Blogs all over the world were talking tattoos this week, which is a good thing considering my day job dared to take time away from my precious Needled.com.

So today, I'm givin y'all a round-up of the juiciest tattoo goodness found on blogs and zines over the last seven days.

Best Tattoo Culture Photo

Boing Boing posted an amazing photo that is part of photographer Bruce Osborn's portrait series on Japanese parents with their children.


I love the caption that goes with the portrait:

Beyond the tattoo image, the whole series is a unique and engaging look into Japanese culture over generations.


Best Mix of Fashion & Tattoo Art

Ami Kealoha of Cool Hunting is blogging from Sao Paulo's Fashion Week where, she says, tattoo art is ever-present. She points me in the direction of a fellow blogger who writes (in Portugese) on the body art of designers, stylists and other artists with some great photos like this one below on director Cristiano Winter.



You'll also find the artistic influences of old school Americana designs as well as graffiti in some of the Winter 2007 collections.


Best Tattooed Person Link

One of my favorite blogs on learning to tattoo links a Tattooed Psychic. While it is unclear how the fabulous Faye uses her body art to reach the dead, I figure that if I pay for a reading, the money would eventually wind up in the hands of a tattooer rather than a purveyor of crystal balls.



Faye also does ghost hunting, seances, past life regressions, and hosts a show on the subjects called Radio Spiritus.


Best Tattoo Myth Buster

Finally, a link that directly answers one of the most frequent questions I get as editor of Needled: Is it really true that I can't be buried in a Jewish cemetary with tattoos?

Well, now I simply point to Hillel's e-zine and their article last week called Jews & Tattoos: What's a Rabbi to do? The article address the burial question head on:

The article also links to an earlier post entitled Tattoos: Hip. Cool. Artsy. Permanent. Kosher?, which looks at the relationship between body art and Jewish tradition. [Keep in mind that different divisions may take more liberal or more conservative views than those stated in the article.]


Best Screen Caps of Modified Mayans

My buddy Sean at Mybodystory always manages to get the best screen caps of movies featuring body art, and his post on Apocalypto is no exception.



He also posts images of the tattoos on the character Alex in the film Children of Men, including the word crazy needled on his neck.


Best REAL Tattoo Photos

The wonderful and often not-work-safe Modblog continues to post the strange, the extreme and the beautiful of body art. This past Wednesday, he featured an old school chestpiece framed by two gorgeous Japanese sleeves created by Diau-An at Taiwan Tattoo in Kaoshiung. Most definitely worth the click.


Best Shameless Self-Promotion

And naturally, I gotta wrap up with links to Needled, which include a new tattoo magazine called Urban Ink for and about people of color, a new beauty pageant featuring tattooed women, and a book review on tattoo typography, from Ramones lyrics to Shakespeare.

There ya have it. More tattoo links than you can shake a Suicide Girl pasty at. Enjoy!

Marisa_DiMattia is a lawyer and editor of Needled.com, a blog on tattoo art and culture.