TOP 10 TATTOO / BODYART WEBSITES

We have compiled a Top 10 list from the many hundreds of tattoo related links on this site. There are historical resources, flash and design ideas, and everything you need to know if you are thinking of getting your first tattoo.

If we could only take 10 tattoo links to a deserted Desert Island (with internet access of course), these would be the 10 we'd take! Short on time? In a hurry? Check out the Top 10 first.

1. Tattoos, Piercing and Body Art Homepage -- The starting place for exploring and learning all about tattoos, bodypiercing and all other forms of body art. Find the best resources on the internet about bodyart and keep up to date with the tattoo community. (About.com)
2. How Tattoos Work -- A fascinating site that explores all aspects of tattooing, 
   including how a tattoo is applied and safety and health issues! (HowTo.com)
3. Tattoo Johnny Tattoo Designs -- Really exceptional tattoo designs with excellent content, good information on getting your first tattoo and tattoo care.
4. Needled.com -- Great coverage of tattoo culture as it happens. High brow for the underground. Tattoo couture. Needled: pricking beneath the surface of tattoo culture since 2005.
5. Tattoos.com -- one of the first and largest tattoo directories on the Net.
6. TATTOO ARCHIVE -- C.W. (Chuck) Eldridge's site has some great tattoo history information from one of tattooing's pre-eminent historians.
7. BME-- Body Modification Ezine - The biggest and best online bod-mod site since 1994. Contains numerous personal stories about body art experiences of interesting individuals from all walks of life.
8. Religious Tattoos -- a site devoted to Judeo-Christian body art. 
9. TattooSymbol.com -- provides the tattooed and the soon-to-be tattooed with important information about their tattoo design choices.
10. Hanzi Smatter 一知半解 -- Blog dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters in Western culture. Be careful when you get that trendy Kanji tattoo... it may not mean what you think it does...