Saturday, February 27, 2010

Sex, Lies and Celebrity Tattoos

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Unless you have been concerned with news of far greater import (in which case, you probably wouldn't be reading a tattoo blog now, would ya?) you are familiar with serious and potentially world-altering stories making their way across the front pages of the dishtowels we call newspapers:

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It's hard to believe that vanity would prevail in the complete absence of a community of human beings, but the question suggests that people do enhance their appearance, at least partially, for themselves. Be it lipstick, an earring, a tattoo, or breast implants -- body modification unquestionably helps people feel comfortable in their own skin. What shall we call it? A self-seduction? We look in the mirror to affirm that the creature staring back at us is worthy of our admiration. We could call it narcissistic, but let's go with 'autoerotic'.

The photographs of Michael McGowan

The photographs of Michael McGowan prove yet again that photo art contributes as much to the overall erotic effect as the tattoo itself. His skill as a photographer has created that all-important context.
Photo by Michael McGowan
Photo by Michael McGowan
One model's tattoos may be less erotic-looking than another's, but her personality can change everything. "Kara Mae is bright and vibrant and fun to be around," says McGowan. "She puts her tattoos where they can be seen. And her fascination with burlesque means she appreciates the art of the tease. Add all that together and you have this powerhouse individual whose tattoos truly accentuate her sensual, erotic nature."
Photo by Michael McGowan
Photo by Michael McGowan

Playboy

Self porttrait by Brian Moss
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"The current trend," says photog Justice Howard, "is to get tattoo replicas of works by erotic artists like Armanda Huerta, and Olivia whose style takes after another Playboy artist, Alberto Vargas. Howard has had the honor of her own photographic work copied as a tattoo. One of her ardent fans even requested permission to have her own portrait tattooed on his butt cheek. "Apparently, there was nowhere else on his heavily tattooed body to put it," muses Howard.
This would be the time to deploy the clich�, 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' especially when the object of admiration lies below the pantyline where few eyes will ever get to judge. The 'face on derriere' brings into question, yet again, the question of what's really erotic, and if it isn't entirely subjective. New York City photographer, Brian Moss, believes that most people under-estimate how complicated 'erotic' actually is.

"Eroticism in tattoo art looks deceptively simple," says Moss, "but it's actually complex. Back away a minute and take another look at what's 'sexy' and what's 'erotic' -- they're actually two different things."
In addition to being a top fitness photographer, Brian Moss once owned one of the largest and most popular gyms in Manhattan. He points out that 'sexy' has little meaning anymore. Sexy shoes, sexy song, haircut, voice, tattoo, whatever -- what does it mean?
"In tattoos, as with many things, clich� is the enemy of eroticism," Moss says.
He's right, of course. Clich�s are copies of copies of copies, just like all that flash hanging on the wall of the tattoo parlour, all quite safe and familiar. Sexy, maybe. "But erotic is a much more loaded concept. You can't bandy it about so easily. You have to make a conscious decision to use it."
By launching the 'c' word into the argument, Brian Moss elevates the discussion to new levels. We can toss 'sexy' around without signifying anything special, whereas 'erotic' makes us sit up and take notice. Erotic wakes a person up because it stirs the organism. It's a dynamic, and quite dictatorial, dispatching chemical shipments from the hormone factory in the brain, waking us up to the potential for a sexual encounter, even if it's with ourselves. For Brian Moss, erotica in tattoo art is far from guaranteed.
"I'm not sure that an erotic tattoo can exist in a vacuum," Moss says. "Part of a tattoo's importance is that it isn't important in itself. On paper, a tattoo design might be erotic, or it might not. But add a human -- the context -- and it becomes a delightfully complex question." It's the sexual energy emanating from the person that's responsible for making the tattoo 'erotic', according to Moss.
IMAGE COPYRIGHT © BRIAN MOSS
Photo by Brian Moss

Eric Kroll

When asked to select his most successful erotic tattoo photo, Moss chooses his 'slut' photo. "It's very blunt," says Moss, "the crumpled bed sheets, the dirty feet, the pose with the ass crack, the word 'slut'. It's the context that makes it hot. Or, perhaps we're just projecting our own shit onto it," says Moss.
LA photog, Eric Kroll, discovered that tattoos can work against a photo if the model isn't first and foremost delivering the erotic message. When Kroll met 'Rachel', who works at Needle Pushers Tattoo and Body Piercing in Van Nuys, California, he knew from her smile that she'd make a great model.
"This photo is sexy because Rachel is sexy," Kroll says. "The tats add to her beauty. They don't make her beauty, they add to it."

