What sits in the corner and travels around the world? Obviously it's a postage stamp. People who get postage stamp tattoos are committed travelers. They don't hit the all inclusive resorts in Cancun every February or book cruises as exotic getaways. These intrepid folk seek out the road less traveled. They live out of a backpack for weeks or months...
Pencil tattoos are subtle, but their symbolism is compelling. You don't have to be a writer or an artist to be a man who sketches out his own destiny. Your pencil tattoo shows the world that you are an architect of the future. Touch screens and keyboards may be all the rage right now, but like the compass and the...
Lord of the Rings is an epic like few others, and it is a story that tells many other stories within it with an enormous cast of well-developed characters. The symbolism from this series is the basis for many inspiring tattoos, including, undoubtedly, the Eye of Sauron. The Eye of Sauron is menacing, all-seeing, and it represents the way that...
Sixteenth President of the United States, the Great Emancipator, and pop culture Vampire Hunter, Abraham Lincoln has remained an adored figure long after his life abruptly ended. Often times considered one of the top three best presidents in the United States. Like other great men, Lincoln is ubiquitously immortalized in tattoo form because of the inspiring life that he led....
As a starving, weather-beaten man, burned brown by the sun until his face turns leather, has but one hope for survival. He has no idea if anyone will find it, or even speak his language. His is nothing but a fool's hope, but he must try nonetheless. Those who aimlessly wander and strive against all odds often choose a tattoo...
Johnny Cash is a legend. Singer, songwriter, actor, and novelist, Cash is the epitome of musical revolution, survival in the face of adversity, and masculine emotion. It is no surprise that Cash and his legacy is immortalized in the form of tattoos on many a man's arm. Because Johnny Cash worked in a multitude of musical genres, he touched the...
Taking an arrow to the knee is among the profuse risks that an adventurer takes when embarking on a quest in Skyrim. Nonetheless, taking ink to the knee is one way to commemorate your many adventures in the Skyrim universe IRL. Skyrim is fantastical, with a plethora of inspiring images, designs and symbols to draw inspiration from for your next...
What is a "blast over" tattoo? Well, it has nothing to do with rocket launches; unless you want it to, that is. Blast over tattoos rejuvenate your old, faded ink into something spectacular. A typical blast over tattoo is a dramatic design of bold black line work with plenty of negative space. It's imposed over your older tattoos, which become...
There are some poor souls who spend their days slogging through the rocks, mud and rubble, hauling their loads atop their backs, driving a plow, or typing away in a cubicle like some diseased fowl. But you have found freedom. You are a man of the sea. With the salt spray bleaching your whiskers, the setting sun lighting your pipe,...
The Death Star is so much more than a movie prop. It's the avatar of the adventure that started it all, the beginning of the franchise that awakened millions of hearts and minds across the world. As a tattoo, it's an unmistakable mark of a true believer in the ever-expanding Star Wars universe. When artist Colin Cantwell designed the original...
