The real estate market has definitely been hit hard these past couple years. So much so, that Rapid Realty employers have promised employees an additional 15% commission for getting “tatted-up”. Not just any tattoo design, though. The Rapid Realty logo, itself! So far, 37 out of about 700 employees have
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This article basically supports the negative connotation that tattoos often carry. A study was conducted in Texas that surveyed a relatively small sample of college students. It was found that those with body art (tattoos, as well as piercings) have a higher tendency to become involved in substance use, and
Irezumi (入れ墨, 入墨, 紋身, 刺花, 剳青, 黥 or 刺青) is the Japanese name for the traditional tattoos that Yakuza members get. Irezumi means “insert ink” in Japanese. These tattoos were used for decorative and spiritual purposes. The process was done by hand poking, meaning that the ink was inserted beneath
The above video shows Lil Wayne’s face tattoos. Lil Wayne has a couple of teardrop tattoos on his face. Many gangsters and convicts have the teardrop tattoo on their face under the eyes. This tattoo has many different meanings. Outside of the prison system it usually represents the loss of
Tattoos have been a form of expression throughout history. Society has associated tattoos with deviant behavior and with the gang culture. However, the tattoo culture did not form from gang members. As found in the website of Michigan State university, some state that tattoos have been found on Egyptian and
In this photo you can see the many tattoos that lil wayne and many other people seem to have. Many associate the teardrop tattoo under one’s eye as having killed a person. The number of tears depend on how many victims you have had. The tear drop originated from the
Mara Salvatrucha also known as MS, Mara, and MS-13 is one of the world’s most ruthless gangs. They are estimated to become even more of a threat than the mafia as the country’s most organized criminal network. Most of the members have tattoos in order to identify themselves with the
From a recent Minneapolis Star-Tribune story: The tattoo on Jenkins’ [the dude pictured above; sadly, no pic of the tattoo itself] left bicep depicts a person holding a semi-automatic handgun with the barrel of the gun partially in the mouth of a pig, according to a criminal complaint. The tattoo
I came across this Tumblr in my feed and thought this would be an appropriate venue to tell people about it. It consists of reproductions from a book by one Danzig Baldaev. From the Tumblr’s “About” page: Danzig Baldaev was born into a prominent Buryat family; when only a child,