Meanwhile, on Main Street, USA

Meanwhile, on Main Street, USA, your average Joe was keeping his erotic tattoo appropriately out of sight. The penis tattooed as a barber pole, hounds chasing a fox into the anus -- these were available for viewing 'by appointment only'. As was anything located below the waist line. Now, in North America, the invisible self is becoming more and more visible. We're baring our souls on television as if it was a spectator sport, and our fashion icons have become so tattoo-friendly that the risqu� tattoo no longer poses much risk. It's likely to be poking its nose out far enough to prove that it exists.
"It's easier to think of a tattoo as sexy or erotic if it's partially visible in public," says Ohio photographer, Michael McGowan. "Sometimes, that's the game the person is playing: 'Does my tat turn you on? Does knowing I have ink make me attractive to you? Or is it a turn-off?' As a test, that's a pretty good one."

Photo by Michael McGowan

EROTIC TATTOOS: Manufacturing Desire

A gay male might have run into a derriere emblazoned with "Open All Night". Some men sought out prostitutes who sported the most tattoos. The nature of the tattoos themselves didn't matter, it was the skin ink itself that turned the customer on.
If these tattoos were 'erotic', it wasn't due to their content, rather their placement below the panty line. Never mind that these tattoos were jokes, excitement emanated from the radical context of the human body as a medium of communication. Or the notion that erogenous zones could possess an attitude, especially a humorous one.
These days, the joke is just as likely be on the wearer. Santa Barbara tattooist, Pat Fish, was reluctant to ink a 'Gumby' on a girl's crotch. "Who wants their boy friend laughing every time he goes down on you?" says Pat, for whom the pelvic girdle is now a no-go zone. "I might do a delicate fish, but what happens when it expands with a woman's pregnancy? It becomes a whale. Or, if she loses weight, it shrinks to a sardine. Pat doesn't want her customers to regret their tattoo choices.
Erotic tattoos once had a respected place within many indigenous cultures, according to the authors of Art, Sex and Symbol. Tattoos ceremonies were rites of passage, replacing the more painful practices of circumcision and labia mutilation. Usually performed at the onset of puberty when sexual feelings are on the rise, the tattoo proved one's contempt of pain, which made him attractive to the opposite sex. If a Samoan girl required tattoos to be considered nubile (marriageable), then the tattoo was definitely a sexual lure. For Burmese boys, a leg tattoo might have been critical to attracting females. And Dyak women in Borneo are said to have taken tattoos for the singular purpose of turning on their lovers. The tribe might well have depended on it.
Culturally sanctioned erotica is unheard of in the West, with the possible exception of American servicemen, whose flags, anchors, and 'Sailor Jerry' pin-ups were part and parcel of the 'man in uniform'. Cartoonish though the nude girly figures were, women lusted after this eroticized military body, and a puritanical nation hardly blinked. If G.I. Joe had to be denied a sex life in order to defend his country, then his tattoos were his surrogate sex life. No one condemned them as autoerotic -- or even homoerotic -- although that's what they must have been. Tattoos, like the military uniform, were national symbols of which to be proud.

Frenum Piercing Improves Sex Life

"People get pierced for a variety of reasons ranging from entering a new relationship, expression of individuality, increased pleasure during sex to the ever popular "the devil made me do it". The following is my experience: frenum piercing About 5 months ago, I was prescribed an anti-depressant medication which one of its' side effects was sexual dysfunction (decreased ability to orgasm). My Doctor assures me this is temporary until I complete my 9-month medication period. As I noticed a substantial decrease in the intensity of my orgasm occurring I remembered reading about how certain genital piercings can increase sensitivity and pleasure. I discussed this with a piercer (rather embarassing) and she suggested a Frenum might be helpful. The skin under the head of penis is pierced and a straight barbell or other jewelry is inserted. The idea behind this is to improve sensitivity and ultimately gives more pleasure. The actual piercing went smooth. First the area was cleaned and disinfected, then the entry and exit points carefully marked. This is important as people and their parts are not all created symmetrical. Forceps were used to pinch the two layers of skin together. When ready, Kryss the piercer, asked me to breathe deeply and on my third exhale she pierced me. I felt a bit of pain, but nothing unbearable like I expected. The barbell was inserted and the end ball screwed on and tightened. Nothing to it. I looked "kool" with it. Also received an aftercare kit, verbal and written instructions how to care for my new piece of steel. Since that fateful day, I have got back to enjoying sex. The added sensitivity of the Frenum has definitely intensified my orgasms. Last week I got a second Frenum about 5/8" lower than the first. Hope I am not getting addicted to this as eventually I plan on adding several more to complete what is called a Frenum ladder. I hope that you find this information interesting. Maybe a Frenum is what the Doctor should have prescribed to begin with and not the medication."

