Stefano Unterthiner Photography : Animals Face to Face | COLT + RANE Colt + Rane Stefano Unterthiner Photography : Animals Face to Face TattApp This is a post about the joys of text tattoos…. if you are thinking of getting one…. read… and know why we do not enjoy doing them. Spot on. Original Post “The Letter of the Law: Laws for Lettering and Tattoos I’m taking the time to blog about all text tattoos due to the overwhelming amount of lettering we’re doing. I realize its a current fad to get scads of text, we see it all the time. • TEXT TATTOOS DESTROY THE ART OF TYPOGRAPHY: Just like every other art form, typography has its own rules & limitations. You, dear tattoo client, are not flat white paper. This is why no one has invented billboards for telephone poles or railings, because no one could read it. • TEXT TATTOOS FIGHT ANATOMY: The best tattoos, as the Japanese knew hundreds of years ago, work with the body, not fight against it. Text does the opposite of this. At the end of the day, type, no matter how cool the font, is really just skinny tribal, & look how cool all those 80′s tribal armbands turned out to be. In conclusion,…
Around the World in 25 Tattoos Although tattoos have significantly gained popularity in recent years, the idea is certainly not a new one! A common practice throughout Eurasia since Neolithic times, tattooing is also commonplace among indigenous tribes throughout the world. Examples of ancient tattoos include those found on the mummified remains of Ötzi the Iceman, found in a melting glacier in the Ötztal Alps in 1991. Traditional designs are still popular today, with ancient tribal markings, oriental dragon motifs and Chinese symbols still being widely requested. Modern techniques allow for a rainbow of colours to be applied, resulting in bright and intricate designs which would have been impossible with more primitive equipment. Here we take a look at designs from around the globe – a ‘world tour’ of tattoos from specific countries and cultures! New Zealand We begin in New Zealand, where tattoos form part of the Maori tradition of body markings known as ‘ta moko’. Samoa Polynesia Japan China India Thailand Cuba Ireland
Light Paintings by Dennis Calvert Absolutely incredible light paintings by photographer Dennis Calvert Treasure Tuesday - Tattoos - asuyeta [ah-soo-yeh-tah] clothes & accessories. handmade with love. As an artist I love everything creative. And I absolutely loooove tattoos and can't get enough of them! {images found via weheartit / wristtattoos / weloveink / pinterest} Now it's your turn, comment, like, twitter and share this post by clicking below! ♥ Erika PS. Want more radness delivered conveniently to your inbox?
Ultraviolet Tattoos | Random Stuff 8 Flares Facebook 1 Twitter 1 Google+ 1 StumbleUpon 0 Pin It Share 5 5 8 Flares × UV tattoos are also known as black light tattoos. These tattoos are made with a special ink which becomes visible under a black light, though the tattoo itself is invisible in regular light. In the last decade these tattoos have become popular among party-goers as they are readily visible at parties where a black light may be used. The tattoos placed with UV ink are invisible in regular light, but become visible under black light. Thank you for visiting, we hope you find our site, enjoyable, informative and educational. 51 Breathtaking Post-Apocalypse Wallpapers Humanity has an obsession with its own destruction. From countless religions, myths, legends and doomsday predictions, humanity has always been curious about what the Earth would be like without us. Based on the Earth’s past, it almost seems inevitable that natural destruction will occur at some point, and man-made methods of destruction exist as well. In this post, we’ll look at 51 breathtaking, post-apocalyptic wallpapers that show artistic representations of what Earth would look like after a cataclysmic event. Hope you like them! (Click for the largest wallpaper size available).
18 Wrist Tattoos Wrist tattoos are relatively simple as the place is not big, but still with less expression in more information. Wrist Tattoos Tags: wrist tattoos Xoïl Tattoos | Needles Side Tattoo | French Tattoo Artist | Ink Army™ Xoïl Tattoos January 16, 2012 | Posted by admin in Featured Artist - 16 Comments Xoïl tattoos out of “Needles Side Tattoo” in Thonon-les-Bains, France. Split Family Faces Cousins: Justine, 29, & Ulric, 29 How much do you and your family members really look alike? Quebec, Canada-based graphic designer and photographer Ulric Collette has created a shockingly cool project where he's exploring the genetic similarities between different members of the same family. By splitting their faces in half and then splicing them together, he creates interesting new people that are sometimes quite normal looking and other times far from it. (Did you notice that Ulric, the photographer, is one-half of some of these pairings? Update 1: We got in touch with Ulric to ask him a few questions about this really intriguing series (that just happened to go viral). Update 2: What happened after Split Family Faces went viral? Mother/Daughter: Francine, 56 & Catherine, 23 Sisters: Catherine, 23 & Veronica, 29 Daughter/Mother: Veronica, 29 & Francine, 56 Sister/Brother: Karine, Dany & XX years, 25 years Brothers, Christopher, 30 & Ulric, 29 Father/Son: Laval, 56 & Vincent, 29