Body painting has grown from its ritual meaning to an artistic expression of beauty.

The art of tattooing in Japan is called Irezumi (入れ墨, literally: inkjet). The Japanese tattoo tradition was started in the beginning by wood carving artists. Wood carving artisans mainly used the so-called Nara Squid, which is characterized by a deep black color that looks very clear under the skin.

Bodypainting for pregnant women: With antiallergic body paints, the baby belly becomes a work of art. In a professional photo shooting, it is then perfectly set in scene.

A wedding Mehndi lasts up to nine hours.

This trend is based on black and goes the whole hog: Full Body Blackout Tattoos adorn the body with large-area motifs - to do things in a big way.

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Chameleon by Johannes Stötter

Polynesian tattoos are coined by motives of original symbolism.