Thanks, Scott!]
Another tattoo event covered in the news is the Paradise Tattoo Gathering in Hancock, Mass, highlighting the event’s communicative atmosphere where artists shared techniques and stories in an effort to further the artistry of tattooing. Congrats, Gabe, on the Gathering’s success!
On the pop culture tip …
Check this post on io9.com called “Tattoos That Say ‘I’m A Futuristic Bad-Ass’”, which is all about sci-fi characters whose tattoos make them, well, bad-ass. Love the tattoo stills from films like Doctor Who, Escape from NY, and your more popular faves like Elektra and Wanted. [Thanks, Jenni!]
Peter Wentz says he can’t be President because of his tattoos. And all along I thought it was his connection to Ashley Simpson.
Kat Von D recently tattooed her beau Nikki Sixx of Motley Crew with a portrait of Mick Mars. And that’s all I’m saying about that.
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This past weekend was the San Jose Tattoo Convention of the Arts, and our friend Miguel has shots of the scene, like tattooists chilin ala the Yer Cheat’n Heart crew above; he also captured live painting and drawing, floor shots, and of course tattooing. Check it.
The tattoo news review is up next.
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These days the idea of getting tattoos is more popular than ever before. Over the years tattoos have gained a lot of importance, it gives the people a chance to proclaim who they actually are. Both men and women have tattos covering their whole body. Tattoos come in almost any size you ask for so the choice is completly yours.
In spite of the fact that tattoo has many good points, there are the bad ones as well. When we talk of the good things about tattoo it is to depict who you are, a chance to be you, as also a chance to stand out. Most people who go in for tattoos do so for symbolic reasons. Although it is ones own choice to get the tattoo for the look, some times, later in life some people regret it.
Tattoos are great things when it comes to show, although the designs do depict some meaning. Tattoo designs come in a wide range of colors and designs all of which helps to increase the positive benefits of the art. At your local tattoo studio you will be bale to see the various designs, in books and magazines as also on internet. The internet is a great source of designs for tattoo because there are thousands that you can choose from. Tattoos come in many different styles, you can look at other peoples tattoos to determine the style it will be when it is finished.
Tattoos have pretty obvious advantages. In tattoo we have to pierce the skin with a needle and then inject little gobs of ink. There is always a risk of recieving an infection when getting a tattoo no matter how sanitary the artist is. The risk of recieving a infection is higher if the tattoo artist is not sanitary and his equipment is not cleaned after every use.
The other thing that one has to be careful about tattoo is its removal. Tattoo removal comes with a high price tag which you will have to endure should you later decide to get rid of it. Surgery can be risky and cause many problems too. Sometimes due to infection, people have had to get their tattoos removed. In these cases the condition has become so bad of the infection that getting the tattoo removed is the only option left.
There will always be ups and downs to tattoos any way you look at it. Before deciding on your tattoo you must think and understand that you like the design enough to live with it for the next many years. If you are worried about getting that tattoo, just forget it. Even though it seems fashionable at that time, the price of removal and surgery may not justify its worth in the long run.
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