Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Stylish Body Art to Stay Trendy

Body art helps setting a style statement as it gives a freedom to decorate, adorn or change the body permanently or temporarily. Body art is art made on, with, or consisting of, the human body. The most common forms of body art are tattoos and body piercings, but other types include scarification, branding, scalpelling, shaping (for example tight-lacing of corsets), full body tattoo and body painting.

Body Painting

Body painting is the most ancient form of art. Body painting is temporary form of art done on human body which last for some hours or may be for some days and are easily removable and cheap. The paints used in body painting are non-toxic and non-allergic. Body painting is not just painting of nude bodies, but it is also done in smaller pieces which are called tattoos. The tattoos could be detailed or just a small painting. Today body painting is huge in both amateur and professional arenas. Body paintings can be typically seen on occasions like football matches, rave parties and on certain festivals ( for ex- Mehndi in India On Deeepwali ). Firstly an outline of black color is done followed by filling of desired color, then the studs, jewels as desired are used to decorate the fine piece of work.

Cosmetic Cloning and Body Art

Or was it a trick question? There obviously are two women there, even if one is a copy of the other. And if you look closely, you can see small differences in hair or the accessories in the background or whatever else you want to pore over. But, of course, there also is only one woman there: a blond archetype of American femininity that is the model for each of these two Miami Dolphins cheerleaders.

The two bodies could almost be clones. And, of course, they are: not because they share a fair amount of genetic material, but because each is an near perfect copy of a social form. Each is identically styled to that conventional model, from physical training to gestural habits to costumes and make-up. Each will stand out because she so completely conforms to one set of social norms. Together they mirror not only each other but their society’s demand for conformity.

But don’t think that style is to blame. Or at least consider the other end of the spectrum:

There is only one of this guy, right? He is a model at the annual Face and Body Art International Convention. Who else could possibly look like this? (The style is the man.) But, of course, he is not so unique. He fits right into the body art subculture, and the artist is drawing on familiar conventions of mythic iconography and popular design. Just in case that context isn’t clear, notice the Mona Lisa figure in the left background. And, like the cheerleaders, his well-toned body is a standard typification of gender.

The cheerleaders train for hours to have a few minutes of spectacular performance, all at considerable cost to themselves and other women. Mr. Body Art is a model of self-fashioning, but only for a few hours in a convention center that tomorrow will be hosting Rotarians while he becomes just another guy on the street. Fashion alternates between conformity and unique self-assertion, and each depends on the other. Most of us spend our time between these two extremes, but we shouldn’t feel too smug about that. Among human beings, there are only differences of degree, never of kind.

Australian Body Art Carnivale 2010


The Carnivale was again be ‘A Festival of Colour’ centred around body art in its many and varied forms. For members of the public, it was nothing short of phenomenal to watch the human canvases take shape during the competitions.

Monday, June 28, 2010

Knuckle Tattoos

Knuckle tattoos aren't exactly the most common location to get a tattoo, however many tattoo fanatics find the knuckles to be the perfect place for a four letter word tattoo.

Here we have a list of some famous people with knuckle tattoos gracing their hands.

Also checkout these hand tattoos.

Robbie Williams love knuckle tattoo.
Ozzy Osbourne "Ozzy" knuckle tattoo.
Josh Homme has "Cap" and "Cam" tattooed on his knuckles.
Tim Armstrong PUNX knuckle tattoo.
Benji Madden has "Made Man" tattooed on his knuckles.
Carey Hart knuckle tattoos.

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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Head Tattoos

Believe it or not, head tattoos have been picking up stream in recent years and become quite popular among serious tattoo enthusiasts.

Here we have a gallery of head tattoos, both partial and complete head tattoos included.

There are only a couple of famous people which come to mind, who actually have head tattoos, and those two people are Tim Armstrong of the punk band Rancid and of course Boy George.

Head tattoo with gun and flowers.
Tim Armstrong complete head tattoo.
Eye on back of head tattoo.
Breakfast head tattoo.
Tribal art head tattoo.
Cat man face head tattoo.
Artsy back of head tattoo.
Boy George head tattoo.

Friday, June 25, 2010

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