Body And Tattoos Art On Hollywood Celebrities

Celebrity tattoos are becoming more visible and socially acceptable in pop culture these days. Angelina Jolie recently voted most sexy woman has many tattoos and is probably the most famous and desirable celebrity with tattoos in Hollywood. Her tattoos to date consist of tribal dragons, a tiger in Thailand and several Latin phrases on his shoulders and arms.

This sudden popularity of celebrity tattoos began in 1960. Lyle Tuttle the forefather of American tattooing tattooed Janis Joplin. Time was when tattoos were the prerogative on the outskirts of society, but now it is not uncommon to see celebrity tattoos. Even super models such as Kate Moss and Sarah O'Hare strut around flashing their body art on the cover of glossy magazines or the catwalk.

Actor Johnny Depp ranks heavily tattooed for his caliber of talent and breadth of acting work. His tattooed arms are as often painted white flesh as left with their own tattoos showing and incorporated into character.

Vin Diesel is covered with a mix of modern tattoos styles, as befits a government secret agent in the film Metro XXX. The character who plays Agent X has a full round, a round part, chest work and tattoos on her belly.

Like Vampire Slayer BLADE, Wesley Snipes has tribal blackwork on his arms, chest and back, and sides of the head and the back of the NECT. Pamela Anderson had her arm tattooed for real with a barbed wire armband for her role in the film BarbWire. After her separation from her husband Tommy Lee, (which is tattooed) who had the "Tommy" tattoo on her finger edited to read "Mom", referring both to his son. It also has tribal tattoos on the lower back and a tattoo on her ankle.

The musicians have always had more freedom than actors when it comes to body art. For movie stars would turn into a different character every time they shoot a movie can be limiting, especially if they are playing historical figures. But this has not prevented a large number of players to be tattooed in very visible.

Historically rock stars were known to have tattoos. The band Red Hot Chili Peppers is an example of where the band members are well developed collection of tattoos. Singer Henry Rollins began his tattoo collection as the lead singer of Black Flag. Eminem continues to add to his collection of tattoos, but some critics have argued that prevents him if he wants to play a role of great acting. Eminem's tattoos are a combination of style, which is typical of Hip Hop and R & B artists like Justin Timberlake, 50 Cent, and Pharrell.