Dad Tattoos: Kanye West and Ryan Gosling join the club with daughter tributes

Ever since 1999, when Mr. David Beckham stripped off his soccer jersey to reveal the name of his son Brooklyn in block letters across his lower back, the Daddy tattoo has been a celebrity rite of passage. Recent adopters include Robbie Williams, who had a toy bear etched into his arm in honour of his daughter Theodora (Teddy).     And last week Kanye West joined the inked Daddyhood, showing off the birth date of his daughter North West in Roman numerals on his wrist.   Now Ryan Gosling has followed suit, hitting the town this week with the letters E S M E (short for Esmeralda, his baby girl with actress Eva Mendes) roughly tattooed across his handsome knuckles.   The trend has long been popular in Ireland, with new mamas and dadas marking special dates and names in ink everywhere from their fingers to their forearms. Our advice? If you're going to do it, make sure you do your research and plump for a reputable tattoo artist. Otherwise you could be left with something a little more artistic than you intended...