One woman from New Zealand has been an inspiration for other individuals now offering auctions for picking out – what will be inked on their rears. Tina Beznec, the 23-year old woman, came up with a unique method to raise money.  Utilizing a New Zealand auction site, she’s taking bids to auction off a space of 9cm by 9cm on her butt for the tattoo of the winner’s choosing!

Her ad suggests –“advertise your business”, propose to your loved one (I doubt this would be a great idea), “destroy her love life” ( chuckle), get creative! The winner of the auction will receive a framed photograph of the final piece of art. If they’re lucky enough to live in the area, she said it’s OK to observe her getting the tattoo.  The auction ends in February and as of today – the highest bid is $12,200!!

Now this idea is catching on and men and women are auctioning off space in the same area.  In some cases, these people are strapped for cash and are planning to keep the money, while others are using it as a tool to raise money for a charity they believe in.

For example – Hannah Wesley, a nursing student, is offering the same options as Tina but she’s handing over half of the cash raised to her favorite animal welfare organization, the SPCA.

It’s an easy way to raise money for a good cause and shows that tattooing can be used for good causes.

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An unlucky twenty-one year old man from Iran had some words, along with his girlfriend’s initial (wonder how laser removal will feel once that relationship shits the bed – ouch!), inked on his private parts.

For eight days nothing unusual happened. Then he began to notice that his “morning erection” was lasting much longer than usual. Things steadily progressed until eventually he has acquired a constant half-rigid penis.

Doctors from made a diagnosis of non-ischemic priapism. It’s a medical condition where blood flowing out of the penis is not sufficient enough to shrink the erection.

Doctors tried to correct the condition with a simple surgical procedure that placed a shunt inside of his penis to drain the excess blood. Unfortunately the procedure didn’t work.

Doctors are not offering any answers except try more surgeries but they were pessimistic about any type of permanent solution!

The guy decided to leave well enough alone and says he has no regrets. No regrets??   Really???

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Jesus Tattoo by Douglas Billian

It’s nice to see that people are able to think outside the box and come up with a practical and logical plan.  I’m referring to a Michigan pastor who is trying to reach out to young people who don’t feel completely comfortable visiting church or attending mass.

Rev. Steve Bentley started his church with the belief that mainstream religion has become ineffective. This is a theory that I read about years ago.  Churches are closing, and attendance is down.  Young people are not attending church to the same degree that their parents did.

So, Rev. Bentley opened up Serenity Tattoo – right inside the church.  The church is located in a shopping center and two artists work there by appointment.

Bentley said he understands some people are not crazy about the idea of Serenity Tattoo inside the church, but the pastor considers tattooing a “morally neutral” practice.

I am not a fan of religion but I still think this guy has a great idea.  One of the artists is a recovering alcoholic and finds that working in the church helps him stay on the right track.

The seniors in the church may not be happy about the tattoo infusion in their church, but I would bet it was a hit with anyone under 30 years old.  Why not find new ways to attract young people?

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I figured this story was bound to surface once it was brought to light that people were getting medical tattoos to replace bracelets and other methods of stating a medical condition.

It makes sense that something as permanent as ink is safer than wearing a bracelet or necklace.  There’s always the chance that you’ll forget to wear it.  Maybe you haven’t had an attack or medical episode in years – so you get lax and just don’t wear it all the time……Then there’s the possibility that you’re in an accident and the jewelry is ripped off.

Asthma Tattoo

So, this woman, Michelle Bryant, had a severe asthma attack while shopping.  She was hit suddenly with a severe attack and couldn’t speak. But! by pointing to her wrist tattoo, she alerted the staff to what was going on.  By the time the ambulance got there she had almost stopped breathing entirely!  She says “Without my tattoo, I do not think I would be alive today. I could not tell anyone what was happening, but the tattoo showed the staff what the problem was, I didn’t have to say a word.”.

It was such a serious attack that she spent 4 days in ICU.

By letting them know what the problem was immediately, the store employees took action immediately and the paramedics knew exactly what was going on.

Michelle has the idea after she lost her medical alert bracelet.

It’s one of the rare incident when a tattoo actually serves a purpose – and what an important one!

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Kevin Campbell, the now infamous tattoo artist who inked this woman’s forehead, said the woman came into the shop completely ready to get “Drake” tattooed on her forehead.  He got the impression she actually thought it out.  She felt strongly about where and what and even brought in a sample of the font she wanted. Drake is a rapper.

Campbell noticed that the woman’s excitement quickly went south once she saw the tattoo.  Second thoughts perhaps?  Guess she’s schedule to come in for a second sitting and get the lettering filled in. Because that’s just what she needs – is to make it more prominent.

Wonder if she’ll show. I think she’s more likely to keep an appointment at the laser tattoo removal clinic.

