Ideas for the next tattoo

Taipeh, Taiwan, April 2016.

Father and daughter

Manila, January 2016.

nice handrail

Iguazu, Argentina, March 2015.

Am I so beautiful?

Foz do Iguaçu, Brasil, March 2015.

painless tattoo

Hamburg, Germany, December 2014.

tell me when I was born?

Birthday tattoo

Beijing, August 2014.

More reading material

Tai Shan, Shandong, April 2014.

Crossing the street

Zheng Ding (正定), Hebei, August 2013.

Tattoo girl

Macau, China, July 2011.

Wild youth

Singapore, September 2011.

Tattoo family

Honolulu, Hawaii, April 2011.

Tattoos: Enjoy it...

Patong, Phuket, Thailand, March 2011.

McTattoo

Boracay, October 2010.

Manila: early morning in a bar

Built to ride and tatoo girl.

Manila, June 2010.

Modern tattoos

Be never nacked!

... are indigenous or tribal tattoos more beautiful?

North Jakarta, October 2009.

Tiger breast

Wamena, Papua, April 2009.

Mentawai impressions: tattoos

Tattoos are an extension of clothing. When tattooed, you are never naked whatever might happen to you. They are applied at different stages of life on different body parts. They now start being applied when young people are around 15, if at all. Chin and back come first, then hands, chest, thighs and buttocks.

The flower close to the shoulder bone means that evil should bounce off the body like raindrops from a flower (see above).

Tattoos are applied by a tattoo master who will be paid in kind for his work. The color mix is made of soot and lime juice. A blade of grass is used to apply the mixture on the skin. A small piece of wood with a nail at its top is then used to introduce the mixture into the skin where the nail has opened it.