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49 Awesome Glow In The Dark Tattoos Visible Under Black Light
If you crave getting inked but don't have the balls to do it, or simply want to give your regular tattoo a twist, a black-light responsive tattoo might be the thing to consider. Otherwise called UV tattoos, they are only visible under black-light when they heal!
Be the brightest star in a night-club or that dude (or chick) at a rave party. Avoid getting looked down in that fancy office that you work at. Have a little secret. Still thinking? Bored Panda gathered a bunch of stunning examples of UV-tattoos that might pull the trigger for you. Have one already? Let us see it!
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#1
Glow-Up Goals
BriannaAnderson 9 years ago
It was done at Studio X Tattoo on Vancouver Washington by Matt Leatherman.
JustAGirl 9 years ago
It's cool when it glows, but with out it, there is just a creepy set of eyes and a mouth looking right at you!
Stephanie Goadsby 3 years ago
I guess you've never encountered Alice in Wonderland?
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BriannaAnderson 9 years ago
It was done by Studio X Tattoo on Vancouver Washington by Matt Leatherman.
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#2
Neon Nights in Ink
#3
Under the Surface
#4
Glow-Up Goals
Dave Jackson 3 years ago
OMG, there are multiple layers of works of art all combined here. She is naturally & stunningly beautiful, adding layers of amazing artwork design and skill of her ink together creating a spectacular glow leaving me mesmerized! WOW just WOW!
Donnie Boutilier 4 years ago
awesome..your motivating me to get back at it these are beautiful!
#5
Hidden In The Shadows
#6
Glow-Up Goals
#7
Glow-in-the-Dark Vibes
#9
Glow-up Goals
#10
Glow Up Goals
#11
Glow-Up Warrior
#12
Glow Up or Mess Up?
Ruellen 9 years ago
the heels are just dirty from the ink, when I had my tattoo done, half of my back looked like that ;)
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Phases Of Glow-Up
#14
Glow-Up Goals
MicheleAlogna 9 years ago
That's glow in the dark nail Polish - it can be found in autumn. I find mine at Walgreens
#15
Glow-Up Goals
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#16
Glow-Up Goals Electric Jelly Vibes Lit Ink Evolution
#17
Hidden Details Unveiled
ZeldaLoftwing 9 years ago
THATS FROM LEGEND OF ZELDA RIGHT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Stephanie Goadsby 3 years ago
Yep. The Triforce. Power, Wisdom, and Courage.
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#18
Ink Under The Microscope
Silent Skeleton 9 years ago
I would do this highlighting the frontal lobe instead (it controls personality)
#19
Glow-Up Ink Magic
BrettAlexanderMontano 9 years ago
Jimmi was the best guitar player of all time. Well I think anyway.
#20
Glow-Up for Book Lovers
CaitlinKemble Rose-Kateri Welch (CaitlinK) 6 months ago
Unusually familiar in a new sort of way
#21
Cosmic Glow-Up
#22
Code Undercover
#23
Glow-Up Level: Spooky
YuriLee 9 years ago
Nope... It's the Cheshire Cat from the game Alice: Madness Returns
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#24
Glow-Up Essentials
#25
Neon Nights and City Lights
Veronica Cross 2 years ago
WHY NOT CATS ARE AWESOME THIS IS COOL JUST SHUT UP GRRR
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#27
Glow-In-The-Dark Genius
Stephanie Goadsby 3 years ago
I think I would have put it upside down. Easier to hold by your head than bending your wrist down.
#28
Ink That Speaks Volumes
#29
Glow-Up Goals
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Cosmic Paw Prints
#33
Glow Up Game Strong
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BrettAlexanderMontano 9 years ago
That's sick as hell, my daughter and I would totally get something like this.
Ruellen 9 years ago
You're a good dad ;) Mine still says that people with tatoos just came out from jail :D I'm thirty and have tattoos ;)
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#34
Footsteps From Pandora
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Glow-Up Magic
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Glow Up Goals
#38
Glow Up Goals
Becca Brewer 9 years ago
I tried to follow the source but didn't have any luck. I wonder what the flower looks like once it's healed?
Sarah Morgan 3 years ago
It won't be visible at all, except for maybe faint scarring. I have one in the same color, which under regular light is clear. If it glowed pink or green or something it'd look like a bit like it had been drawn in a highlighter in the corresponding color. But ones like this that glow white/bluish aren't visible at all. I often forget I have mine and if I'm out somewhere that there's a blacklight it can startle me to notice it. Hah I've had it since 2009 and it barely reacts to blacklight anymore though, which is a bummer, since there doesn't seem to be anyone in the US left that's willing to do a blacklight tattoo.
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Glow Up Goals
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BoyWithCamera 9 years ago
UV ink is very bad for you and starts fading much much faster than regular color pigment ink. Its also a fairly new type of ink so people don't know about the long term effects yet. Most reputable tattoo artists I know won't touch it. Be careful with this stuff guys.
AmandaSchloegel 9 years ago
I have UV stars scattered along my back....the pigment is blue normally, so it can be seen without UV lights. The glow only lasted about 2ish years. I had no negative reactions to the ink, but I am bummed that they don't glow anymore. They are around 6 years old now. So, as much as I want to continue getting inked, I will not do UV ones.
CaitlinRöell 9 years ago
The thing with those black light tattoos is that they start to fade away after a couple of years. Also the ink they used isnt considerd a safe product in some countries.
ElizabethR. 9 years ago
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY BLACK LIGHTS EVERYWHERE RIGHT THEYRE SO COMMON
YolandaTai 9 years ago
All hte back tattoos remind me of Tobias and the collar/neck ones of Tris
MurielleMercier 9 years ago
Some are awesome indeed... but when I think of what this ink must be made of, I find them not that awesome anymore... :(
BoyWithCamera 9 years ago
UV ink is very bad for you and starts fading much much faster than regular color pigment ink. Its also a fairly new type of ink so people don't know about the long term effects yet. Most reputable tattoo artists I know won't touch it. Be careful with this stuff guys.
AmandaSchloegel 9 years ago
I have UV stars scattered along my back....the pigment is blue normally, so it can be seen without UV lights. The glow only lasted about 2ish years. I had no negative reactions to the ink, but I am bummed that they don't glow anymore. They are around 6 years old now. So, as much as I want to continue getting inked, I will not do UV ones.
CaitlinRöell 9 years ago
The thing with those black light tattoos is that they start to fade away after a couple of years. Also the ink they used isnt considerd a safe product in some countries.
ElizabethR. 9 years ago
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY BLACK LIGHTS EVERYWHERE RIGHT THEYRE SO COMMON
YolandaTai 9 years ago
All hte back tattoos remind me of Tobias and the collar/neck ones of Tris
MurielleMercier 9 years ago
Some are awesome indeed... but when I think of what this ink must be made of, I find them not that awesome anymore... :(
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