This Brazilian tattoo artist is making a career out of her bad art (photos)

BY BROOKLYN PINHEIRO While Helena Fernandes was growing up drawing her ‘funny/cute/not realistic/not-following-the-rules” pictures, she never imagined they would become the source of her career. The style that she would print on everything from t-shirts to nails has made her famous…

How your tattoos can last forever and live on after you’re dead

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP It’s almost more rare to find someone without a tattoo than with one these days. We spend money, time, thought and endure a bit of pain to keep these images on our bodies forever. But, until now…

Meet the neo-hippie communist bringing body art to Cuba—where tattooing is still illegal

  BY: CAROLINE ROLF  While he might look like your everyday hipster, Che Alejandro Pando Napoles, or Che for short, would describe himself as more of a “neo-hippie communist.” Despite having to constantly dodge government closures of his shop by…