The job market hasn’t been treating the tattooed ppl too well. Sometimes I get to hear that it’s only a Polish issue but these articles from Wales and Canada show clearly that the dress code and so-called professional image apply to all kinds of places around the world!
A cool old story, well-known but worth some mention anyway: Olive Oatman!
Finally, a cool idea in one of the Polish online magazines: the tattooed in 2016! Lots of individuality!
One of these pet peeves when it comes to names and body modifications – it’s not gauging, it’s ear stretching in the lingo. The subject seldom gets a serious press coverage, so take a look at these two “gems:” the look and some info on the stretching process.
Tattoos and work as perceived in Germany again!
A recent invention combines temporary tattos and the digital age! What the future holds in store for us? It’s quite exciting to watch how fast and dynamic the world changes around us!
Old-school music passion and love for a particular band – U2 and U2-related tattoos!
Good news from Germany – tattoos are not so much frowed upon in the work environment. I cana ctually confirm it from my own experience!
Finally, a pretty cool vidoe showing “antics” of a suspension group from NY!
Scott Campbell saying interesting things yet again! This time he muses on his profession, his relation to tattoos and the way he perceives many things. Funnily enough he claims that “It’s part of the magic for sure,” [he tells me.] “Tattooing’s one of the last things you can’t mass produce, each one is made for a person by hand and I think that’s why it’s so exciting. In a world where so many things only exist digitally or are manufactured by machines, there’s not that many things left that really have the romance of being handmade and tattoos are one of them.” But in the meantime something fascinating is happening and who knows what the future of tattooing will be like?
The piercing-inspired clothing – as with all novelties, some of it is pretty cool, some of it is barely so-so!
The Olympic Games in full swing and tattoos on display!
“12 confessions by tattoo artists” – sure, we’ve already seen and read texts like that but since they usually contain a grain of truth …
The New York Times posted an interesting article about outgrowing our tattoos and how we can proceed about that. We all make progress, change over time and start feeling differently about ourselves from the past, so no wonder that our skin souvenirs also may seem a lil outdated. What to do?
A German version about Shiite tattoos – just because it’s interesting!
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