The first week of the new year has been good so far, news-wise included.

First, let’s focus a little on changes the new year either brings/ is going to or should bring: in Queensland, Australia, people want stricter regulations of the body piercing industry while in Boulder, CO  some body artists feel ‘targeted’ (you can take a look at the shop run by the author of the letter here).

A look at tattoo ‘industry’ in Bangladesh.

I quite like the column (?) ‘Intriguing people 2011’ in a local newspaper and even better the guy that got featured in it: ‘firefighting, tutus and tattoos;’ another intriguing guy comes from the UK and is a policeman with quite a lot of body art. And an intriguing woman, also from the UK: ‘an obsessed fan with a Twilight back piece.’

In the ‘miscellaneous’ you can read about a NV tattoo shop booming after national exposure in an industry magazine and TapTap app now available for Android.