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The biautiful Japanese Koi Fish Tattoo

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The biautiful Japanese Koi Fish Tattoo.............
Fish Koi Tattoos Japanese Koi Fish Tattoos Design.Fish Koi Tattoos Meaning and Symbolism.The word "koi" comes from Japanese. Koi fish are specially bred in Japan for their color. A prize example can be valued in the $100,000 range. Koi are a type of carp and have been cultivated and bred in Japan for possibly thousands of years.

If you have been to Japan you will notice they are a common feature in most traditional Japanese gardens. They most likely originated from Eastern Asia, Aral, Black and Caspian Seas. Earliest records of Koi have been found in China and have been widely spread in Japan.

For the Japanese Fish Koi represent strength and power because they are often able to lift their entire body up and jump out of the water.Koi fish tattoos are beautiful and wildly popular right now.

Koi fish tattoos of course have a long history and go all the way back to ancient Japanese times and it is a definite Japanese or Asian tattoo theme. Therefore the tattoos that represent koi fish often show them splashing in the water and water flying everywhere which shows of their strength. Plus as an added bonus they are an absolute beautiful fish and the colors of them lend themselves to a tattoos.The beautiful bright oranges mixed witht he blues of water make for an ideal tattoo plus since they are traditionally a Japanese tattoo they lend a sort of forgien mystery to their air.Fish Koi tattoos are now very popular among men and women. Typically men get them on their shoulders or calf and women like to get them as a lower back tattoo.There are a few out there that also get them as full back tattoos with more of a tradition Asian design.The color scheme of the Koi fish tattoo is very important element. A common color scheme would be the Yen Yang design of black and white. Most of the cases, the color scheme work the best if integrate with your shin color. For instant, if you have a dark or olive skin color it may be more suitable to choose a bright hue so the Koi fish tattoo to make it more visible.The natural colors of white, red, black, yellow or gold or perhaps a mixture of those colors would be applicable if you really want the test of more traditional style.Always remember that Koi Fish tatto o needs a place of honor on your body.

Men generally get them on their shoulders or calf and women like to get them as a lower back tattoo. Additions- Along with the koi fish tattoo you can always put some water in the background that splashes around the fish. Also Cherry blossom flower are very traditional and go well with a Japanese themed tattoo. Cost-It all depends on what size, how many colors, and type you Want.Additions and if you want the work custom designed or you are going to use flash. They typically run between $50 to $250 dollars.

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Triball Arm Tattoo Image

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Triball Arm Tattoo Image
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Fantasy Arm Tattoo Gallery

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Fantasy Arm Tattoo Gallery
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Superhero Tattoos - Hulk Tattoo Design

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Superhero Tattoos - Hulk Tattoo Design
Superhero Tattoos - Hulk Tattoo Design

Superhero tattoos - Superman Tattoo Design

Superhero Tattoo - Batman Tattoo Design

Cool Tribal Tattoos on Back and Arms For Men

Tribal Tattoo on Male Back

Celtic Tribal Tattoos for Men

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES

Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past. Jack London - 1883


"As for the primitive, I hark back to it because we are still very primitive. How many thousands of years of culture, think you, have rubbed and polished at our raw edges? One probably; at the best, no more than two. And that takes us back to screaming savagery, when, gross of body and deed, we drank blood from the skulls of our enemies, and hailed as highest paradise the orgies and carnage of Valhalla." - JACK LONDON

"The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation"
Captain James Cook - 1779


"With the Haidas, however, every mark has its meaning ?" - James Swan, Tattoo Marks of the Haida, 1878.
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Superhero Tattoos - Batman Tattoo Design

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Superhero Tattoos - Batman Tattoo Design
Superhero Tattoos - Batman Tattoo Design


Peacock Tattoo Design on Girls Arm

Female Arm Sleeves Tattoo Design

Tattooed Girl - Back Tattoo and Arm Sleeves Tattoo

Sexy Girl Arm Sleeves Tattoo Design

Full Arm Sleeves tattoo Design on Girls

Superhero Tattoos - Hulk Tattoo Design

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves." Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, 1871


In Tahiti, not all Europeans responded with the enthusiasm that had been exhibited by the British Admiralty's Captain James Cook, his Science Officer and Botanist, Sir Joseph Banks - who received a traditional Polynesian tattoo - and dozens of the ordinary sailors and seamen aboard Cook's ships. Missionaries who arrived in Tahiti at the end of the 18th century, turned tattooing from a standard practice into an embarrassing and punishable act of Paganism. King Pomare II was converted to Christianity in 1812 and he immediately put force behind a severe, regulated code that had been laid out by the missionaries. The death certificate for traditional tattoos was essentially signed in 1823 with the passage in the code that stated: "No one shall be tattooed and this practice should be completely abolished. This is an old and bad habit. Men or women who get tattooed will be judged and punished... The punishment for men will be work on ten measures of road for the first tattoo and 20 measures for the second tattoo... The punishment for women will be to make two big coats; one for the king and the other for the governor."
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Superhero Tattoos - Superman Tattoo Design on Arms

