What happens when discarded chotchkies and tattoo culture collide? You get the work of Jason Hills- an artist living in Australia who gives classic religious figurines a dark new life by transforming them into vibrant Dia de los Muertos figurines.

A few weeks ago I discovered the russian criminal tattoo encyclopedias and it blew my mind. this three volume series was put together by a russian prison guard who spent his lifelong career documenting over 3,000 prisoner tattoos. most of the tattoos are really, really intense — these are a few of the more toned […]

Pictures of chef tattoos from a nytimes.com slideshow.

The names of hate crime victims will be tattooed on the artist’s skin during a live performance piece entitled, “Note to Self”.