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 So, you want to learn how to tattoo or pierce? If you’re serious about it, you’ll do it the right way. The wrong way is by buying a "shop in a box" kit and trying to teach yourself. The right way is through apprenticeship - learning from a skilled artist with hands-on experience.

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t seems that with the popularity of tattoos and the potential for high income, a lot of people want to become a tattoo artist. Many of them make the mistake of buying a kit and practicing on their friends, which is very dangerous. Many of these people never become truly successful at tattooing anyway, and never acquire the skills necessary to compete in this highly competitive business. If you’re serious about becoming a skilled and competent artist, this is what you need to do.
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Why Piercing Guns Should be Banned
Piercing guns have been used for years in mall and department stores for piercing people of all ages. Today, though, professional body piercers want to see the gun banned. Why?

I talked to a lady (who shall remain nameless) who works in a jewelry boutique at a local mall. She said that she has been doing piercings there now for about 6 months. Her "training" took all of 2 weeks, which consisted of watching others and practicing on a teddy bear. (huh?) Although she claims that in the time she has been piercing she has only gotten one complaint, that does not mean this procedure is entirely safe.
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 Why Body Art Ought to be Left to the Professionals

 D.I.Y. or Do It Yourself is becoming a household phrase. Why pay someone when you can do it yourself? Of course, it’s not just a cost issue, but also a matter of pride! To do something with your own two hands brings a sense of self-worth and satisfaction. DIY book sales have soared in recent years, featuring handyman instructions for everything from small craft projects to building your own home.

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Mauricio Vera Rodriguez, a Hollywood tattoo artist, pleaded no contest to sexually battery on Wednesday. He was sentenced to eight months in jail and must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo announced Thursday.

Rodriguez, 32, was ordered to attend 104 Sexual Compulsives Anonymous meetings and stay away from the Hollywood tattoo parlor where he worked. He was also banned from future tattoo work, according to the City Attorney’s Office.

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Error has caused him ‘emotional distress from public ridicule,’ complaint says

(Crain’s) — Maybe Chicago really isn’t Michael Duplessis’ kind of town — or “TONW” for that matter.
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Daniella Sarahyba, Petra Nemcova and Bridget Hall. These pictures are some fine examples of nude body painting in action.
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Once stigmas of low class status, tattoos — like body piercing — have gone mainstream. But even as a new reverence for pagan beliefs spreads, facial tattoos remain taboo. Who chooses to mark their faces and why? PNS contributor A. Clay Thompson is a 24-year-old writer and former bike messenger whose tattoos end at his neckline.

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There has been a revival of body painting in the Western society since the 1960s, in part prompted by the liberalization of social mores regarding nudity. Even today there is a constant debate about the legitimacy of body painting as an art form. I would like to remind you that these pictures are probably NSFW, however this is art work just done on a slightly different canvas.
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Body painting, and body makeup have been used by woman since ancient times.

Trade Show Models in Body Painted Tops Created by Makeup Artist - Body Painter RoByn Thompson

In the 60’s, Mod model Twiggy added a famous flower eye to her look and suddenly everyone wanted to use the body as a canvas.
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