It’s the age-old story of misconception versus reality. watch movie Get Out 2017 now Last September, the D.C. Health Department proposed a 24-hour waiting period for clients looking to get a tattoo or piercing. Their reasoning behind the proposal? “They can’t be responsible for themselves, as well as the person doing the work on them,” said Najma Roberts, a spokesperson for the D.C. Health Department. “We’re making sure when that decision is made that you’re in the right frame of mind, and you don’t wake up in the morning…saying, ‘Oh my God, what happened?’” Of course, the D.C. tattooing community...

Tattoos are works of visual style. But what if they had other functions that can't be detected by the eye? Such is the inkwork on Dmitry Morozov, a visual artist. He has a tattoo on his arm that serves as a barcode that can be scanned by a homemade sensor. The sensor, while reading the code, plays music at different tonalities, from a "theremin squeal to the low moan of guitar feedback.” And as reported by consequenceofsound.net, the build of the sensor is relatively simple: "the device uses two black line sensors available at most hardware stores, a basic stepper...

As reported by Tattoo Snob, a website called TastefullyOffensive.com has compiled clips of tattoos in film. The result is a video montage that spans from “Jaws” to “Lethal Weapon” to, of course, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” The cast of actors include George Clooney, James Franco, Al Pacino, and Seth Rogen. As shown in the video, tattoos have had a varied relationship with film. It’s not just action movies that feature tattoos (though, yes, there are plenty of them in the video); slapstick comedies have also flashed a lot of ink. Check out the video and see how many...

Here’s a crafty infographic from the National Post. While it gives a general overview on tattooing as a whole, it’s more than just a review of basic material. It asks some intriguing questions like: 1. Are single people more likely to get tattoos? 2. What percentage of Americans have gotten inked? 3. Do men and women differ in where they place their tattoos?watch full movie Hell or High Water online? You can see a larger version of the infographic here. Don’t forget to follow us! TATSoul’s Instagram: @tatsoul TATSoul’s Twitter: @tatsoul TATSoul’s Facebook: www.facebook.com/TATSOULsupply.   Thanks, TATSoul

LA Weekly has put up a nice blog piece on “Perseverance,” a tattoo art-show that was held last Saturday at the Japanese National Museum in Downtown Los Angeles. The show focused on traditional Japanese tattoos, with models going on display to show their full-body artwork. Perhaps the most striking aspect was that several artists were practicing the art of tebori, which shuns electrical tools, in front of a live audience. The show played on a common theme—the struggle to change the perception of tattoos, to validate them as a form of art. And it sounds that “Perseverance,” which focused the...

Has this given birth to the age of cyborg tattoo artists? As reported in New Scientist, a group of design students in France have hacked a 3D printer, turning it into an automated tattoo machine. This was done as part of a workshop at the ENSCI-Les Ateliers design school in Paris. At first the students started off with non-permanent tattoos. Then, satisfied with the results, they decided to hook up a tattoo machine and get the real thing. One of the trickiest parts was keeping the skin taut for an accurate drawing. The result? A simple (but precise) circle on...