In response to these events, a notable trend emerged: memorial tattoos. These tattoos, which serve as body art to honor deceased loved ones, encapsulate both personal experiences of loss and a broader ...

It was Saturday morning at Southbay Tattoo and Body Piercing in Carson, California, and owner Efrain Espinoza Diaz Jr. was prepping for his first tattoo of the day — a memorial portrait of a man that ...

In cultures around the world, there are different rituals that the living rely on to honor and remember the dead. For example, in the Jewish tradition mourners sit “shiva," while in Hinduism the body ...

More than a year after Kobe Bryant’s tragic helicopter accident that took the lives of nine people, Vanessa Bryant has been inked with a new tattoo in tribute to her late daughter, Gianna. The 13-year ...

On the one-year anniversary of the death of her husband, Daniel, Amanda Neiding, 29, memorialized him by having some of his cremated remains added to a memorial tattoo on her body. Now, she says, “I ...

Though memorial tattoos date at least to the Civil War, artists say interest was reignited following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, and since the first casualties of war were reported in Iraq and ...

In a growing trend, people are now opting for memorial or remembrance tattoos. Here's everything you wanted to know about this trend. Tattoos have been incredibly popular lately. Tattoos are a ...

Jul. 25—Serena Jarvis had her first tattoo planned out. It was going to be Jiji, a cat voiced by Phil Hartman from the 1989 Studio Ghibli anime "Kiki's Delivery Service." "She liked anime and that was ...

An exhibit by two Corner Brook psychology professors shows how people are wearing their heart on their sleeves — and that's not all — when it comes to using body art to remember lost loved ones. "It ...

Shaquil Barrett's latest tattoo honors his toddler as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker prepares for another NFL season and another baby on the way Shaquil Barrett is honoring his late daughter in a ...

It was Saturday morning at Southbay Tattoo and Body Piercing in Carson, California, and owner Efrain Espinoza Diaz Jr. was prepping for his first tattoo of the day — a memorial portrait of a man that ...