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Tattoo & Body Piercing Gallery Photo Submissions

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If you would like your tattoo or piercing picture to be added to the collection, please send your images to tattoo.guide@about.com and please pay attention to the following guidelines or your pictures will NOT be posted:

  • Piercing images are no longer being accepted UNLESS they are unique. I don't need 100 pictures of tongue and eyebrow piercings, but if you have something unique you would like to share, feel free to send it for consideration. (Please follow the rules below)
  • All images must be sent in .jpeg or .gif format UNLESS you are sending from an AOL account. AOL members should send pictures in .bmp format and as an attachment. (The reason for this is simply because pictures from AOL accounts almost always come through broken. You can risk sending it in another form, but be aware that I can't use an image if it comes in broken) Please do not send zip files.
  • All images must be large enough to show detail, but no files larger than 500K. Images that are too small to make out or too large to download will not be accepted.
  • Images of genital piercings, genital tattoos and female nipple piercings are no longer accepted. (sorry)
  • All images must be clear photos! Fuzzy, blurry pictures of poor quality will not be posted. PLEASE DO NOT SEND WEBCAM SHOTS! Photos that are too dark or too small to see the image will not be accepted.
  • ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SENT WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

    1. Collector's Name: (The collector is the person wearing the tattoo. If you are the artist and you don't know the client's name, put "Unkown" on this line.)
    2. Artist's Name: (If you can't remember the name of the person that marked you for life, please don't bother submitting your photo.)
    3. Artist's Studio Name and Address: (Doesn't have to be a full address, but at least city and state where applicable)

    If you send me a blank email with nothing but a picture and no information, it will be deleted!

  • Submitting a picture does *not* guarantee that it will be posted in the gallery or anywhere on the site. I reserve the right to accept and/or reject pictures that are sent to me.
  • Submitting pictures of tattoos that *suck* are subject to being published on the site for the purpose of educating the public on what not to do when getting a tattoo!
Unidentifiable Art
Unless your tattoo is easily identifiable (fairy, tribal, etc.) PLEASE include a description along with your photo. If it's a lizard, can you tell me what kind? If it's a reproduction of some other piece of art, what is it? If it's from some band's CD, tell me who. I will not spend hours trying to track down people and information on these tattoos anymore. I have to write a description on every page, so help me out here!

Gallery Category
Last but not least, please take a look at the gallery categories on the Menu Page and tell me which category you would like to see your photo in if it is accepted.

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