tatto-news

Mock tattoos are becoming a pop culture staple, cropping up in films and on the playing field, in advertising campaigns and on the pages of fashion magazines.

In Some Henna Tattoos, a Harmful Dye


Henna is a vegetable dye that can be brown, red or green, and it wears off in a matter of days. But to produce a darker color, some tattoo artists add a chemical called para-phenylenediamine, or PPD.

Ink-Stained and Loving


Tattoos are not the radical brandings, the bold violations of flesh and propriety, they once were. Then again, there are tattoos, and there are tattoos.

To Remember Beijing, Indelibly


Slowly, tattooing is overcoming an ancient stigma in Beijing.

The Body as Billboard:


Some marketers are getting their messages across by putting tattoos, both permanent and temporary, on willing wearers.

Metropolitan

Autumn romance, a tribute in ink, a letter lost and found, and other tales of city life.

I Spied Your Red Heart (Tattoo Mine?)


Poetry of body art as spied on craigslist.

A Man and His Ink

Cardinals defensive lineman Darnell Dockett can tell his life story, both the good and the bad, through his tattoos.

All the Body's a Stage

Aviva Yael talks about what drives people to get celebrity tattoos.

It’s hard to look authentically rebellious or menacing these days, when even well-behaved businessmen wear earrings and ponytails and college students destined for quiet suburban lives have body piercings and tattoos.

Tattoos, in particular, are not the radical brandings, the bold violations of flesh and propriety, they once were. Available in New York from almost 1,400 licensed tattoo artists, tattoos are probably better and safer now than they’ve ever been — more creative and varied, applied in many cases by serious, highly skilled body artists.