It has been a little more than a year since Montrose County imposed new regulations on tattoo and piercing businesses in regard to health concerns. Some local tattoo artists and shop owners are pleased that the area finally has some official standards in place, but others question whether the measures go far enough.
Why would someone voluntarily undergo several hours of a needle stabbing them several thousand times per minute? The simple answer is for the sake of art, but the long answer is a bit more complicated.
Thanks to athletes, celebrities and TV shows, tattoos have gone from taboo to typical over the past 20 years. What started as a form of rebellion in the United States has become more of a personal fashion statement and, despite Springfield’s reputation as a holdout against style, this city is well stocked with both the inked and the inkers.
I purchased my first smartphone about 4 years ago, it was an Apple iPhone 3GS. I turned into the “there’s an app for that” guy and spent weeks finding the best apps for everything I wanted to accomplish with my phone. Before long I learned about jailbreaking and, of course, had to give it a shot. This opened up a whole new world of possibilities for the iPhone, giving features that would not be supported by Apple until 2-3 generations later, or in some cases never at all. This isn’t a post about jailbreaking, so I won’t go into detail, but multi-tasking, copy & paste, and the notification center were just a few critical features that were available well before Apple rolled them into iOS.
When iPhone 4 was released I refused to buy one until it was possible to jailbreak it. The same thing happened with the release of the 4s. While many Apple fans waited in line, I sat online scouring jailbreak websites waiting for a compatible jailbreak to become available.
I was happy with my jailbroken iPhone 4s, but started seeing more and more phones around with much larger screens. The iPhone 5 was going to be the answer to the small screen problem, but when it was officially announced, I took one look at the new specs and two days later bought myself a Samsung Galaxy S3.
The following are my comparisons between some of the major functions on Android vs. iPhone.
Continue reading “My Switch From iPhone to Android”
The skin as canvas, inks and needles replacing the palette: tattoos by Khan transcend mere decorations. Whether he is depicting eye crinkles in a portrait of the Dalai Lama or the leer of a supernatural ghoul, his rich color and technical realism redefines the boundaries of art and pop culture.
An original work he made for a tattoo shop in Australia.
Born Park Sung Gyun in South Korea, Khan, 40, gave up a promising career as an architect 10 years ago to learn traditional Japanese tattooing.
The pain is “excruciating.” It’s feels like white heat slapping her skin, it gives her blisters and is unlike anything she’s ever experienced. But for Stephanie Gorchynski, 32, the discomfort is worth it to get what she calls those two black “death angels” off her back.
Gorchynski, a pastry chef and owner of Sweet Revenge foods, has spent thousands of dollars and about 12 months removing what she describes as “bad art” from her body.
One of the oldest known art forms has changed dramatically in just the past two decades.
You can see it for yourself this weekend for the 20th Annual Richmond Tattoo Arts Festival at the Greater Richmond Convention Center downtown.
Tattoos have become chic enough for a current exhibit at the Valentine Museum; chic enough for professional folks, big name athletes and stars, as well as just everyday people.
It’s been a while since I wrote about an article with negative comments from readers. I was starting to believe that things were getting better, but sadly this article proves that theory wrong.
Things are just getting started and there are already a few gems.
This country is going to hell thanks to people’s lack of morals and lack of respect for themselves. This is a perfect example, just gross, that’s all. Stupid is too nice a word.
-nomogovpen3How about the using the money wasted on those skin pictures and helping out a fellow vet that might need a roof over his head or food to feed his kids?
This is “hey everybody, look at me” nonsense.
-OnionChex
Cool story about Medical Cosmetic Tattooing to help cover scars. (watch the video)
Our current society craves individuality and self expression. And now many people wear their artistic expression. We are having more trouble communicating with each other than ever before, as electronic communication will never replace face-to-face human contact. So, it’s not surprising that there’s a growing trend toward communication via body ink. We don’t have to talk, we just have to look.
Interesting article dealing with tattoo psychology. This paragraph stood out to me and I’m not sure I agree with the last statement, “We don’t have to talk, we just have to look.” That is like saying we don’t have to read books, we can just look at the covers. Tattoos often have a story to tell, but it must be told in words. You cannot simply look at a piece of body art and know the reasons behind it. My tattoos are conversation starters, not substitutes for conversation.
Ouch! Scarlett Johansson has added to her existing collection of inkings with a brand new horseshoe tattoo on her ribcage.
The only person lucky here is the Tattoo Artist that actually got paid for this
I guess this goes to show you that money doesn’t always buy a quality tattoo.
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