Tattoos

November 3, 2015

Revealing Portraits of Heavily Tattooed People Who Normally Cover Their Whole Bodies

For many people, their skin is a canvas on which to display beautiful body art. Some folks are satisfied with one or two tattoos, but others keep going until entire areas of their body are camouflaged in colorful ink. British photographer Alan Powdrill documents these brazen bodies in COVERED, an homage to those willing to go to the tattooing extreme.

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October 14, 2015

Linear Tattoos Use One Continuous Line to Leave a Beautifully Bold Impact

Tattoo artist Mo Ganji specializes in black-and-white body art that makes a strong impact with relatively simple drawings. Opting for bold lines and stippled dots, the Berlin-based creative adorns his clients with portraits of people and animals, sometimes combining the two into an elegant image where one seamlessly leads into the other. He does this with a single line that you can follow from beginning to end as it forms the entire drawing.

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October 8, 2015

Breast Cancer Survivor Turns Mastectomy Scars into Beautiful Tattoos of Empowerment

Breast cancer survivor Dana Donofree is transforming her battle scars into beautiful works of art–one meaningful tattoo at a time. Five years ago, just a day before her birthday and two months before her wedding, Donofree was diagnosed with infiltrative ductal carcinoma, a common form of breast cancer. She postponed her wedding and spent the next year recovering from a bilateral mastectomy, reconstructive surgery, and a grueling regimen of chemotherapy.

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September 29, 2015

Meticulously Elegant Tattoos Created with Thousands of Intricate Dots

Tattoo artist Jessica Kinzer has a gift for producing powerful tattoos. Though only tattooing since 2014, this young artist shows genuine talent within designs that are both captivating and elegant. The complexity within each tattoo reveals Kinzer's meticulous eye for detail as she utilizes a variety of themes–though many of her pieces are reminiscent of mandala designs, with flourishes and details that diverge from a central point.

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