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Rob Kardashian has two known tattoos. The first is located on the left side of his ribcage. It's his fiance Adrianne Bailon's name in cursive. Reportedly, she has a tattoo of his name as well. Kardashian's second tattoo is a "brotherly bonding tattoo" on the right side of his rib cage. The tattoo is an African symbol of a bird walking forward but also looking back. He got with some childhood friends to remind them that whatever direction life takes them, they will always been good friends. 

Robert Arthur Kardashian Jr. is an American reality TV personality and model. He is best known for his appearance on the reality show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and his relationships to other famous people. His father is late OJ legal defender Robert Kardashian; his sister is model/celebutante/sex tape survivor Kim Kardashian; his step father is famed Olympic athlete and personality Bruce Jenner. Although Kardashian is currently a student at USC, he also does some part time modeling. He is engaged to actress/singer Adrienne Bailon.

Tattooing is, in fact, a prehistoric art. Icemen from as long ago as 3000 B.C. have been found, mummified, with tattoo designs still marking their skin. In fact, the most well known of these mummies, nickname Otzi, had over 57 tattoos stretching along the length of his body that had clear spiritual and health related origins. The earliest methods of tattooing involved opening a wound in the skin, then rubbing some type of colored substance into the wound to create a color beneath the skin when the wound healed. These tattoos were very painful, and often played a major role in the rites of passage from boyhood to manhood and girlhood to womanhood. A man or woman who could stand such pain was well prepared for the hard life of a hunter and provider or the pains of childbirth. Men who could not bear the process might be unattractive mates, and women who could not stand the injury were thought to be infertile because they certainly would be unable to bear childbirth.

Once a design was drawn on the skin and met with the artist's liking and “sometimes” the approval of the person getting the tattoo, it would be traced carefully with a sharp object like a stone, a bone carefully shaved down to a razor edge, or a stake that might be pounded with a small mallet to open the skin. Once the lower layers of the skin were exposed, ashes, colored clays or other substances would be rubbed in the wound. Often the designs were literally carved several times into the flesh with new ink being applied each time in order to make the tattoo design stand out better against the skin. Siberian tribes and their descendents to this day often use a technique called sewing to create tattoos. This painful method is nearly identical to regular sewing. A sharp, fine needle would be threaded with a tendon or string dyed with colored ink or dipped in another staining substance like mud or wet ashes. Then, the needle would be used to puncture the skin and draw the string through the upper layers of the skin. As the string passed under the skin, the colored substance would rub off and remain visible under the skin. The string itself would be removed, re-dipped and then used again. These tattoos tend to form straight lines or dots, and are much less elaborate than their carved counterparts. Some Inuit tribes still use this method today.

In Japan, a small tool similar to a rake was used for many years to create elaborate and beautiful tattoos based on gorgeous wood block print designs. Tattoo masters practiced their trade in secret for many centuries because tattoos were often outlawed in Japan or restricted to criminals and slaves. These tattoos were very elaborate and often covered the back, shoulders, upper legs and buttocks of the people being tattooed. Until the 20th century, these tattoos were nearly entirely restricted to men, and many Japanese tattoo masters still tattoo only by appointment, and in privacy. Finally, the Maoris of New Zealand, who are well known for their contributions to the highly stylized, contemporary tribal tattoos that are becoming increasingly popular among men and women of all ages around the world, actually carved grooves into their skin with sharpened bones and a mallet. These tattoos were deeply painful, and largely engraved on the face. Many people enjoy this type of art today, but prefer to get it using a conventional tattoo gun and adapt it to fit other parts of their body. The Maori themselves still use the old methods in many cases, though the introduction of metal by the European explorers did cause many of them to abandon their bones and mallets. However, for the Maori as for many other people who get tattoos, the process is as important as the end result. They actually have two separate words for the act of tattooing and the tattoo itself, Ta Moko, which means “to chisel” and Moko, which is the actual tattoo design. As more and more people began traveling the world, tattoo methods became more mixed and people adapted the methods to suit their needs. Some sailors enjoyed getting tattoos from everywhere using the native method in each location, and avid tattoo collectors continue this tradition today. However, for the most part, people like to keep their tattoo experience as painless and sanitary as possible. As a result, even people who get traditional tattoo designs tend to stick to modern tattoo equipment whenever possible.

Kelly Osbourne has numerous tattoos all over her body and is always adding to her growing collection. She has a skull and crossbones design tattooed on both feet. She also has a pair of small angel wings on her shoulder blades. (This tattoo is very much like the same one that Nicole Richie has.) Osbourne sports a tattoo outline of a star on the back of her neck. Stars are popular tattoo subject in the celebrity world and outside it. They symbolize hope, spirit and truth. She has a tiny pink heart on her hip and another tiny pink heart on her little finger, which she shares with ex-boyfriend Bert McCracken. Hearts are common symbols of love and so it's fitting that she shares this one with her ex-boyfriend. Some of Osbourne's tattoos refer to her parents. Osbourne has a padlock and key tattooed on her left forearm with the word "Daddy" and "This too shall pass". She says that she got it during a time when her father, rocker Ozzy Osbourne, was really ill. It means that he has the key to her heart and that all troubles are temporary. Across her back, between her two pink angel wings, there is a tattoo phrase "Je Vous Aime la Maman" or "I love my mommy" in French. Osbourne also has a tattoo of her brother's name, Jack, on her left wrist. Jack also has her name tattooed on him. On the back of her right forearm is a tattoo of musical keyboard. She has told interviewers that she doesn't remember how or when she actually got this tattoo. "The sad thing is I don't remember getting it and I don't know how to play the piano."

Kelly Michelle Lee Osbourne (born October 27, 1984) is an English television personality, singer and actress. She is the daughter of Black Sabbath front man Ozzy Osbourne and television personality Sharon Osbourne. The world was first introduced to her during the hit reality TV show about her father and his family, "The Osbourne's". She began making music and released two albums that met with critical acclaim and relative success. Osbourne has also done some television acting, notably "Life As We Know It" and stage acting. Although her numerous tattoos haven't prevented her from working, they have made it harder sometimes. "I have to go in an hour early every day to get my tattoos covered up," Osbourne explains. "It's such a process, because the stuff they put it on with is like water color paints, so you put a layer on and it dries, and then another layer, and then another. They have so much stuff to cover it up - it takes so long, it's so weird."

Michael Phelps shows his dreams for Olympic glory with a multicolored Olympic ring tattoo on the right side of his lower stomach. The five intertwined rings represent the unity of the five inhabited continents (with the Americas regarded as one continent). And the colors (white, red, blue, green, yellow and black) were chosen because each nation has at least one of these colors in its national flag. Phelps also has another tattoo on the left side of his lower stomach that is a version of the University of Michigan logo, his alma mater. The University of Michigan is known for its sports wins, especially in football, ice hockey and basketball. University of Michigan athletes and coaches have participated in 26 out the 28 Olympic Games held since its inception.

Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer. He holds seven world records in swimming and has won 14 Olympic gold medals, second only to a Russian gymnast who has won 18. Phelps also holds the record for the most gold medals with the eight gold medals he won at the 2008 Olympic Games, beating swimming legend MarkSpitz. Although he is the current "golden boy" due to his historic wins in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, he has continually been questioned by the press about taking performance-enhancing drugs. In response, Phelps signed up for Project Believe, a project in which U.S. Olympians can volunteer to be tested more than the guidelines of the Games. During the Games, Phelps was tested nine times and passed all of them.