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Superhero Tattoos - Superman Tattoo Design on Arms
Superhero Tattoos - Superman Tattoo Design on Arms


King Kobra Snake Tattoo Sleeves Design

Dragon Arm Sleeve Tattoo Design

Dragon Tattoo design on Arms and Chest

Asian Sexy Arm Tattoo Design

Buddha Tattoo - Religious Tattoo

Superhero Tattoos - Hulk Tattoo Design

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Anthropometamorphosis, Man Transformed or, the Artificial Changeling, Historically Presented, a Puritan diatribe published in 1653, railed against disfigurement of the body in pursuit of "ridiculous beauty," "filthy fineness" and "loathsome loveliness." John Bulwer


"In all ages, far back into prehistory, we find human beings have painted and adorned themselves." H.G. Wells

 "There is no perfect beauty that hath not strangeness in the proportion."
Sir Francis Bacon - London, 1639


"I'll tell you this, lad: A tattoo says more of a fellow looking at it than it can do of the man who's got it on his back." - Sarah Hall -- The Electric Michelangelo
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Beautiful Flower Tattoo on Sexy Girl Back

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Beautiful Flower Tattoo on Sexy Girl Back
Beautiful Flower Tattoo on Sexy Girl Back


Flower Tattoo Ideas for Girl Feet

Rose Flower Tattoo on Sexy Girls Side Body

Japanese Flower Tattoo Design on Abdomen

Lower Back Flower tattoo Design for Girls

Honey Bee Flower Tattoo Abdomen tattoo Design

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"It's only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin."
- Herman Melville -- Moby-Dick


Everybody wants to see the pictures, and yet nobody wants to see them.
Ray Bradbury -- The Illustrated Man

 "But to become a freak one needs a strong character and unusual determination."
George Burchett - Memoirs of a Tattooist, 1956


Traditionally, body art has served to attract the opposite sex, boost self-esteem, ward off or invoke spirits, indicate social position or marital status, identify with a particular age or gender group or mark a rite of passage, such as puberty or marriage. It's this sort of strictly prescribed, highly ritualistic decoration that Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher depict in their book, African Ceremonies. "We've tried to show how body art is relevant to every stage of development, from birth to death," says Angela Fisher.
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Buddha Tattoo - Religious Tattoo

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buddha tattoo religious tattoo
Religious tattoo, Buddha tattoo design on arm sleeves.


Cool Tribal Tattoos on Back and Arms For Men

Tribal Arm Sleeves and Back Tattoo For Men

Heart Tattoo on Female Upper Arm

Cool Tribal Tattoo Ideas For Men

Modern Japanese Girl Tattoo on Hand

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Primitive tribes were certainly convinced that the spirit, having escaped from the body at death, retained a replica of its earthly tenement. They therefore used tattoo marks as a means of identification in the next world and a passport to future happiness. (Ronald Scutt, Art, Sex and Symbol, 1974, p. 63)


"I wanted some decoration. See, the one on my wrist is for everybody; the one on my tit is for me and my friends. Just a little treat for the boys, like icing on the cake." - Janis Joplin

 A great tattoo is a statement, not a style. And getting it is a journey, not a destination. - Vince Hemingson


The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have tattoos, and those who are afraid of people with tattoos. -- Author Unknown

INTERESTING TATTOO IDEAS:
Realistic 3D Black Widow Spider Tattoo
Dog Tattoo With Crown - Loyalty Comes Free
Carpe Diem Ambigram Tattoo Design
Biomechanical Alien Tattoo Design on Hand
Anchor Birds and Waves Tattoo Design on Sidebody
Black ink Tattoo of Angel with Cross
Animated Tasmanian Devil Taz Tattoo on Arms
Jungle Animals back Tattoo Designs
Armband tattoo of Musical Notes and Guitar
Asian Style Koi Fish Tattoo Design on back
Aztec Style Sun Symbol Tattoo Design
Barbed Wire Legband Tattoo Design
Evil Teddy Bear Tattoo
Motorcycle racing Biker Tattoo Design on back
Biomechanical Armsleeves Tattoo Design
Black and Grey Flower Tattoo Design for Girls Sidebody tattoo
Bull Rider Tattoo Design on Leg
Ladybug Flowers and Leaf Tattoo on Foot
Car Tattoo Design - Hot Wheels
Cute Black Ink Cat Tattoo
Grim Reaper Death Tattoo on Back - The weak shall inherit nothing
 Monster Demon Head Tattoo with Flames
Full Color Dragonfly and Flower Tattoo Design
Tattoo of Dagger Stabbing a Heart
Heart and Crown Tattoo Design on Wrist
Crazy Clown Tattoo Design with Money Tattoo
Chinese Character for Love - Neck Tattoo Design
Four Leaf Clover Tattoo with Celtic Design
Black and Grey Cherub Angel Tattoo on Arms
Bow and Cherry Tattoo on back of Neck
Beautiful Celtic Deer Tattoo Design
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The Shanghai Triad Tattoo