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Snake Yates (he legally changed his in the ‘80s) is well known amongst tattoo artists.  He was born and raised in Colorado Springs and was one of the first artists in the state.  He still owns Snake’s Tattoo shop in Colorado Springs. He’s now 62 years old and has been tattooing for over 40 years. And now Yates is becoming well known for his talent for restoring old dental chairs to be used in tattoo shops!

Dental chairs are the perfect choice for tattoo work because of their various adjustment choices and their maneuverability.  Yates said using one of these was a real back saver and although he tried to properly care for his chairs, they eventually wore out. The upholstery would get ruined because of the chemicals needed to clean it.

After spending big money getting his chairs repaired again and again, Yates bought an upholstery machine and so began a second career. After years of repairing his own chairs, he now collects and repairs them. He buys chairs from local dentists, old dental offices in Mexico, or scavenges them from dental suppliers. Other artists have gotten wind of his talent and will hire him to repair their tattoo chairs.

Yates has now expanded his skills to include wheelchair repairs.  Nice to see someone is restoring a useful piece when we’re so used to chucking anything and everything that wears out or breaks.

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Unfortunately, not many people have common sense when it comes to caring for animals. Animals are mistreated, abused, neglected, and kicked to the curb when their human decides they can’t deal with them.

Earlier this week, an owner of over 50 exotic animals let them all loose to fend for themselves and terrorize the local town of Zanesville, Ohio, located fifty miles east of Columbus.  Terry Thompson was the name of the man who owned all of these exotic animals and kept them on his 73 acre farm.

The local authorities were in a panic to protect the residents and shot and killed the majority of the animals.  The dead included 18 rare Bengal tigers, six black bears, a baboon, a wolf, 3 mountain lions, 17 lions, and two grizzly bears.  Six of the exotic pets were captured and have been taken to the Columbus Zoo.

The Sheriff and his deputies are getting threatened and abused by people for the decision to kill these animals. I’m an animal lover and I at first I felt the same – but then you have to look at it from their view point.  Every resident was in jeopardy and time was critical. It sucks but they put human life before considering that the animals were just doing what animals do. No one was hurt except for the animals. Fortunately, Thompson shot himself after releasing his pets so he got what he deserved.  It might have been more appropriate if one of his animals had taken him down – but life’s not perfect.

So, a Zanesville tattoo artist felt he wanted to do something positive in the wake of such a tragic week in his town. Billy White, from Downtown Tattoo, donated money he made doing tattoos of exotic animals during the days that followed the tragedy.  He raised over $1000 and is going to donate it to the care of the animals that survived.  Another tattoo artist going over and above for a good cause.

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Capturing a person’s likeness so that their face is easy to recognize is difficult whether the medium is paper and pencil or skin and tattoo ink.  I think baby pictures can be even more difficult since a baby’s face doesn’t have much definition.  So, although it’s true the baby portraits are a challenge, if you aren’t up to it just admit it. Some tattoo artists are talented enough to pull of portrait tattooing but it’s not usually a skill that all artists have.  Artists usually know their strengths and they should also know their limitations.  If you can’t carry it off – just don’t do it.

I found a blog that had a handy post that gathered 25 of these poorly done baby tattoos.   You just gotta wonder what the recipient was thinking at the time.

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It seems like professional sports has really embraced tattoo work. You can’t watch any type of professional game being played without seeing some ink on at least one player.  I would say professional athletes are one of the reasons people have learned to accept tattoos as a valid art form.

Now we have an athlete helping to show what NOT to do when getting a tattoo which I think may keep some people from making a similar mistake.  One can hope.

Boston Bruin player, Brad Marchand, may have been thrilled to be on the winning team of the Stanley Cup, but he’ll probably be best remembered for the tattoo he got following the game.  The story goes that after being high on their win, many of the players went on to celebrate and party, including 23-year-old Marchand. After the team’s win, a bunch of the players got tattoos right in the dressing room at the Garden.

Mistake one – don’t get a tattoo under “party” conditions.  Tattoo parties are not a good idea. Not getting a tattoo in a professional shop setting – also not a great idea.

Mistake two – the artist didn’t use spell check or any type of verification. The tattoo was misspelled.

Mistake three – don’t get tattooed when you’re under the influence.

Mistake four – plan out your tattoo. It’s not something that you want to decide on impulsively. Sometimes it works out but in most cases, people have regrets later on.

Do you see the problem? – If you look closely, it almost looks like there’s two misspelled words, but Marchand says that is an “n” in Stanley and the artist was able to fix the “ians” in Champians to the correct spelling of “ions”. Marchand says he doesn’t even know how it happened.  Easy to believe since their celebration range up a bar tab of $156,000.

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