Archive for December, 2007

Odd Bod Mod - neck stretching with rings

This is not the standard type of Bod Mod. This is more of a native tradition that falls under body modification.
There is a place in Asia that is known for the old tradition of neck stretching using brass rings.
The Padaung, or Ka-Kaung as they call themselves. Ka-Kaung […]

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

The “good ‘ole days”.. yep, 80’s punk rock

So a readers email about the good old 1980’s garage punk days got me thinking… mostly of how damn old I feel since I was there at the time as well.
I guess by many musical standards of 80’s punk, I was lucky to grow up in LA and remember hanging out in back yards and […]

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Celtic Symbols - meaning in tattoo art

So many people think a symbol looks cool but like myself, have no clue to its meaning. So I did the footwork here and looked the shit up.

Celtic Symbols in tattoos - the meaning (I hope)

The following celtic symbol definitions have been collected
from various internet sites and please do not take the meanings as fact
as […]

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

My Chemical Romance: on Ill-Use.com

 
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Polynesian Tattoos - then and now - ancient tattoo symbols turned modern body art

So where did flesh art and the “modern” tattoo originate from? hmmm… I doubt anyone can really say for sure, many would say that what we now know as the modern art of tattoo came from Polynesia and who am I to contradict that?
But tattoos can be found in cave paintings, relics and even ummies […]

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Body art - Awsome painted costumes on modern dancers

Body painting has been traced thousands of years back and was a staple of ancient cultures and rituals. Some cultures still use body painting in modern times for ceremonial purposes.
In many Indian cultures it is still in use today using a variety of pigments.
Staining the nails, skin and hair with henna is the favorite […]

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Walking Billboards - companies turn tattoo flesh art into advertising

As tattoo art becomes more accepted and much more mainstream,  various companies have decided to use flesh art as a form af advertising. Yes, we now have the human walking and talking billboards and there are plenty of takers in this ad form.
If you can live with a company logo for the rest of your […]

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Monsters - scary, bloody, creepy monster faces as tattoo art

Tattoo portraits are always cool, and way sick when those portraits are of movie monsters, vampires and zombies. Check out the pics below of some way sick tatts.
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And the mother of all Hollywood monsters, Alien… check out a few of these Alen theme tatts
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Kane Hodder is on Ill-Use.com

Kane Hodder - Aboard The Leper Colony
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

What to get? for your tatt that is…

For most people, and I assume this getting a tattoo is not that hard of a choice to make, you want it or you don’t… right? well the hard part I would imagine is trying to figure out what image you want to spend the rest of your life with.
So here we go with some […]

Friday, December 7th, 2007