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Dear Avid Readers. This blog is mostly for all the men in my family...namely, the Shanghai Triad. Recently, I came upon a trend that reminded so much of Yours Truly's male family members that I have decided to dedicate an entire post to that trend, I believe, got started by the Shanghai Triad. Before I get too much into it, let me preface it by saying that many, many moons ago, the boys of the Shanghai Triad grew out there hair and all got tattoos.
Well, shortly after they decided to do this one member of the Shanghai Triad decided to get hitched. The day of the wedding came, binaca was sprayed, bouquets were thrown and mustaches were drawn. It was an amazing day. Well, little did Yours Truly expect it, then, but a short few years later a new trend has spread that is the birth of the combination of the Shanghai Triad's Genius. I call it The MUSTACHE TATTOO!
The Extreme Curl. This is the curl for someone with something to prove. Either way for an in-depth look at this sweeping trend from one of the highest, and most decorated news sources please watch what I call "The Sweep of the Tattooed 'Stache"
Please enjoy. I love you Shanghai Triad.

Source:The Extreme Curl. This is the curl for someone with something to prove. Either way for an in-depth look at this sweeping trend from one of the highest, and most decorated news sources please watch what I call "The Sweep of the Tattooed 'Stache"
Please enjoy. I love you Shanghai Triad.
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The History And Has Yakuza Geisha Girls Tattoos Galleries

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Many years ago in the time of the Shogun, the Japanese Authorities would tattoo criminals to make them stand out from the rest of the population. These would take the form of black rings on the arms. As the sentence and convictions increased, so would the rings on the arms.

These tattooed men would stick together and form gangs and eventually they would be known as Yakuza. These tattoos where worn proudly as symbols of status and these Yakuza tattoos developed into magnificent, ornate tattoos that covered the whole body. These Yakuza tattoos have been known to take over two years to complete.

The Yakuza are believed to be one of the largest organized crime factions in the world and have been around longer than the mafia and their history can be traced back to the year 1612.

For the Yakuza it doesn't matter which country you come from or from which class of society you belong to, Yakuza members must be willing to die for their boss.

Today's many Yakuza gang factions are patriarchal in nature but women are integral parts of Japan's gangland society. Wives, mistresses and girlfriends of top Yakuza figures often undergo extensive tattooing. These women sometimes use tattoos to demonstrate their affiliations with the gang lifestyle. In some cases it's done to show loyalty and obedience to the Yakuza member they are involved with.

Irezumi is the art of tattooing in Japan. This word means insertion of ink. This can be referred to a tattoo artist, the person who gets the tattoo, or the tattoo itself.

The Japanese Samurai who would tattoo themselves so if they died in battle would also use tattoos and their clothes and armor looted after; there would still be a means for them to be recognized.

In modern Japan, it is now widely thought that if you have a tattoo you are in the Yakuza, the Japanese mafia. A lot of establishments, especially hot springs and bathhouses, will not let you enter their establishment if you have any form of tattoo.

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The Yakuza Tattoos

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Many years ago in the time of the Shogun, the Japanese Authorities would tattoo criminals to make them stand out from the rest of the population. These would take the form of black rings on the arms. As the sentence and convictions increased, so would the rings on the arms.


These tattooed men would stick together and form gangs and eventually they would be known as "Yakuza". These tattoos where worn proudly as symbols of status and these "Yakuza tattoos" developed into magnificent, ornate tattoos that covered the whole body. These Yakuza tattoos have been known to take over two years to complete.

The Yakuza are believed to be one of the largest organized crime factions in the world and have been around longer than the mafia and their history can be traced back to the year 1612.

For the Yakuza it doesn't matter which country you come from or from which class of society you belong to, Yakuza members must be willing to die for their boss.

Today's many Yakuza gang factions are patriarchal in nature but women are integral parts of Japan's gangland society. Wives, mistresses and girlfriends of top Yakuza figures often undergo extensive tattooing. These women sometimes use tattoos to demonstrate their affiliations with the gang lifestyle. In some cases it's done to show loyalty and obedience to the Yakuza member they are involved with.

