Eyeball tattoo in india

• 9.2K shares • WhatsApp • Share • Tweet • • Facebook Messenger • We have all been through the phase where we couldn’t stop obsessing over tattoos and getting inked. Be it the larger-than-life ones or the cute minimalistic ones, they sure stay (for obvious reasons). While my excitement fizzled out at the sight of a needle, there are people who hone it as a passion. In fact, there are enthusiasts who live by the art of body modification and everything that comes with it. Including living on the edge and embracing changes that many might deem dangerous. While we are still at that, meet Delhi-based full-time professional tattoo artist and piercer, Karan who owns his own studio in the capital. A post shared by Jul 10, 2017 at 7:36am PDT The ‘tattoograher’ is in fact, in the process of getting a full-body suit of tattoos. He told “At the moment, I have uncountable tattoos and 22 piercings on me. Eventually, I will just have one tattoo: head to finger and toe tips.” But that’s not all. He recently got his eyeball tattooed and claims to be the first Indian to have gone for a sclera tattoo where you ink the white part of your eye. “Out of the 7.5 billion world population, only a few hundred have it. Out of the 1.3 billion Indian population – I am the first person to have my eyeballs permanently tattooed.” If you are not convinced, well, I’ll just let these pictures do the talking… 1. Do you see what I see? A post shared by Oct 6, 2017 at 6:41pm PDT 5. Hear it from the horse’s mout...

Premium Delhi man is first to get eyeballs tattooed but be careful if you want one too Body modification has gotten its hands on a squeamish tattoo trend which involves getting the eyeballs inked. It involves injecting the whites of your eyes with ink to make them look like coloured orbs. And Delhi-based Karan decided to get his one black. While getting a scleral tattoo might sound fantastical to some and scary to others, there is always a list of dos and don’ts to know before taking the step. (Source: Catt Gallinger/Facebook, Tattoographer/Instagram) A tattoo artist based out of Delhi, Karan King, is making news for claiming to be the first Indian to have his eyeballs inked. He seems to be liking his new tattoo and is in fact, flaunting it, if his Instagram photos are anything to go by. Talking to indianexpress.com, the 28-year-old tattoo and piercing artist said he went ahead with his decision because he wanted to. “I was about to be disliked for my accomplishment anyway and still I did it because I wanted it. My eyes, my happiness, my life,” he said. While his attempt at getting inked was successful, he was well aware of the major risks involved in what he was signing up for. “I knew I might lose my eyesight but since I did my homework I went ahead with it. I was so hungry for it that I wanted it at any cost,” he said. It was however, not very long ago that a Canadian model Catt Gallinger made news after her scleral tattoo went wrong and started shedding purple tears. H...

Melbourne-based tattoo artist Howard Howie Rollins, who claims to be the first person to have experimented with the technique in 2007, is the one who gave Karan Sidhu his all-black eyes. Photograph: Photograph: @tattoographer/Instagram. "So what was the risk?" I ask. "There was a 50 per cent chance that I would lose my vision," says Karan Sidhu, the first person in India to get a scleral tattoo -- a rare procedure to colour the white of the eye. Knowing what he could lose, he still underwent the invasive procedure. To understand why he did it, one needs to dive deeper into his psyche. Sidhu has been sketching, doodling and making tattoos since he was a teenager. He would be recognised for his art much later, but those days at school, his popularity and confidence were at an all-time low. "I used to be extremely skinny, and other kids used to call me names. The insults used to pierce through me," says Sidhu. He said he suffered from depression because of the bullying, and that he got out of it by practising ardent physical and mental discipline. The 28-year-old Delhiite has beefed up a lot since. He says he hits the gym every day at 3 am after working till late. Sidhu got his first job at 16. In college, he worked as a part-time waiter for ₹300 a night. "Although I share a beautiful relationship with my family," Sidhu says, "I stopped taking money from them since [ then]." He soon became a professional tattoo artist and opened a studio in West Delhi's Punjabi Bagh, which go...

In the last decade, the tattoo has become a normal thing than it was ever before. In India, it is no longer just the Om symbol done in some dicey shack. Today, tattooing has become a commercial profession and also the one that stands out to be an instrument to express your feelings. The tattoo parlors in India are equipped with international equipment and meet the standards as well, while the Indian tattoo artists are making a name for themselves globally. They have carved a niche in styles such as dot work, watercolor effect, and experimented with wooden needles. The Indian tattoos of the modern world are thus an amalgamation of what has been passed down to us and the western influence. In the previous times, when the tattoo still had to gain its footing in India, people had to be certain of their designs, but now, one just needs a great idea in their head and the tattoo artists would use his artistic acumen to create something new for you. The Indian tattoo industry has grown so much today that multiple artists have not only come out to be best in India but internationally too. They have been credited with putting something new to the table. Take a look at the top 10 Indian Tattoo Artists. 1. Lokesh Verma- Devil’z Tattoo, Delhi A post shared by Aug 19, 2020 at 10:14pm PDT Lokesh Verma is one of the most sought after names and has been practicing tattooing since 2003 when he was also doing his MBA. He worked as a freelancer in Delhi for two years after which he opened his...

From being used as a sign of status to jewellery-like markings, tattoos have been around in India since ancient times. But just how old this custom is, remains a mystery. From the dense, rain-soaked mountain jungles of the northeast to the dry deserts of Rann of Kutch in the far west, tattoos have not always been about beautifying the human body; they have been used for diverse reasons by different communities across the country. For hundreds of years, the tradition of tattooing was venerated across the agrarian and forested landscapes of India. The ancient maze-like carvings on prehistoric rocks were copied by tribal communities on their bodies. They called the process gudna (burying the needle in Hindi)and flaunted the markings as jewellery – the kind of jewellery no one could take away from them even if they were to lose all their worldly possessions. Most of India’s tattooed tribes lived in the remote hinterlands of the country, where stealing of women by rival tribes was a common occurrence. In the Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, for instance, young girls were tattooed to make them unappealing to the rival tribes of the neighbouring districts, who could otherwise abduct their prettiest women. The Apatani tattooing procedure involved using thorns to cut the skin and soot mixed in animal fat to fill in the deep blue colour. The wounds were then allowed to get infected so that the tattoos became larger, darker and clearer. The Indian government put a ban on this in t...