Tattoos tell a story and the story they tell reveals much about the personality of the person wearing the tattoos!
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My name is Jerry Martin and I am the president and founder of Crazy Tattoo Designs and Insane Tattoo Products. If you have been on the Internet for awhile I am sure you have seen my tattoo brands and you may even be proudly wearing one of my incredible tattoo designs. My collection of over 30,000 unique tattoos has been nominated to be included in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest tattoo collection in the world. If you would like to know more about this fabulous tattoo collection just click here… Tattoos
If you are new to tattoos, and are trying to make a decision to get one or not, please allow me to give you a few tips and guidelines that will help you make a quality decision. I will also give you some background on tattoos themselves, their history, and the tattoo industry.
Tattoo tips and guidelines: If this will be your first image I suggest you start by getting a flash tattoo or an airbrush tattoo. Both of them are temporary tattoos that will only last a few days. During that time period you will get comfortable wearing the tattoo and know whether you really like the design and the colors. If you like it then you can proceed to get a permanent tattoo that you will be happy with for the rest of your life. If you don’t the temporary tattoo then keep experimenting until you find a good one. To see some really unique flash and airbrush tattoo designs visit my “Worlds Largest Tattoo Collection” at the link mentioned above.
Definition of a tattoo: A tattoo is a piece of body art that is created by etching various colors of ink into the skin. This process changes the pigment so the artwork will stand out. Tattoos on human beings are generally for decoration purposes only but the images may have special meaning to the individual wearing the tattoos. In the farming business animals are often tattooed (branded) for identification and proof of ownership.
In the tattoo industry tattoos are sometimes referred to as *Pieces* *Ink* *Tats* or *Work*. The person applying the tattoo is called an *Artist* or *Tattooist*.
History of tattoos: Tattooing has been around since Neolithic times. The ancient body a man that was found in the Otz valley, in the Alps, had over 50 carbon tattoos. Some of them were just simple dots or lines but they were authentic tattoos. Known as *Ötzi the Iceman* he roamed the earth sometime during the fourth or fifth Millennium BC.
In the pre-christian era Celtic tribes were known to be elaborately tattooed with dark blue tattoo designs. These facts were found in Book V of Julius Ceasar’s Ballic Wars series written in 54 BC.
In Asia about ten thousand years ago tattooing was practiced by the Japanese Other cultures in that same time period tattooed themselves by rubbing ashes and colored dyes into cuts on their skin.
Tattooing as we know it in North America originated in Polynesia in the eighteenth century and was referred to as a tatau. European sailors traveling through the area adopted the practice and showed off the tataus in the West. The English eventually changed the name to tattoo.
In Polynesian areas a tattoo is called a tattaow or tattow and Tahitians call it a tatu. The Japanese words for tattoo are irezumi and Horimono.
Now that you know the history of tattoos it is time to choose one for yourself. Click here tattoos .
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