"Irezumi" is the art of tattooing in Japan. This word means "insertion of ink". This can be referred to a tattoo artist, the person who gets the tattoo, or the tattoo itself.

The Japanese Samurai who would tattoo themselves so if they died in battle would also use tattoos and their clothes and armor looted after; there would still be a means for them to be recognized.

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Sexy Lower Back Tattoo Design

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Nautical Stars Tattoo Design Female Lower Back

Sexy Butterfly tattoo for Lower Back Female

Butterfly with Tribal Tattoo Design on Female Lower Back

Sun Tattoo Design For Sexy Lower Back of Female

Girly Flower Tattoo Design Lower Back Tattoo

Cherry Blossom Tattoo and Lotus Tattoo Design on Female Lower Back

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Death could come at any time, Angelina Jolie says. The tattoo is a strong reminder to live fully in the moment and never have regrets. (About her first tattoo of the Japanese Kanji for Death) I didn't get the tattoo for the dark reason everyone thinks.


Usually all my tattoos came at good times. A tattoo is something permanent when you've made a self-discovery, or something you've come to a conclusion about. - Angelina Jolie - 2003

 Jolie says her tiger tattoo is a favorite of her kids.  They talk to it all the time.  They like to say hi to it and paint it with fingerpaints.  Its like a little friend.  - Angelina Jolie


It's Aslan, the lion from The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. Its a symbol of my hellish childhood. I struggled through my oppressive teenage years and when I turned 18 I escaped. Like Aslan I was finally free.? - Christina Ricci
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Geisha Tattoo Design on Sexy Girl Back, Geisha Back Tattoo

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Geisha Tattoo Design on Sexy Girl Back, Geisha Back TattooGeisha Tattoo Design on Sexy Girl Back, Geisha Back Tattoo



Male Back Tattoo - Tribal Tattoo

Tribal Design Flower Tattoo on Sexy Girl Back

Cherry Blossom Tattoo Design Female Back Body

Tribal Tattoo Design For male Back

Butterfly Tattoo and Flower Tattoo for Female Back Tattoo

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"I dropped my pants in a tattoo parlor in Amsterdam. I woke up in a waterbed with this funky-looking dragon with a blue tongue on my hip. I realized I made a mistake, so a few months later I got a cross to cover it. When my pants hang low, it looks like I'm wearing a dagger!" - Angelina Jolie


"Every time I get a tattoo, my parents say they?ll disown me. I have to get them airbrushed for Charmed. Witches don?t have tattoos, I guess."
Alyssa Milano

 It's kind of a show-biz lizard [in a top hat]. Tattoos to me are the outward symbol of the inward change within my soul. Nicolas Cage


I chose a sunflower because when darkness descends they close up to regenerate. But I really wish I'd never had the tattoo in the first place. Clean, clear skin is always better. Halle Berry
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Game Tattoo on Sexy Girl Chest

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Game Tattoo Design on Sexy Girl ChestGame Tattoo Design on Sexy Girl Chest. 'This Game Sucks'



Sexy Lower Back Tattoo design for Women - Lotus tattoo

Sexy Girl Tattoo Art Photo

Peacock Feather Tattoo design on Sexy Girl Back

Sexy Lady with Full Arm Sleeves Tattoo

Lizard Tattoo Design on Hot Girl

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

My skin is my canvas. The artwork on it represents something that is very powerful and meaningful in my life. I look at my skin as something of a living diary because all my tattoos represent a time in my life. And I never wish to shut the door on the past, so I carry it all with me. Dave Navarro


"I felt bad about myself because certain people were relentlessly attacking me and my reputation. My mom kept saying 'Let it go, Lauren, It doesn?t matter' ? I realized I had to stop worrying about what other people think. The next day I got a tattoo on my lower back that says 'sticks and stones', because they may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Lauren Conrad

 I'm planning my most ambitious tattoo yet. You can never have enough tats.
Amy Winehouse


Giving birth was easier than having a tattoo. Nicole Appleton


Quirky is sexy, like scars or chipped teeth. I also like tattoos - they're rebellious. Jennifer Aniston
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Sexy Butt Tattoo, Phoenix Tattoo Design on Girl Butt

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Sexy Butt Tattoo, Phoenix Tattoo Design on Girl ButtSexy Butt Tattoo, Phoenix Tattoo Design on Girl Butt



Dragon Tattoo on Sexy Girl Posing on Bike

Sexy Guns and Roses Tattoo Design on Female Lower Back

Sexy Dragon Tattoo for Girls

Star Tattoo on Chest of Sexy Girl

Artistic Tattoo Design on Sexy Girl Side Body

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Tattoos are like stories - they're symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful. Pamela Anderson


