Tattoo Celtic Cross: June 2010

Celebrity Angelina Jolie Tattoos

Who ever said moms can’t be edgy and cool? Well, many celebrity moms are leading the new wave of edgy motherhood, sporting tattoos of all shapes and sizes. As many celebs know, a carefully placed tattoo can enhance certain body parts and features, especially in photographs.

But many celeb moms opt for tattoos because of their special meanings, sometimes getting their kids’ or husbands’ names permanently inked on their bodies. Others choose more indirect meanings, perhaps using ancient symbols. Here are the top celeb mommy tattoos uncovered...

Angelina Jolie

Angelina has more tattoos than she does children, at least for now. She is also the queen of getting tattoos removed or covered with another tattoo. Pre-mommy days, Angelina inked Billy Bob’s name on her left upper arm. Now, she has covered up that tattoo with the coordinates of where her kids (adopted and biological) were born; in Cambodia, Ethiopia, Namibia, Vietnam, then Nice respectively. On her left hip, Angelina covered up a small dragon tattoo with a large cross, showing her religious devotion. On her left shoulder, Angelina inked a Buddhist Pali incantation written in Khmer script, in order to protect her and Maddox from bad luck. These are just a few of Angelina’s tats, but it’s obvious that motherhood has changed not only her mind, but her body.

Permanent Tattoo Machine

A three-year-old girl is set to become the world’s youngest tattoo artist, after her dad taught her how to use a permanent tattoo machine. Ruby Dickinson has been receiving lessons from her dad Blane after she gets home from nursery, and he says that she is just weeks away from being good enough to ink her favourite design, a spider, on to his right leg.

“It’ll be a proud and very special moment for me and for her,” the Daily Star quoted Blane, who is a tattooist, as saying. “She really loves it and I’m pleased I can teach her the skills,” he said. Blane, 36, who runs tattoo studio Inkaholics Anonymous in Penmaenmawr, Conwy, is importing a miniature tattoo machine from the US specially designed for children’s hands.

“I’m under no illusions that she’ll do a Van Gogh – after all, she’s only three,” he said. “But I’ve got 70percent of my body covered in tattoos already and it’ll only be the size of a 2p piece, so I’m not too worried she’ll make a mess,” he stated.

Ruby is due to take the record from Emilie Darrigade, from Canada, who tattooed part of a butterfly on to her dad’s arm when she was five.

“I’m not a pushy parent but she’s been in a tattooing environment since she was born. It’s a part of her life. She comes to the studio and she gives my customers advice,” Blane said.

“This will set her off on a fantastic career and a tattoo machine is a lot cheaper than university fees,” he added.

Curtis Jackson Tattoos

RAPPER 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, has been removing some of his tattoos. With the roles in the upcoming movies such.

As Things Fall Apart and Twelve, which also features Chace Crawford, due out next year, the American Grammy Award winning rapper is cleaning his body since the tattoos are causing him problems now that he wants to focus on his acting career.

50 Cent told AllHipHop.com that: “I took some of the tattoos off because on the movie set, if we got a six o’clock call time, I have to be there two o’clock the night before.

I gotta go through four hours of make up before we go ahead and play the role. So, I just took it off my arm; my right arm. The move may be working for 50 Cent because he is also starring in another upcoming drama Streets Of Blood, which stars Val Kilmer, Sharon Stone and Michael Biehn.

Outside of Hollywood, 50 Cents latest album, Before I Self Destruct which was released in November of 2009, sold 160 000 and landed at number five on Billboard 200. Even though 50 Cent has removed tattoos from his arms, he is not likely to remove them all because he still bears the “50 Cent” and “Southside” tattoos on his back, that he vowed to keep.