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We love Sara Antoinette Martin. Inspired heavily by folk art and tattoos, her artwork uses a lot of traditional imagery presented in a unique way that changes the meanings of many well recognized symbols. Her interest in traditional tattoo shows through with flat graphic illustrations and subject matter. Currently she’s studying tattooing, which is great news for fans of her work thinking about getting some ink. Check out more of her work at Sara-Land.net.
While we probably don’t have to remind you that relationship tattoos are a bad idea we thought we’d share this funny picture. Why is it that it seems like the people most likely to get involved in a bunch of short lived, but passionate relationships are also most likely to get a relationship tattoo? If anyone you know is thinking about a relationship name tattoo, make sure they know what they’re in for.
Pretty obviously a ’shop, but it’s not that far off from the “Void” tattoo. (After the jump)
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Alice in Wonderland is classic story told so many times in so many ways over the years, inspiring new books, movies, cartoons, artwork and of course tattoos. Some tattoos draw inspiration from the original illustrations by Sir John Tenniel, while others take on a brightly colored wholesome Disney style or even a dark gothic style. The original story by Lewis Carroll actually contains many dark themes and undertones that have influenced twisted versions of the story like American McGee’s Alice which portrays our heroine as a raven haired killer. And of course the highly anticipated Tim Burton version takes a strange approach to the visual style of the characters. Regardless of which version you prefer, Alice in Wonderland fans should check out these 25 Mad Alice in Wonderland Tattoos.
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After some low life stoles his medical bracelet, Colin Sutherland got a tattoo on his wrist that lets everyone know that he has Type 1 diabetes and is insulin-dependent. Rather than having to explain his conditional all the time, he can flash his tattoo proudly. Colin adds, “And if they ever find a cure, I can just add the date I was cured under the tattoo.” Tattoos of medical bracelets is a relatively new trend, but it makes sense in emergency situations to guarantee proper treatment in case something happens to your actual bracelet.
If you think generation X was the first to embrace tattoos you may be surprised to learn that Grandma might be hiding some serious ink. Actually tattoos go back pretty far in human history, taking on different meanings for different cultures. A lot of common tattoo themes like ships, roses and even Betty Boop go back generations. For instance swallow tattoos are popular today among everyone, but originally marked a successful trip for a new sailor.
Check out more inspiring vintage tattoos at Amusing Planet to see where a lot of popular tattoo ideas came from.
We’re all about funny tattoos, even if they are puns. Your friends may get sick of your pun tattoos pretty quick, but if you have a good sense of humor showing off your “camel toe” or “knuckle sandwhich” tattoos will never get old. Check out the 10 Best Pun Tattoos on Buzzfeed.
At some point these guys just stopped caring about hiding their tattoos or being subtle about their baldness. Some guys pull off looking pretty badass without hair, and an intimidating scalp tattoo doesn’t hurt their case. But it seems like some dudes are just setting out to prove that just because they don’t have hair that doesn’t mean they don’t have a sense of humor. Either way covering your head with a giant tattoo seems pretty crazy to most folks.
Check out the 15 Craziest Scalp Tattoos.
The world’s first animated tattoos? Sort of. ThinkAnApp created software that uses a square tattoo as a marker on the skin to track where a 3D animation should appear in video. When the tattoo is viewed through a special camera a 3D animated flying dragon appears over top of it. The concept is fairly rough at the moment, but it’s a pretty cool idea and we’re curious where this technology goes.
Have you ever looked at someone and assumed that they didn’t have tattoos because they just seemed so ordinary? You never know who could be sporting some serious ink under their clothes. Illustrator Stasia Burrington demonstrates that idea with seemingly innocent girls who when undressed reveal their full body irezumi tattoos. The tattoos fit right in with traditional Japanese tattoo designs, even though they are simple and stylized. Check out Stasia’s site for more stunning Japanese inspired artwork, including another awesome Secret Yakuza piece.
We get why our friends ask us to cover our tattoos to be in their wedding. We’re not happy about it necessarily, but we understand. But we would never hide that part of who we are on our own wedding day. We’d be proud to show off our tats just like Loni & Todd. Rock n Roll Bride shared a beautiful gallery of wedding photos—tattoos, dirt bike, boots and all. Some folks may judge, but we think Loni’s floral sleeve looks stunning with her dress.
