Inside Out Tattoo Designs
Anatomical tattoos are visual representations of the inside of the human body, whether it be bones, muscle or internal organs. Often, anatomy tattoos are placed to create an X-ray effect, showing the parts of the body that lie directly beneath the body art design. The inside out tattoo design below shows the muscles of the arm, as though the skin has been torn away from that area.
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Open Your Heart Tattoo
The human heart is a surprisingly colorful organ, with contrasting colors of red and blue. These colors are aesthetically pleasing in tattoos. An interesting tattoo art work is created by contrasting the organic shapes of the heart organ with a man-made, repetitive pattern such as the zipper.
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A Very Brainy Tattoo
This anatomical tattoo gives us a view inside this guy’s head. By using different shades of tattoo inks, the tattoo artist has cleverly given this design a natural, 3-D feel.
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A Skinny Skeleton Tattoo
This anatomical tattoo shows the backbone and ribs, minus the muscle, fat and veins that make up the rest of the body. Because the skeleton tattoo design overlays the real body parts, the skeleton is animated when the person moves.
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Critter Comb for Freaky Fashionistas
Want to give someone a memorable, creepy Christmas present? This taxidermy Guinea Pig comb will never be forgotten, unlike your future invitations to play the Secret Santa game.
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It ‘Snot a Soap Dish
Instead of giving a soap dish for Christmas this festive season, you can give this nose shower gel dispenser. Unlike the old-fashioned soap dish, this modern gadget dispenses soap without leaving behind a slimy, snotty residue.
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Gifts for People Who are Full of $#*!
Because some people need a wake-up call, like a coffee enema. Perhaps this enema bag jewelry will come in handy.
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Makin’ Bacon
The ideal Christmas gift for bacon lovers. This tasty bacon candy treat allows your carnivorous friends to snack on bacon no matter where they are.
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Don’t Feel like Giving Anything for Christmas?
You now have the option of giving an elegantly packaged gift of… Nothing.
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A Merry Christmas May You Have
The lovable character from the popular Star Wars movies, Yoda, is shown in this tattoo; either as a replacement for Santa Claus or as one of Santa’s little helpers.
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Kiss Me under the Mistletoe
This funny Christmas tattoo falls under the label of adult humor, as the mistletoe design is tattooed just above this guy’s belt line. In western culture, it is traditional to hang mistletoe in a doorway. If someone stands beneath the mistletoe, it is an invitation for a kiss…
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A Nightmare Before Christmas Tattoo
Jack Skellington, the main character from Tim Burton’s A Nightmare Before Christmas, is a humorous contrast to the traditional Christmas character, Santa Claus, with his jolly jowls and bulging belly. The Jack Skellington Christmas tattoo below shows how this character’s evil looks stand in contrast to the innocent-looking characters that are usually associated with Christmas hats.
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Jesus, a Bunny and a Jolly Fat Man
Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. In Christianity, Easter is a celebration of Jesus ascending to heaven, a ‘rebirth’ of sorts. The most recognizable Christmas character is Santa Claus, a jolly fat man in a red suit. Easter is often represented by a rabbit, called the Easter Bunny. In this funny tattoo, Jesus is shown with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.
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A Calvin and Hobbes Christmas Tattoo
Bill Watterson’s famous comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes, has inspired a wealth of fan art tattoos. Most Calvin and Hobbes tattoos depict the main characters; the boy Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, but other characters from the comic have also stolen the hearts of the public, such as the philosophical snowman, shown below.
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Zombie Jesus Christmas Tattoo
This tattoo takes a little deciphering to fully understand its meaning. As far as this author can tell, this is a depiction of Jesus as a zombie (he did, in a way, rise from the dead at Easter). The zombie doll character has its arms outspread in a similar pose to that of Jesus on the cross, and through the palms of its hands are nails, in a parody of the crucifixion of Christ. The lightbulb is, uh, well, it probably seemed like a good idea at the time.
