Mick Giant is a tattoo artist and graffiti legend. He’s recently been focusing more on graffiti and illustration works. His body is a work of art of itself. Mostly covered in colored ink (other than his black and white sleeves), the tattooist updates his collection routinely with works by the likes of Greg Rojas and Chris Conn.

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Game took to his Twitter earlier and tweeted out a few pics of his newest body art. Kan Von D (of TLC fame) tatted Game’s three kids on his leg. More views of the piece down below.

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Naked-flesh season is in full swing in New York, with people letting theirs hang out of skimpy bathing suits, half-buttoned shirts and distressed shorts. But a lot of that flesh isn’t as naked as it used to be. These days, it has tattoos on it.

And that raises all sorts of etiquette questions, or at least enough to fill up this column. If some conspicuously tattooed stranger plants himself across the aisle from you on the subway, are you supposed to look at him/it/them? If you have a tattoo of, say, a naked woman on your biceps, are you required to cover it up if someone under 17 without accompanying parent or adult guardian passes by? And what about the tattoo artist? If a customer comes in asking for a tattoo of some pithy phrase that includes a dangling modifier, is the tattooer obliged to correct the grammar?

Click HERE for all the answers

Via NYTimes

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If we’re being honest, most of us will never own a work of art by a famous artist. And while back in college, it might have been okay to pay homage to one of the greats with a poster print from the museum, these days when it comes to the artwork that hangs on our walls, we tend to opt for original pieces by emerging (read: more affordable) talents. A few enterprising souls have found a way to sidestep the issue completely by displaying famous works of art directly on their bodies.

Click HERE to see all the tattoos.

via Flavorwire

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