Tattoo Show Convention China 2007 opens on Saturday, June 16, in Beijing. Many famous tattoo artists from China and abroad feel proud to display their fine art of skin drawings.
The Tattoo Show Convention China 2007 has opened in Beijing on Saturday, showcasing some of the country’s best artists and their subjects.
The three-day tattoo show brings [...]
Today, most people choose to get tattooed for cosmetic, religious or magical reasons, or to show they identify with a particular group. Some Māori still choose to wear the intricate moko tattoo on their faces. In Cambodia and Thailand, the yantra tattoo confers protection.
Lin Lin says her tattoo also has special meanings.
“I have something good [...]
Tattoos have been around in Eurasia since at least Neolithic times. They also have a long history in China. Tattoos used to be associated with criminal behaviors, but now it’s becoming popular again after falling out of favor for decades.
Lots of young people today bear tattoos on different parts of their bodies with designs ranging [...]
Tattoo artist Ren Liang (L) works on a tattoo on customer Chen Huang’s back in his shop in central Beijing September 28, 2009. The small tattoo parlour has had an influx of requests for tattoos which symbolise the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
Please please please think very carefully about this. I had tattoo’s when I was in my late teens. I was heavily into the punk scene and I did it without thinking. I am now almost 40 and have spent the last 4 years getting them removed by laser. It not only costs a fortune but [...]
1.Way too young I have 7, my first one at 18, and guess what.. I regret that one… SO yeah your taste will change som many times in the next 6 years, you will really be glad you waited.. getting one to look cool is the WORST reason..
2.ANY age is too young. Don’t put ANYTHING [...]
I’m 18 yrs. old and been always dreaming on getting a tattoo on my arm and back. When i read a couple of article that tattoos can cause skin cancer or HIV, i got scared of having one. any advice?
One of our readers asked this question, and the following are ansers :
1.Correlation is not causation. [...]
Everyone seems to be on point but I just want to point one thing out, HIV cannot be given to you from a dirty or used tattoo needle (they are not hypodermic needles that can hold living blood cells) but can get hepatitis or the like from a dirty needle. But HIV can be given [...]
Tattoos are cool and they are seen a lot on Metal stars and some not so metal stars. Some feel that if they get a full sleeve of old school flash tattoos, that makes them that much more “Metal”. Most people get them when they are young despite what people may tell them and by [...]
What does getting a tattoo feel like? Ive always wondered this, i want a small tattoo but i hate any type of needle ?
1.A small one will be nothing at all. Don’t think about it as being “painful”, and it won’t be. You’re over thinking this whole thing and making it out to be ALOT [...]