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Funny Will Ferrell’s Inky Elf
This tattoo shows funny man Will Ferrell as the character that he played in the Christmas themed movie, elf.
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Rudolph’s Predecessor, Immortal in Ink
This Christmas tattoo is a portrait of Randy the Reindeer, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’s predecessor. For years, Randy led Santa’s sleigh on Christmas eve, delivering Christmas presents to good little children, sometimes, even, to deliver Christmas gifts to naughty children. Then one snowy night, Rudolph that dastardly Red Nosed Reindeer usurped Randy’s position as lead reindeer, dooming Randy to eternal obscurity. RIP Randy.
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We Wish You a Manga Christmas
This Christmas tattoo design uses the popular Japanese comic book style, manga, to portray Western symbols of Christmas. In this manga tattoo design, the Christmas fairy is shown wearing a Christmas outfit, holding the Star of Bethlehem and accompanied by other Christmas symbols, mistletoe and a candy cane.
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The Grinch Stole a Christmas Tattoo
The famous children’s book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss, features a Who whose heart is three times too small. The Grinch is angry at the other Whos, who, every year, enjoy the Christmas cheer. The Grinch decides to stop Christmas from coming by stealing the Whos’ Christmas presents, who-ham and Christmas decorations.
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Attraction/Aversion Jewelry
Howley calls her collection of human hair jewelry pieces Attraction/Aversion. She states that she is attempting to portray how a person can feel conflicting emotions simultaneously. In order to do this, she has taken something that people seem to feel a natural aversion to; discarded human hair, and created something attractive out of it; an aesthetic piece of body decor.
Making Human Hair Jewelry
Howley weaves human hair in such a way that the yarn creates symmetrical patterns that are attractive to the human eye. The artist doesn’t trim the finished work, allowing stray strands to stick out of the pattern. This creates a peculiar, powerful combination of careful design and chaotic disorder.
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Artist Francois Robert is trying to make people aware of the consequences of violence. He uses art as his stage to voice his opinions, his medium; human bones. By arranging selected human bones into a collage, Robert creates an art work that is bizarre, yet powerful.
Symbols of War
Weapons such as hand guns, artillery tanks and hand grenades have become symbols of war and violence. In the pictures below Robert has carefully arranged human bones to create an image of these symbols. The last image of the word, “war”. The text is bold and the message plain, war is death.
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Causes of War
By using recognizable symbols such as the Nazi swastika or the Christian cross, the artist is able to point the result of war; death, at it’s cause. Many wars have been caused by the differences between two or more groups of people, whether these be religious, social, racial or cultural differences. By comparing the Christian cross to the Nazi swastika, Robert creates a controversial debate about the intent of both these societies.
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Why Men go Bald
Why do men go bald? Perhaps because there are little people (and goat kids) who cut their hair off each day. If you’re going bald, you might as well accept fate, have a sense of humor and get a funny tattoo.
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Awesome Amputee Tattoo Humor
Not only did these people find the courage to survive an amputation; they managed to find some humor in their situation.
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Funny Body Part Tattoo Designs
Sometimes a body part just cries out for a humorous tattoo to complete it. The gaping belly button shown below was the perfect choice for a disgusting, mooning belly button tattoo, just as the joined toes were the perfect canvas for a cutting line design. Some tattoo designs take a little bit of planning, and a lot of maintenance, as in the picture of the hairy troll tattoo. The wearer of the tattoo has to shave the hair in that area regularly to create the troll’s hair style.
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The modern Santa Claus image was first introduced in 1863 by world-renowned cartoonist and caricaturist, Thomas Nast. His artist’s sketch showed a rosy cheeked old man, puffing on a tobacco pipe while holding an armful of toys. This image became so popular that it was adopted by Christian societies around the world. Shown below is Thomas Nast’s original Santa Claus design, which was published in the Christmas edition of Harper’s Weekly in 1863, alongside a graffiti art version of the original design.
