1.   And with advancements in electric needle guns and ink quality, tattoo art and its patrons have grown more sophisticated.

2.   Ravers, many of whom favor tattoo art and body piercing, say their subculture is an alternative to the more mainstream music and fashion of commercial dance clubs.

3.   Some insist that life was more interesting and the general level of tattoo art was higher when it was kept underground.

4.   Tattoo art has even been the subject of several museum, gallery and university art shows across the country.

5.   He and thousands of others are followers of Luang Phor Pern, a venerated Buddhist monk famed for his tattoo art.