My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist.  Johnny Depp

 "Every time I get a tattoo, it?s a little fuck-you to anyone who tells me not to. It?s weird to be part of Hollywood, which tries to control every aspect of people, from what they say to the color of their hair. And I like the way getting a tattoo feels. If I?m depressed, it?s nice to get one and deal with the pain. I have one all the way down to my ribs. It hurt, but it felt good?like twisting a loose tooth. I?m not kidding when I say that if I ever lose a role because of my tattoos, I?ll quit Hollywood and go to work at Costco." ~ Megan Fox


I think I have enough tattoos for now. If I get any others, I'll probably do my kids initials. Niki Taylor
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Cool Neck Tattoo Design

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Cool Neck Tattoo DesignCool Neck Tattoo Design



Celebrity Rihanna Tattoos

Tila Nguyen arm Tattoo

Mandy Moore Tattoo - Celebrity Tattoo

Audrina Patridge Tattoo

Kristen Stewart Tattoo

Asia Argento Tattoo

Marco Materazzi Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Britney Spears in 2000 said this about her supposedly "fake" lower back tattoo, ?if I was to get a fairy on my back, that would be like she?s watching my back.?


I did what I could to move the muscles in my back so the tattoo could sort of stretch out. I always wished I had more muscles that could crinkle up.
Ralph Fiennes For the film, Red Dragon (2002) as Francis Dolarhyde

 I have this huge lion tattoo embossed on my arm. I was a little worried as to how we would cover it up. But my makeup man covered the tattoo with makeup. It took close to two hours.
Sanjay Dutt


I got my first tattoo, a Playboy Bunny, because I was young, dumb and drunk... Anna Nicole Smith
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Beautiful Star Tattoo Design For Girls

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Girly Tattoo Design - Stars Tattoo on Side Body Female

Sexy Nautical Star Tattoo Design on Female Chest

Colourfull Stars Tattoo Design For Girls

Sexy Stars Tattoo For Ears - Feminine Tattoo

Sexy Star Tattoo For Girls Feet

Stars Tattoo Design on Girl Feet - Feminine Tattoos

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

I always look for a woman who has a tattoo. I see a woman with a tattoo, and I'm thinking, okay, here's a gal who's capable of making a decision she'll regret in the future. -- Comedian Richard Jeni


Vince Vaughn in the film The Wedding Crashers - "Tattoo on the lower back. Might as well be a bulls-eye."

 I wouldn't care if they tattoo Festus all over. He's been good to me.
Ken Curtis - American singer and actor best known for his role as "Festus Haggen" on CBS' long-running western drama, Gunsmoke, which he portrayed from 1964 to 1975.


"You put a tattoo on yourself with the knowledge that this body is yours to have and enjoy while you're here. You have fun with it, and nobody else can control (supposedly) what you do with it. That's why tattooing is such a big thing in prison: it's an expression of freedom?one of the only expressions of freedom there. They can lock you down, control everything, but 'I've got my mind, and I can tattoo my body?alter it my way as an act of personal will.' " DON ED HARDY
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Tattoo Machine Design on Male Neck

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Colin Farrell Celebrity Tattoo

Celebrity Lil Wayne Tattoo Design

Victoria Beckham Neck Tattoo Design

Cheryl Tweedy Cole Sexy Tattoo

Celebrity Tommy Lee Tattoo

WWE Superstar Jeff Hardy Tattoo Design

Celebrity Tattoo Eminem Tattoo

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

The only difference between a tattooed person and a person who isn't tattooed is that a tattooed person doesn't care if you're tattooed or not.
(Sign often seen in tattoo shops)


Beauty is skin deep. A tattoo goes all the way to the bone.
Vince Hemingson

 There's something really the matter with most people who wear tattoos, he says. I know from experience there's something terribly flawed about people who are tattooed above the little something Johnny had done in the Navy, even though that's also a bad sign. (Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood, interviewed more than one hundred killers over a period of ten years and says eighty percent of them have one thing in common: Tattoos)


The Greek philosopher Bion of Borysthenes (circa 300 B.C.) described the brutally tattooed face of his father, a former slave, as "a narrative of his master's harshness."
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Sexy Chest Tattoo Design, Heart with Wings Tattoo

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Sexy Chest Tattoo Design, Heart with Wings TattooBeautiful sexy Girl with a Heart Tattoo and Wings Tattoo design on her chest and a Rose Flower Tattoo on Shoulder.