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Santa Claus Graffiti
Popular media portrays Santa Claus as being a jolly old man with a big white beard, wearing a red suit that is trimmed with white fur. The character design is flexible, as long as the central design elements (listed above) are adhered to. Other items that are sometimes shown with Santa are reading glasses and/or a walking stick.
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Evil Santa Claus Graffiti
For every “good” or “cute” character, there is an art movement to create evil versions of the character (see The Dark Side of Hello Kitty for evil versions of Hello Kitty). The Santa Claus doppelgangers shown below explore a dark, evil side of Santa that is not suggested by popular media. This is the kind of evil Santa who might give Creepy Christmas Gifts to naughty children.
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Santa Claus Featuring Famous Faces
Santa Claus is a symbol of peace, joy and generosity. By depicting a celebrity or famous personage as Santa, a powerful statement can be made. An especially powerful contrasting metaphor can be created if the famous character or person is thought of as evil.
Graffiti of Jack Skellington as Santa Claus
An example of an “evil” character portrayed as Santa Claus Jack Skellington, from the movie A Nightmare Before Christmas, was supposedly the personification of all things creepy and deadly. The skeleton is shown below, in the guise of Santa Claus.
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Graffiti of Osama bin Laden as Santa Claus
In the image shown below, Osama bin Laden is depicted as Santa Claus. Bin Laden was believed to be a leader of the Al Qaeda terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the destruction of the Twin Towers in New York in 2001.
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Graffiti of Banksy’s Rat as Santa Claus
World famous graffiti artist, Banksy, often uses rats as subjects in his graffiti art. Whether or not this piece was sprayed by Banksy or not is uncertain, but the rat character design is certainly reminiscent of Banksy’s graffiti style. Here the rat is shown dressed as Santa Claus. Next to it are the words, “Stop this seasonal madness. Go home and eat chocolate.”
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Hello Kitty Loves You…
…and wants your blood. These evil Hello Kitty doppelgangers are like a feline version of Chucky, the evil doll from the movie Child’s Play.
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Hell Kitty
Naughty dogs go to Hello Kitty hell, where Hello Kitty demons and devils reign. Meow meow.
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Emo Kitty
For a creature as cute as Hello Kitty, this little bobcat can sure be emo at times. Add a few design elements such as emo hair and make up, a lot of black and a dash of pink and voila! Emo Kitty is born!
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The Good
Some Bieber fan art can be quite artistic. The creators have a good eye for lighting and composition and can replicate a photograph of Justin Bieber in an aesthetic way.
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The Bad
Then there are some Justin Bieber fan art pieces that are not so great…
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The WTF?!
And then there are some fans who always have to take things to a whole new level of weird.
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You better not cry,
You better not pout,
I’m telling you why:
Santa Claus is coming to town!” – Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Coots and Gillespie
As a child, did you ever wonder what Santa Claus would do if you weren’t good all year? Would he sneak snakes and slugs into your Christmas stocking instead of candy canes and chocolate? Would he wrap a box of mud and worms in merry Christmas wrapping paper?
Here are some of the toys that Santa might leave under the Christmas tree for naughty children;
Zombie Plush Pillows
“But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight,
‘Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!’ “ – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore
Sweet dreams little children… Your Little Critter Plushies will watch over you…
“Santani” Claus
“Police officer: Attacked by Christmas toys? That’s strange, that’s the second toy complaint we’ve had.” - A Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993
These life-like creepy and cute Christmas toys by Santani will terrify and entrance even the most courageous of kiddies.
Elves, Anyone?
“There are no strangers on Christmas Eve.” – Mildred Cram and Adele Comandini
No Barbies for the wicked; only monster dolls from SandraArteagA.
Deck the Halls with Bells and Emos
“Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.” – Kin Hubbard
LuLusApple’s art dolls are perfect Christmas gifts for aspiring young emos and goths.
