Calves bulging and back rippling with sinewy muscles, Du Xing – a bandit in the Chinese martial arts novel “Water Margin” – moves towards a precipice. His arms are raised overhead ...

Kazuma has his entire back covered with a traditional Japanese dragon. Tattoo work this intricate will likely take around 40 hours to actually get done, so the competition isn't for the faint hearted.

Young Japanese often prefer Western-style geometric tattoos ... to be patient: A full back piece can take 70 hours or more, depending on skin type, body size and design. "Dragon is most requests ...