Morris was previously married to Taber Brewster Hammond. They divorced at a young age and Hammond passed away in April of 2018, a tragedy that she addressed on her Instagram page. Morris is now in a relationship with Steve Tarr who works with Saniderm.

And although Ash will no longer be on Ink Master, she will have a whole new role to play in her life. In an exciting Instagram post published last month, she announced that she was pregnant and expecting a baby boy. A big congratulations to the parents to be!

They cost as much as $20,000, hurt like you wouldn’t believe and virtually guarantee pariah status in proper Japanese society. So why in the world would anyone seek such a thing?

Today, in many parts of Japan, tattooing has gone under ground and artists need to be extremely secretive about the process. However, in 2018 there are hundreds of tattoo artists who specialize in traditional or contemporary Japanese tattooing—and we’re about to show you ten of them.

Japanese tattoos have a strong cultural meaning attached to them, which make it quite symbolic to the Japanese culture and people. In older times, they used to wear these tattoos as a symbol of specific societal status. As time passed, criminals and slaves started inking their bodies with Japanese tattoos to mark their status in society.

Traditional Japanese tattoos are those done using a special pencil-like tool that took years to finish and is quite expensive. For modern Japanese tattoos, artists use normal electrical tools, and these are much more feasible to get done today.

Winner of three worldwide “Tattooist of the Year” awards, Henning Jorgensen ’s style is alert and in your face (in a good way). He shows figures surrounded by their own hair, fire, or flowers, which makes them look like they are jumping off the skin.