By: Joshua Bray Every tattoo has a story to tell. In 2012, the History of Tattoos’ website states, about 45 million Americans had at least one tattoo, and 30 percent of college graduates in the United States have permanent ink. The same website reports 17 percent of people who have tattoos regret them; however, 5 […]
Trending Tattoos
May 1, 2019 by
By Andrea Payne While more and more people are using tattoos as a form of aesthetic expression, there are still conflicting opinions on the art form. Read more about tattooing as an art and views on tattoos affecting employment. Pain and beauty: Finding art in a tattoo Ink and needles. Combined with the human body, […]
Pain and beauty: Finding art in a tattoo
April 30, 2019 by
By Andrea Payne Ink and needles. Combined with the human body, skin is transformed into a canvas used to tell a person’s unique and inspirational story. Andrew Wilson, local tattoo artist at Stay True Tattoo, explained how tattoos are meaningful, appealing to the eye, and artistic. “I think it’s a form of expression,” Wilson said […]
Students, Lubbockites Reveal Meaning Behind Body Art
April 16, 2015 by
A bell chime jingles as the glass door of the Stay True Tattoo shop opens, and a melody of rhythmic buzzing from an ink gun and pulsing music from a tablet welcome visitors. Clients arrive to request a design or decorate a limb. Tattoo specialists wash their hands, prepare various colors of ink and don sanitary […]