Peacock Tattoo - Full back Tattoo Design For Girls

Sexy Tattooed Girl with Lizard Tattoo Design on her Abdomen

Butt Tattoo Ideas for Girls

Full back Body Sexy Girl Tattoo

Letter Tattoo Design on Sexy Female Side Body

Sexy Female Full Body Tattoo Design

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible.? Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935)


"I don't know why I like tattoos so much. I know it's crazy. I can't defend them. I've had some of my tattoos for twenty years. I love getting them. " Cher

 "For someone who likes tattoos, the most precious thing is bare skin." Cher


The perfect tattoo... the one I believe we are all struggling toward... is the one that turned the jackass into a zebra. Cliff Raven
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Religious Tattoo Design Asian Style

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Angels Wing tattoo Design on Back Body

Chinese Full Back Tattoo Design

Celtic Tattoo Art Design Male Back

Hot Men Back Tattoo - Tribal Tattoo Design

Samurai Warrior Tattoo Design on Male Back

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good. (A sign seen in many tattoo shops)


"Stewed, Screwed and Tattooed", a colourful synopsis of shore leave for many sailors after having spent many months at sea! A good port of call for men who worked at sea often earned it's reputation by the qualities - or lack thereof - of it's drinking establishments, women and tattoo artists.

 A quote is just a tattoo on the tongue.
William F. DeVault


Former Chicago Bull Jud Buechler said Michael Jordan wanted "me and [teammate] Steve Kerr to get tattoos" after the Bulls won their first championship. "I thought about it but didn't do it because I knew my mom, wife, and mother-in-law would kill me."
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Celebrity Tattoo - Shooter Jennings

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Celebrity Tattoo - Shooter Jennings gun tattooShooter Jennings Gun Tattoo Design on Forearms
Celebrity Tattoo - Shooter JenningsShooter Jennings is a American singer and song-writer



Bianca Kajlich Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo

Joe Jurevicius Bicep Tattoo, Celebrity Tattoo

Khloe Kardashian Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo

Patsy Kensit Tattoo - Celebrity Tattoo

Maynard James Keenan Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo

Josh Hartnett Neck Tattoo

Kelis Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo

Alicia Keys Back Tattoo Design

Megan Fox Sexy Tattoo Design

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"White folks are not going to come to see a bunch of guys with tattoos, with cornrows. I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks different, they're stupid."
CHARLES BARKLEY


Love lasts forever, but a tattoo lasts six months longer. (Anon)

 In 19th Century England, tattooing flourished as nowhere else in Europe, largely thanks to traveling seamen who would come back with permanent souvenirs of their travels on their arms. In 1862, it gained Royal sanction and members of the Royal family, from the Prince of Wales to King Edward VII, acquired tattoos. By 1890 the fad had spread to the US and tattoos were seen on members of the exclusive New York Racquet Club. - It is certainly the most vulgar and barbarous habit the eccentric mind of fashion ever invented. It may do for an illiterate seaman, but hardly for an aristocrat. Society men in England were the victims of circumstance when the Prince of Wales had his body tattooed. Like a flock of sheep driven by their master they had to follow suit. (Socialite of the day Ward McAllister who complained to the press about the fad) - Strange how this attitude has endured to the 21st century...


Think before you Ink! (Sign often seen in tattoo shops)
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Celebrity Tattoo - Joan Jett

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Celebrity Tattoo - Joan JettJoan Jett Tribal Tattoo on Forearms and a Tribal armband Tattoo
Celebrity Tattoo - Joan JettJoan Jett is American Rock Singer and Guitarist, She has several tattoo designs on her body.


Tommy Lee OM Tattoo and Mayhem Tattoo

Angel Tattoo on David Beckham's Back

Alyssa Milano Celebrity Wrist Tattoo

Celebrity Anthony Kiedis - Portrait Tattoo

Angelina Jolie Tattoo

Kerry Katona Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo

Rob Kardashian Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo

Norah Jones Lower Back Tattoo, Celebrity Tattoo

Kim Kardashian Temporary Tattoo

Janis Joplin Wrist Tattoo, Celebrity Tattoo

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"The human body is always treated as an image of society." ANTHROPOLOGIST MARY DOUGLAS


"A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods." - Iban Proverb - Mingatt Anak Casa (Akai Basai), Iban Headman on the Sekerang River, Sarawak, Borneo - from The Vanishing Tattoo Documentary

 "The woman must bear children and the man must be tattooed."
Polynesian Proverb


You may lose your most valuable property through misfortune in various ways. You may lose your house, your wife and other treasures. But of your moko, you cannot be deprived except by death. It will be your ornament and companion until your last day. -- Netana Whakaari of Te Waimana-Kaku, Tuhoe, 1921
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Norah Jones Lower Back Tattoo, Celebrity Tattoo

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Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar
Norah Jones Lower Back Tattoo, Celebrity TattooNorah Jones, actress and Singer has a Tattoo Design on her Lower Back.



