Leo Zulueta tattoos three frigate birds, a stylized version of a Polynesian tribal motif, on the arm of Adrien Comolet, at Spiral Tattoo in Ann Arbor. "I'm somewhere else in my head right now. I'm ...

Will Hatton says his main motivation was to locate an elusive tribal tattoo artist and get inked, the traditional way. We’re talking the use of thorns, soot and a bamboo hammer.

The Filipino art of tattooing, or batok, may not be as well known as the Polynesian or Maori tribal tattoo traditions, but after nearly being lost in the late 19th century, it's experiencing a ...