Question: "I've got a tattoo question for you and this might sound really dumb but I'll ask it anyway. Lets say I have an idea to get a tattoo of ... Read More

Prof Creates Tattoo Database For Police Tattoos are becoming one of the most reliable identifying marks to identify suspects and bodies. A Michigan University professor has developed a program that enables ... Read More

While walking around the convention center at Hell City, the most obvious group of people we saw were those attending the tattoo show. But there were also other groups of ... Read More

Last weekend, I attended the Hell City Tattoo Festival in Columbus, Ohio. It was my first time attending this particular event, but the itinerary and artist guest list promised one ... Read More

Tattoo Shop Owner Busted on Drug Charges Rodney Pendleton, owner of Area 54 Tattoos in Peachtree City, Georgia, has been arrested for cultivating and distributing marijuana. Several plants were found in ... Read More

"I wanted to change my second earlobe piercing for the first time today. It has been 6 weeks and I planned to change the jewelry. I went to remove the ... Read More

Miami Ink Disappoints "I flew to Florida for vacation & decided to get a tattoo at Miami Ink. On TV they are so nice and jovial. When I walked in they ... Read More

Armor Tattoo Shop RobbedArmor Tattoo Studio in Lakeport, California, was robbed of thousands of dollars of tattooing equipment earlier this week. Tattoo machines, needles, and tattoo ink were among the ... Read More

Hey everyone! I'm in Columbus, Ohio right now and have been covering the fantastic events of the Hell City Tattoo Convention this weekend. I've met some amazing people, seen hundreds ... Read More

"Has anyone ever heard of leaving a deposit for a tattoo appointment, then not having it be applied towards the cost of the tattoo? My g/f and I just got ... Read More

Traci Hancock, featured on this site last year, has made some big changes! She has recently opened her own shop with her husband - Boomtown Tattoo - in Martinsburg, West ... Read More

DIY Piercing Lands Teen in Hospital 15 year-old Zeke Wheeler is in the hospital with a severe case of MRSA after trying to pierce his own lip. He has already had ... Read More

John Portik, of Niagara Falls, has been fined by the health department after 8 cases of skin infection (one being MRSA) were traced back to tattoos performed by him. Although ... Read More

There aren't many artists I would feature here that are as green as Tim Phelps, but there aren't a lot of new artists with the prodigious skill he has, either. ... Read More

Last August, Joshua Trobaugh - owner of Mr. Tank's Tattoos in Denver, CO - was shot and killed at the shop during an apparent robbery attempt. Police have finally named ... Read More

"I have a small Egyptian related tattoo on my upper back and I want to add things to it...more hieroglyphs to it like a wall and to the sides I'll ... Read More