Jon Bon Jovi Superman Tattoo

Alyssa Milano Right Shoulder Blade Tattoo Design

Pamela Anderson Barbed-wire Arm Tattoo band

Celebrity Alyssa Milano Foot Tattoo Design

Mike Tyson Tribal Tattoo

Pamela Anderson Sexy Back Tattoo

Celebrity Johnny Depp Arm Sleeves Tattoo

Alyssa Milano Lower Abdomen Tattoo Design

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"An everlasting gem that you will take into your grave."
Line from a traditional Polynesian song about tattooing


Richard Leakey - A quote from "Origins Reconsidered - In Search of What Makes Us Human".
"Each society weaves its own culture, a complex fabric of many elements, each element giving special meaning to the others. It is often difficult for someone from outside a particular culture to understand the fabric as an entity. Differences in language, in values, and in mythology create barriers to understanding. Pluck a single thread from the fabric, and the foreigner is even less likely to comprehend its significance. The painted, engraved, and carved images of prehistory are threads from past cultures, and we are the foreigners trying to interpret their meaning. Perhaps more than anything else, art can be fully understood only in the context of the culture that produced it."
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Janis Joplin Wrist Tattoo, Celebrity Tattoo

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Janis Joplin Wrist Tattoo, Celebrity Tattoo
Janis Joplin (Singer and Song Writer) had two tattoos on her body, one being a flower like bracelet on her left wrist and a heart tattoo on her chest.


Marco Materazzi Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo

Hayden Panettiere Tattoo - Celebrity tattoo

Celebrity Tattoo - David Beckham

Jim Carrey Tattoo - Celebrity Tattoo

Fernando Torres Tattoo - Celebrity Tattoo

Tila Tequila Celebrity Tattoo

Wayne Rooney Tattoo

Fabio Cannavaro Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

In Galatians 6:17, Saint Paul says, "From this time onward let no one trouble me; for, as for me, I bear, branded on my body, the scars of Jesus as my Master."


"Tattoos aren't meant for everybody and they're too goddamn good for some people." Lyle Tuttle, tattoo artist, author, and lecturer.

 "I'm the man who ruined everything." (Lyle Tuttle on the popularity of modern tattooing)


Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos.
Chuck Zito - a member of the New York chapter of the Hells Angels, amateur boxer, martial artist, celebrity bodyguard, stuntman and actor.
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Joe Jurevicius Bicep Tattoo, Celebrity Tattoo

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Joe Jurevicius Bicep Tattoo, Celebrity TattooJoe Jurevicius - Celebrity Tattoo
Joe Jurevicius Bicep Tattoo, Celebrity TattooJoe Jurevicius is an American football player, known for a great career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cleveland Browns. Joe Jurevicius has a tattoo of the national symbol of Lithuania on his left bicep.


Celebrity Tommy Lee Tattoo

WWE Superstar Jeff Hardy Tattoo Design

Celebrity Tattoo Eminem Tattoo

Celebrity Rihanna Tattoos

Tila Nguyen arm Tattoo

Mandy Moore Tattoo - Celebrity Tattoo

Audrina Patridge Tattoo

Kristen Stewart Tattoo

Asia Argento Tattoo

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage. Drew Barrymore


People have asked me, what about your tattoos when you're ninety? Why would it bother me then? I would still want to get tattooed even when I'm a grandmother. Nicole Miller, noted fashion designer

 Everybody gets the tattoo they deserve. (actor David Duchovny, who has a tattoo of a compass on his ankle, [with N, S, E, West, his daughter's name] as Fox Mulder on the X-Files, a show Thomas Lockhart worked on in the famous Tattoo episode)


In the 19th century, Field Marshal Earl Roberts said that "every officer in the British army should be tattooed with his regimental crest. Not only does this encourage esprit de corps but also assists in the identification of casualties."
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Tattoo Ideas

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Are you trying to get a few tattoo ideas but not sure which one to go for? It is overwhelming how many tattoos there are to choose from. With it being a really important decision you need to make sure it is the one for you. There are thousands of cool designs that you might like at the time but when you start thinking about having it permanently done you start to have second thoughts.
Here are some tips that will help you choose successful tattoo ideas.

Tattoo Ideas Tip #1:
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Make sure you choose your design very carefully! There is a saying among tattoo artists that love lasts forever, but a tattoo last six months longer. Make sure you choose a tattoo design that has personal significance to you. Do not get tattoo flash just because it is trendy at the moment.

Tattoo Ideas Tip #2:
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Choose the best tattoo artist you can find in you area. Even if there is not one in your area it is worth traveling a few miles to get the tattoo. Even the best tattoo designs can be badly manipulated by an inexperienced and low-grade tattoo artist. Check out their older work and see if you can speak to any of their previous clients. They will soon let you know if the artist knows what they are doing and if they are happy and would recommend the tattoo artist. It is the artists job to turn your chosen tattoo ideas into reality. So talk with them about your procedure so you make sure you get exactly what you want. Because whatever you end up getting is going to be with you for a long time.

