In Ink Spot, we stop people in Dallas to shoot, and learn about, their body art. Know an interesting human canvas? Leave a tip in the comments.

Justin Wilson combines his appreciation of remix culture and traditional tattoo art in juxtaposed images on his arms. "I like a subversive take on classic tattoo art," Wilson says. "When I see [traditional tattoos] on other people I still think it looks cool, but for myself I just want to do a different take on it."

"The traditional style to me is just so common now. I still appreciate it aesthetically for what it is and what it began, but it's like punk rock. If you're not turning punk rock on its head it just starts to sound the same."

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Of all of Allison Wilt's tattoos, only a few have personal meaning. There's a portrait on her left forearm of a young boy in a far away land that's dedicated to her grandfather's adventurous spirit. A sugary sweet cupcake sits just above, scribed with the name of Wilt's sister, "Molly Kay." A tribute-in-progress, the outline of an airplane stretches across the opposite shoulder, a love note to her father and brother who both fly airplanes. And completing the family ties is a replication of a Shel Silverstein illustration, meant to forever remind Wilt of a poem her mother read her as a child.

The rest of 'em, which she estimates to be "between fifteen and forty," are really just for kicks.

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In Ink Spot, we stop people in Dallas to shoot, and learn about, their body art. Know an interesting human canvas? Leave a tip in the comments.

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Dallas native Boog Deniro, known most commonly as just "Boog" or "Boogstar" got his start tattooing out of a backpack. 25 years later he's known around the world as an artist and publisher of flash books, and this weekend he'll add Tattoo Shop Owner to his list of accomplishments when his new storefront, Trap House Ink, opens in Fort Worth.

His latest book of tat typeset, The First 48, is a collaboration with fellow artist Mr. Flaks, who's flying in for Saturday's opening from his California home base. (They'll be signing copies, so pick one up.)

Boog's style of art is based largely off of traditional Latino tattoo culture, using all back and grey, religious icons and even clown themes. However, it is his lettering that has gained him the most popularity and many nick names, including "The King of Script."

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In Ink Spot, we stop people in Dallas to shoot, and learn about, their body art. Know an interesting human canvas? Leave a tip in the comments.

Unlike many people with tattoos, photographer and art handler Jordan Inge has no plans to touch up his body art. Each represents a different time in his life, he says, and he likes the way tattoos stretch and fade, showing the passing of time.

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In Ink Spot, we stop people in Dallas to shoot, and learn about, their body art. Know an interesting human canvas? Leave a tip in the comments.

Joshua Stephens is a self-proclaimed "corporate ladder climber by day and aspiring musician by night" whose full left sleeve makes up the bulk of his ink. With at least 20 hours spent on that arm alone, Stephens says it's been a pricey endeavor but worth the investment of both time and money.

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In Ink Spot, we stop people in Dallas to shoot, and learn about, their body art. Know an interesting human canvas? Leave a tip in the comments.

Eamon Maxwell, a soft-spoken 23-year-old from Coppell, already has 12 tattoos with plans for more. Maxwell says he wants people to see his tattoos as sort of an "about-me section."

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When he's not working behind the bar at The Pearl Cup, Eamon Maxwell can be found perched at one of Dallas' many coffee shops with a book and a latte. His most recent tattoo is a dedication to his love of coffee, a redish zig-zag that turns into a heart on his forearm.The design imitates a design often poured into a latte.

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Desiree Yanez's impeccable hair is no match for her flawless tattoos. The 22-year-old hair stylist at Esoterica Salon in Fort Worth has dedicated pretty much her entire body to the art of tattoos. Her knuckles bare the words "Pish Posh" in delicate cursive and can only be read when held closed. "Something my mom used to say," Yanex says. She "never cussed, so instead of saying 'bullshit' she'd say 'pish posh.'"

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In Ink Spot, Amy Price stops strangers in Dallas to shoot, and learn about, their body art.

Alyssa Mitz, 22-year-old champion FlowRider, competitive surfer and valet manager, carries with her a canvas of tattoos mostly related to the sport she learned on the Texas coast as a little girl. Mitz displays an aqua-blue wave and bright burnt-orange sun on her half sleeve, and says the Polynesian waves stand for endless waves -- her ideal set.

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"[It] doesn't really have a meaning, it's just a piece of art I've worked on since I was 14, it was something I always wanted," she says. She wants to eventually have the ocean theme travel down her arm and include sharks, jellyfish and coral.

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Nate Wedan, the 28-year-old drummer for DOMA-nominated Somebody's Darling, is always stationed at the back of the stage, where it's hard to see that his traditional-style tattoos are marvelous.

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His left arm is dedicated to his faith. "It's my spiritual arm, my religious arm if you will," he says. "I was born a preacher's kid and grew up in church and did a lot of soul searching kind of by myself, and got out of the scene and came back to it on my own without my dad shoving down my throat."

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In Ink Spot, Amy Price stops strangers in Dallas to shoot, and learn about, their body art.

Chances are you've seen 31 year-old Jonathan Nicolini's graffiti art around Dallas, but have you seen his body art? This Art Institute of Dallas student and part time low-key graffiti artist is addicted to tagging walls as well as his body. On his left arm is a bright and colorful combination of graffiti and art.

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Nicolini's forearm sports a tat that reads "slave to art." "It is suppose to be a postal sticker, like the ones that everyone tags and slaps around town."

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