Branding - Body Art
Branding is the graphic art of body arts. Lines must be simple without any overlaps. Human skin scars when burned and lines and dots will spread two to three times in size, another factor that must be considered when contemplating getting a ... [... more]
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Body Art Site Map - Body Art
An index of the Bella Body Art content, as compiled by the editor. This site map is an alternate way of browsing the Body Art section, versus the article archive date or title index. - Body Art Site Map - Body Art is a personally written site at ... [... more]
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Knuckle Tattoos - Body Art
Although there is still a strong prejudice against hand tattoos as somehow being gang-related, the stigma is slowly being lessened as tattooing has continued to grow in mainstream culture. One hand-specific fad that got its started in Western ... [... more]
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Tattoos and Parents - Body Art
When you still live at home as a teen or young adult, how do you reconcile your desires for body art against parents who don't want you to get tattooed or pierced? This sort of conflict is pretty common and I get asked about it somewhat ... [... more]
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As We'd Decorate Her art show - Body Art
Did you know that only about one out of every two hundred working tattoo artists is a woman? If you live in Seattle, you might not realize the percentage is actually so low due to an amazing array of women working in that field in the Puget ... [... more]
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The Tattoos of Amy Winehouse - Body Art
The only thing UK singer Amy Winehouse seems to be collecting faster than awards lately is new tattoos. When her debut album was released in late 2003, she didn't have any visible tattoo. Now, just four years later, she's won an award as Best ... [... more]
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Malia's Balance Tattoo - Body Art
Recently I told the story of how I got some Hawaiian rune designs tattooed on my left wrist. That same afternoon my friend Malia got a tattoo too, and here's the story behind that design. As I was wanting to get tattooed and was in a place where ... [... more]
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The Age Limit Debate - Body Art
More and more frequently it seems that stories of minors getting body art are turning up in the news. Sometimes it's a piercing, sometimes it's a tattoo but almost always there's an angry parent, a rebellious teenager and a cadre of lawyers ... [... more]
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Tattoo Ownership - Body Art
Most people operate under the assumption that your body is your property and that you have eminent domain over it. However recent surges in not only celebrity tattoos but the use of tattoos in advertising may have set the stage for a showdown ... [... more]
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Labret Healing and Dental Side Effects - Body Art
The entire issue around healing labret piercings is centered on how well the piercing is placed and whether the jewelry rubs the gums inside the mouth. The number one reason people give up or remove a labret is due to the gums receding from ... [... more]
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Tattoos and Mental Disorders - Body Art
Recent reports out of Michigan are linking prevalence of tattoos and a predisposition to antisocial personality disorder. The research was conducted by Dr. William Cardasis. His studies at the Michigan Centre For Forensic Psychiatry reviewed the ... [... more]
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The Tattoos of TATTOO (2002) - Body Art
In 2002, the movie world got a new tattoo thriller from Germany with TATTOO. Visually the movie has similarities to Fincher's SEVEN, but it also honors the time-old Japanese tattoo mythologies with their complex themes of love and revenge. Fans ... [... more]
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