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Chopper Tattoo


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www.tato-r3-v1.blogspot.com Chopper Tattoo - Thousands Of Tattoo Designs To Choose From
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DRAWINGONPEOPLE.COM - Cjay-Miami-Body Painting and Art.


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www.DrawingOnPeople.com CJay was born in the Bronx, New York. He became interested in graffiti art at a young age, and began experimenting with spray cans and airbrushes not ...
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Kurt Cobain Tattoo


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Caveman Kyle of American Made Tattoo and American Art Studio, tattoos a Kurt Cobain portrait.
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Chopper Tattoo - celtic tribal crosses armband designs


03:29 - 11 months ago youtube.com
chopper-tattooo.notlong.com Chopper Tattoo provides you with the largest selection of Award Winning Tattoo Designs. Click on the highlighted website link at the start to Search ...
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Body Painting , Body Painter, Body art, Body painter Miami Beach, Body ...


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www.DrawingOnPeople.com CJay was born in the Bronx, New York. He became interested in graffiti art at a young age, and began experimenting with spray cans and airbrushes not ...
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Angel Michael Quartersleeve


03:54 - 1 month ago youtube.com
Collaboration tattoo between Caveman Kyle (American Art Studios, and American Made Tattoo) and one of his newest artist's Adam Normand. ... "tattoos timelapse" caveman "caveman ...
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Morgan Designs Intro to our world.


03:11 - 5 months ago youtube.com
bikes with fire and steel effects as well as pinstriping art. A tour displaying canvas art paintings and severall recent motorcycle art jobs. including a look at TJ's ...
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Philly Painting Jam


09:14 - 1 year ago youtube.com
Live painting event at the 2008 Philadelphia Tattoo Expo, featuring Alex and Allyson Grey, Guy Aitchison, Michele Wortman, Cory Kruger, Nick Baxter, Jon Clue and Nikko Hurtado. ...
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Robert Hernandez Tattoo Part 4


00:56 - 3 years ago youtube.com
This is world-famous tattoo artist Robert Hernandez of Madrid, Spain, working on an arm piece in Sacramento, CA, at the 2006 All American Tattoo Festival.
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Kurt Cobain Tattoo


01:56 - 10 months ago youtube.com
Caveman Kyle tattoos Kurt Cobain portrait.
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Robert Hernandez Tattoo Part 5


00:24 - 3 years ago youtube.com
This is world-famous tattoo artist Robert Hernandez of Madrid, Spain, working on an arm piece in Sacramento, CA, at the 2006 All American Tattoo Festival.
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Robert Hernandez Tattoo Part 3


00:46 - 3 years ago youtube.com
This is world-famous tattoo artist Robert Hernandez of Madrid, Spain, working on an arm piece in Sacramento, CA, at the 2006 All American Tattoo Festival.
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American Made Tattoo : Coy Dragon


02:35 - 1 year ago youtube.com
Caveman Kyle (American Made Tattoo and American Art Studio) tattoos a CoyDragon. It is still a work in progess. Band: Raiz Muzic
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The Great American Tattoo Co


00:31 - 8 months ago youtube.com
A commercial I produced for the award winning tattoo artist Joshua Carlton. Great Guy, amazing artist, and a cool crew. If you're looking to get a tattoo check out The Great ...
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Tattoo Tales Trailer

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00:35 - 1 year ago dailymotion.com
Tattoo Tales from the longest running Tattoo shop in America.
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Japanese Art With


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04:19 - 4 months ago espanol.video.yahoo.com
mesmerizing imagery. Don Ed Hardy pulls from life experience to meld American, Japanese, Cholo, tattoo, surf and hotrod iconography. Don Ed Hardy is a painter, printmaker ...
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Comedian Margaret Cho shares her insights on body art, body images, and tattoos ...

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01:30 - 1 year ago video.google.com
Asian-American comedian and tattoo enthusiast, Margaret Cho, shares her insights on body art, body image, and why tattoos make her feel sexier at Needled.com and on imeem at ...
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US Forces Art of Pride and Honor - Tattoo


08:20 - 1 year ago youtube.com
Tattoos of pride and honor of the US Army,Navy,and Air Force
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Fun And Funny Tattoo Art




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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Celebrity Tattoo: Blink 182 Tattoos




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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Woman With An Eagle Tattoo On The Back



Woman With An Eagle Tattoo On The Back.................

Cool Tattoo Designs For Men and Women


Have you ever wondered what the coolest tattoo designs are and how you can find them?  It is so common to see people in search of cool tattoos.  They search on Google and they post questions on Yahoo always looking for cool tattoos.  So what is a cool tattoo and what should you get tattooed on your body permanently?  Well you might not like the answer but what is cool is whatever you think is cool.  Keep reading and let me explain in more detail