SOMETIMES, a customer walks into Name Brand Tattoo at North Main Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and asks Julian Bast to design a tattoo just like the ones on his Instagram account. They use words like ...

Tattoo artists told Insider which designs will rise in popularity or fall out of favor in 2023. Full-color pieces, bold yet subtle fine lines, and micro tattoos are having a moment. Tribal designs and ...

Discover how India's tattoo culture evolved from sacred tribal traditions to powerful symbols of healing and self-expression.

Forget tribal tattoos — Gen Z is ushering in a futuristic, new favorite in body art. The generation’s ink of choice is cybersigilism, a type of sharp, spiky line work that looks both gothic and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Centuries before rockstars and celebrities, tattoos were used by tribal men and women across the world, whether it was the Maoris of New Zealand or the Apatanis of Arunachal Pradesh, to mark out ...

Body adornment is a significant cultural activity that is common among several ethnic groups in Nigeria. This practice is to enhance the beauty of the body and make it attractive, using ornamental ...

The Spanish conquistadors who landed in 1521 dubbed the Philippines the Islands of the Painted Ones after the heavily tattooed locals. Nearly 500 years on, tribal tattooing is almost extinct. Aya Lowe ...