Imagine this: More than five tiny needles pricking the skin inside the bottom lip, while injecting small amounts of ink, forming the words 'kiss me.'
'Any part of the body can be tattooed,' said Chris Jordan, artist and owner of Magic Skin Tattoo.
Matt Findlay of Greencastle went to Jordan's shop Saturday for his ninth tattoo -- an eagle tearing through the skin on the calf of his right leg.
Findlay says having his body inked is an 'anti-drug.'
'I don't do drugs or party, unterarm tattoos so I spend my money on tattoos,' he explained.
Humans have marked their bodies with tattoos for thousands of years. These permanent designs -- sometimes plain, sometimes elaborate but always personal -- have served as amulets, status symbols, declarations of love, signs of religious beliefs, adornments and even forms of punishment.
The stigma of tattoos started to change during the 1960s, when celebrities -- particularly women -- began inking their bodies. It is more accepted today and places tattooists in the category of 'fine artists.'
Mikey Jones has been using skin as a canvas for nine years and is a tattooist at Design Line Ink. It began for him through the hobby of drawing, which is something he has done since the age of five.
'It is a lifestyle,' he says.
Drawing, wrecking ball tattoo removal too, boxing glove tattoos runs in the family of Dan Modesitt, a tattoo artist at Design Line. Their favorite tattoo is one drawn free hand because it gives them creative freedom. Jones was a mentor to Modesitt and the pair do all they can to perfect their craft.
'We were those guys in high school who drew on their notebooks,' said Tim Wellsa current piercerartist-in-training at Design Line.
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