BEAUTY: Man--Arian Levanael

Arian Levanael is a gymnast/aerial performer/ fire dancer working in Australia and the UK. I featured him in a post about tattoos here. His tattoos are certainly fascinating--they all seem to be symbols from mystic traditions or from Egyptian iconography (he is also a Tarot reader, so the tattoo designs make sense)--and the design and symmetrical placement of them all seems to be very well thought out. But he is an amazing gymnast and physical showman as well. Take a look at his blog, linked below, for pictures and videos from some of his agile Cirque-du-Soleil-like performances.

http://amazingari.blogspot.com

BEAUTY: Men--Colorful Tattoos

I like the current trend in tattoos away from tired, abstract, heavy black tribal designs, toward color and figure--especially florals. I like the cherry blossoms on Ryan Finlay's arm, the bouquet with a sunflower on Josh Wald's leg, the Egyptian iconography on Arian Levanael, and the very colorful carp in the last picture is gorgeous.