Other African body altering traditions involve extreme forms of body piercing The origin of the word ‘tattoo’ is believed to have two major derivations; the first is from the Polynesian word "ta" ...

Emmanuel Item was first exposed to tattoo culture when he played guitar in a heavy metal band in Vienna. Item, who is of Nigerian and Austrian descent, already liked to draw in sketch pads, but after ...

The Fourth of July is upon us (not to mention the last week or so of the World Cup), which means the next few days will likely be filled with hot dogs, beer and illegal fireworks. But that doesn’t ...

COLUMBIA — A man from Columbia has expressed his love for art in an industry where you don't see many African Americans. Lee Carter is the owner of Immortal Art, a tattoo and piercing studio. He said ...

Tyler Hubbard and his wife, Hayley, time in Africa recently, and the Florida Georgia Line singer marked the occasion with some permanent ink. Hubbard is now sporting a detailed elephant tattoo, which ...

Ancient Nubian civilizations practiced something that might shock modern sensibilities - they tattooed the faces of infants and toddlers as young as seven months old. A new study using advanced ...

Johannesburg - Get your Africa tattoo and embrace your heritage for a good cause. Africa Unite is gearing up for its charity initiative drive and world record tattoo attempt at Carnival City on ...

It's not the first time Hubbard has paid homage to majestic wild animals by memorializing them in tattoo form. In fact, on the lower half of the same arm now sporting a lion, the singer has an equally ...

Although tattoos have long been popular among Copts – a small cross on the palm or wrist is common – they are still frowned upon by conservative Muslims. “Three years ago I used to tattoo only four or ...

Tattoos are becoming more commonplace in American society. The numbers tell a fascinating story: 47 percent of millennials have tattoos, in comparison to 36 percent of Generation Xers, and 13 percent ...