Tattoo Ideas Tip #3:
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A good number of tattoo artists will provide you with an actual design shaded in and with color and the line art of the design. If you have loads of reference material to show the tattoo artist this will aid in communication with the artist. Then you are sure to turn your tattoo ideas into reality.
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Body Tattoos Designs

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Body Tattoos Designs
Are you curious of what is in the mind of others why they have to put on a tattoo? Well, it actually differs from every person's perspective. Some people misinterpreted the meaning of tattoo because they see it as untidy and a disruption to one's body. But tattoos can be as an artistic as a painting on the wall. It depends on how a person visualizes it and envisions his body about his/her tattoo.

A tattoo is donning a permanent ink into the layers of the skin to imprint something which may be a significant décor to a certain person. It is a permanent marking that is why you should think twice before doing it or, if you really want it, by choosing a design for your body that is suitable for your characteristics. It is somehow a statement of who and what you are. It may have different meanings like for love it may symbolize a person's commitment to a lover or an ownership of one person by another.

It also differs from gender. A tattoo for men may represent his courage, power, principles or honor. While for the women it may denote love, passion, blossoms or benevolence. There are a very wide-variety of body tattoos designs to choose from. They can be a tribal look, or a celtic one even as simple as black and white. You can have it in any parts of your body as it depends on you of how you wanted it to be seen-large or small. It also depends on you on how will choose the colors for the picked design.
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For some people, tattoo is a sacred marking for their body. It is considerable to their religion, culture and spiritual devotions. For others, it may be a name of their love ones like their mother, father, siblings, sons or daughters, wife or husband. Even a deceased love one is being inked on their body. It can also be a phrase or words that show and expresses your feeling for others.

Tattoos are intricate in style, the art you wanted for your body should be the result of what is inked onto it. That is why you should be careful in choosing an artist for putting on the design you want. If you can not choose the right colors, size and pattern you can ask an expert tattoo artist for it so that in the end you will not regret having that kind of body tattoos designs that you want.
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Tattoo Machine

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How Tattoo Machine works and what Tattoo Techniques are used by tattooist? Read below to find out.

Most people think tattoo machines just like sewing machines - rotating needles up and down with hollow needles, but it is not true.

Actually, tattoo machine is essentially an electromagnet powered by a variable power supply. The artist dips the needs into a small cap which has been filled with pigment (ink) from a squeeze bottle. There are from one for some outlines and fine work to many bunched needles tight together for shading in a given tattoo machine. The needles are soldered to a bar which is attached to the electromagnet.

Whenpower is applied to the handheldmagnet/bar combination, the pigment-coated needles vibrate together up and down thousands of times per minute.

As the needles pierce the skin, the colored pigments are injected under the skin, between the permanent bottom layer and the surface layer which is constantly dying off and being replaced by fresh skin cells.

The tattooing technique of placing the pigment at the right depth is very important to the quality of the tattoo. If the needles penetratetoo deeply, the pigment will mix with body fluid and cause the color to spread. If the pigment is not placed deep enough, the tattoo will fade and come out prematurely as new skin emerges from the lower layers.
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Celtic Tattoo

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Celtic tattoos are all the rage right now, and for good reason - these highly-detailed images look good and carry a highly symbolic weight. The following are some of the most popular Celtic tattoo designs.

Celtic Knot - The Celtic knot is a series of interwoven lines that interact together like a puzzle to form a pleasing design or zoomorphic form. Although their origin is still debated and may include a Norse influence, the key feature of the design is that none of the lines in the knot ever end - they all continue on to connect with one another throughout the design. This is said to represent continuity in life, the cycle of the seasons and the vast complexity of nature.
Celtic Cross - Celtic cross tattoos carry the same weaving line structure as the Celtic knot, but instead of forming a simple pattern, the strands of the design come together to outline the shape of a Christian cross. This design is highly religious in nature, and is often used by different groups of Celtic people to proclaim their ethnicity as well.

Claddagh - The Claddagh is a recognizable symbol of Celtic and Irish origins. The design traditionally features two hands clasping a heart that is covered by a crown. Although this design is most widely seen in the form of a ring that's given to symbolize the intent to wed, it's also popular as a tattoo for its graphic representation of everlasting love, loyalty and fidelity.

Celtic Tree of Life - The Celtic tree of life tattoo is fairly self-explanatory. In the same style as the Celtic knot and the Celtic cross, the Celtic tree of life tattoo is composed of interweaving lines that form branches around a central tree trunk. Again, no ends of the lines are exposed, so the design takes on a feeling of continuity and permanence. In addition, the Celtic tree of life tattoo is said to represent the beginning and end of life, as well as the eternal nature of the world.
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