We’ve all seen those bad tattoos of “English names in Chinese ... such as full sentences written out in Chinese characters or a full backpiece.

From anime girls to abstract shapes, Japanese tattooing has changed ... did an enormous irezumi backpiece, but instead of a deity or a Suikoden hero, he inked Godzilla as the subject.

For all the things that Kate gets wrong, it did get one important thing right: properly crediting tattoo artists ... Miyavi’s backpiece is especially interesting and beautiful because in ...

A tattoo artist herself, Alexandra ... "I never looked at myself originally with a big back piece. "But traditionally with Japanese back pieces, they're supposed to tell the story of the rest of your ...