1. What To Consider When Becoming A Tattoo Artist
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What To Consider When Becoming A Tattoo Artist Getting a tattoo is an age-old custom that has been practised for centuries, dating back to the Polynesian region. Our modern day culture has turned this ...

2. Risks associated with body piercing
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... keloid formation. While piercings can be removed, they may leave a hole, mark or scar. Physical trauma including tearing, friction or bumping of the piercing site, which may cause edema and delay healing. ...

3. Some of the most used words and sentences for tattoos
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Here are some of the most used words and sentences for tattoos...   Rock And Roll   Mum   Dad   Love       Love - Hate     Shit Luck       Only God Can Judge ...

4. Ear - Auricle
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... that the piercing is not too heavy or long that it hurts the ear. Also make sure that you take a form of jewelry that does not get stuck in hooks or clothes. This earring is done on the cartilage ...

5. About Body piercing
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   About Body piercing   Body Piercing, a form of body modification, is the practice of puncturing or cutting a part of the human body, creating an opening in which jewellery may be worn. The ...

6. Police in Belgium are investigating a complaint from a teenager...
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  Police in Belgium are investigating a complaint from a teenager who says a tattooist peppered her face with stars after she asked for only three.    Kimberley Vlaeminck, 18, said she fell ...

7. How should i act when i get on that chair?
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... to come back for a later appointment (e.g. if the artist has another client coming in in 15 minutes).   Once you’re in that chair, what can you expect? Most likely, the artist will begin ...

8. RESPECT: What to ask from artists?
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... walks of life may be interested in body-art.   A potential customer should *NOT* be made to feel out-of-place or ashamed for walking in wearing a business suit, or an LL Bean dress. It is amazing ...

9. What sorts of things to look for in shop.
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  What sorts of things to look for in shop.   Looking critically at the shop is as important as choosing your artist. Make sure the place is very clean, make sure the artist uses disposable, ...

10. Why do I want one?
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  Why do I want one?   People get tattoos for different reasons. Is it to please your partner? Is it because you want to belong to a group that has tattoos? Do you identify with a certain subculture ...

11. Negative associations
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... gangs use distinctive tattoos to indicate facts about their criminal behavior, prison sentences, and organizational affiliation.[11] A tear tattoo, for example, can be symbolic of murder, with each ...

12. History
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... and northern European tribes were often heavily tattooed, according to surviving accounts. The Picts were famously tattooed (or scarified) with elaborate dark blue woad (or possibly copper for the ...

13. How Prison Tattoos are Done
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... ballpoint pen holds the needle. The device may be rigged up to a small motor which makes it move up and down like a professional tattoo gun. Ink for a prison tattoo might come from a pen, or it might ...

14. Old English Lettering
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... the mistaken belief that it was the font used to write in Old English, the language. In fact, Old English as a language was around for many years before the lettering came into existence, and while some ...

15. Tattoo Techniques - East vs West
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... slightly different methods for introducing pigments into the skin. using a tattoo machineWestern Tattoo In the most common application method, a tattoo machine is used. Originally patented in England ...

16. Koi Tattoos
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... started to be kept and bred for appearances and variations.ves, along with chrysanthemums which are also considered symbolic of strength and dignity.   Starting in the last 17th and early 18th centuries, ...

17. Star Tattoos.
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... for the tattooists chair and demanding tattoos that reflect their lives.  ...

18. Tribal Tattoos.
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   Tribal Tattoos   Tribal tattoo designs have been around for hundreds of years but are becoming more and more complex and constantly evolving and morphing into what has become known as neo ...

19. A Brief History of Tattoos
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... have been discovered on mummified bodies thousands of years old. From the ancient Egyptian artefacts to the fashion conscious, tattoos have come a long way. An ancient art form - tattooing has now become ...