Getting your first tattoo rarely happens in a perfectly calm, logical moment. More often, it arrives wrapped in adrenaline and emotion, with the sense that something meaningful is about to happen.

Choosing a tattoo isn't just about falling for a pretty design you saw on social media or in a tattoo parlor. Behind some ...

The camera turned on, and Bird Jenneiahn, known artistically as Bird, smiled in greeting. Behind her, mounted on the wall, was the vertebrae of an unnamed creature, tapering just above her head. A ...

Of course there are many reasons to get a tattoo. Cultural reasons. Utilitarian reasons. To remember a loved one or a ...

Tattoo artists spend hours turning ideas into permanent art, but they also spend a surprising amount of time answering the same handful of questions over and over again. Some are practical, some are ...

The explicit meaning behind the two band arm tattoo has left social media users stunned, as they can't believe the simple design has X-rated undertones.

Alex Martinez has called Yakima home since he was a toddler, growing up in the valley and graduating from West Valley High School in 1995. Part of a generation that came of age before smartphones and ...