Everything Tattoos: November 2010

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Religious angel tattoos are beautiful winged guardians of God.
Angel tattoos are sometimes tattooed as a tribute to someone very close or a lost loved one as a in memory tattoo. An "angel tattoo" has a close bond with religious it symbolizes love and protection as an angel watches over you. Angel wings can also adorn the same meanings of an angel tattoo.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Victoria Beckham tattoo

Wrist Tattoo

perfect tatto design:lotus-tattoo-art:butterfly tattoos

butterfly tattoos

Men Tattoos

You know, I try to keep things positive here on the Tattoo Blog. Sure, you’ve stopped by plenty of times and read some post that I wrote where I slagged someone’s tattoo or a particular new trend amongst those in the tattoo industry. Fair enough, I admit that I can be a little negative that way. But I stand by it nonetheless. The type of negativity that I’m trying to avoid is the stuff that deals with artists who have gotten themselves messed up with the law in one way or another. I don’t like to write about a lot of stories like that because I think the tattoo industry already gets enough flack from small-minded stereotypers and naysayers. It doesn’t need further negativity and stuff that only serves to live up to the stereotypes that clueless people have about people with tattoos and people who tattoo.

That’s why this new bit of news is so disappointing: it involves a real tattoo veteran and well, it’s all just plain odd. Jonathan Shaw has tattooed many celebrities in his lengthy career as a tattoo artist. He opened New York City’s first legal tattoo studio back in the day, he founded International Tattoo Art Magazine as well as writing two novels. But on Monday the 57-year-old tattooist was arrested in Manhattan after police found a weapons cache worthy of an early 80’s Schwarzennegger movie.

‘Cops discovered an AK-47 assault rifle, a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun, a loaded British rifle, 96 knives, five sets of metal knuckles, eight batons, 2,833 rounds of ammunition, stage pistols and an air rifle, authorities said.’

According to this news story, the weapons were in a duffel bag and a suitcase that Shaw was having sent to Los Angeles. No one is sure exactly why Shaw had the weapons or why he was sending them to LA, but he’s been charged with a whole slew of weapons violations and he’s definitely going to have some explaining to do come court time.

It sucks for stuff like this to happen to people who’ve been in the industry for so long. It would still be bad if it had been some young, up and coming tattoo artist, but when you have someone who has made such progress for the tattoo industry and community end up in such a bizarre and frankly just plain shitty situation, it’s an all around big disappointment. Call me cynical, but I’m doubting that Shaw will be able to clear this up very easily. I mean, what possible reason could he have for not only having all that stuff, but for sending it over to LA from NY? Seems shady to me. Ninety-six knives? 2,833 rounds of ammo? Dude, what are you - training for the apocalypse?

Meet Valerie Vargas Tattoo

Oh man, Valerie Vargas blows me away. Straight up, that’s all there is to say about it. When I come across an artist like Vargas and then I find out that they’ve only been tattooing for a short period of time (since 2007, in Vargas’ case), I’m really in awe. I mean, in terms of learning an art form, three years is absolutely nothing. And yet Vargas tattoos like an absolute seasoned pro.

Hailing from Scotland, Valerie Vargas made her way to England and currently tattoos at one of London’s preeminent tattooing establishments, the Soho based Frith Street Tattoo. She’s certainly a busy lady, judging by the fact that her waiting list is currently closed until further notice, which is always a good sign. She’s got a downright masterful grasp on the classic American style, making it pop when it needs to pop and go down smoother than a healthy dose of Wild Turkey when it needs to go down smooth. The classic American style has never been my favourite tattoo style, but when I see artists like Vargas pull it off so well, I find that it is rapidly becoming one of my favourites.

Unfortunately, I don’t know much more about Valerie Vargas that I can tell you. I do know that she has some prints for sale at her website, as well as a tote bag and a sweet T-shirt that I can’t seem to figure out how to buy. It seems to me that they’re only available at the Frith Street shop, but from what I can tell, you have to actually go to the Frith Street shop to purchase such merchandise. Oh well. So yeah, check out Valerie’s stuff. It’s worth the time, worth the effort and it’s definitely worth putting yourself on her waiting list (when it opens back up again), should you be in the market for a superbly done tattoo.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Great Tattoos Designs For Men - Three Effective Ways in Choosing the Best Tattoo

With the countless kinds of tattoos designs for men that are available, it is truly unbelievably hard to pick out one that's perfect for you. You would have to screen the tattoos designs for men that you think you want to be put on your skin and then sort out the feelings that you get when you see yourself wearing the certain design. Not to mention the pressure that the word permanency puts on you when it comes to tattoos. It's not like you can just change it overnight or have it erased a week after.

So it is really very important for you to select a design wisely. You can do this by basing your judgment on a couple of important things. I have listed them down so you can check if the particular tattoos designs for men that you have selected is your final choice.

Here are 3 effective ways to know if the tattoo design is really the perfect design for you:

Select between having words or an image tattoo design.

Usually, word tattoos simply declare feelings or it affirms a certain feeling. If you are doing this for someone you love, it is best if you are totally sure about the person you're doing this for. I have seen so many tattoo wearers who later on have regretted the words of love they have put on their skin. While an image tattoos designs for men are a better choice especially for the masculine side, as long as the words you will bear on your skin is something that you are willing to see forever, then it is okay.

Choose something that reflects you.

Tattoo has always been a form of self expression and the main reason why people get inked is because they want something that would clearly exhibit what kind of person they are. Men naturally tend to choose masculine designs but don't limit yourself to a certain classification. There are tons of designs to choose from and you need not stick to gender specific types. To apply this method, internalize the designs you have chosen and drown yourself in each design. Let it speak to you in ways only you can understand and feel the connection between you and the design. Ask yourself this basic question: "Do I see myself in this particular design?". And if the answer is yes, then you're on the right track because as long as a design reflects the true you, you will never regret having it tattooed on you.

Treat tattoos like clothing.

If you don't want to be caught wearing a certain type of clothing, then the same rule applies to tattoos designs for men. Choose something that goes with your body type, skin color and personality. If you have plump muscles on your arm and would like to highlight it more, then choose arm band tattoos that can bring out the beauty of those fully worked-out arms. And in the same wave length, if you do not have a six pack or a tummy that you can boast of, then you should veer away from putting something on it because it will only bring attention to an area that you are not very proud of.

These are just three basic steps in choosing the perfect tattoos designs for men but they're very, very effective in your decision-making process. However, if you do not take this one very important thing in consideration, you might end up regretting your newly inked design.

Know the very important detail of choosing tattoo designs by visiting the Tattoo Designs blog and avoid the common mistake tattoo bearers make.

The Hottest Tattoo Designs For Females

One of the fastest growing areas in the field of tattoos are female tattoo designs. When you think about the history of tattooing it was not too long ago that tattoos had a very different reputation and frequently when women did get tattoos say 20 years ago they would keep them well hidden. However, since the world of tattoos has so drastically changed over the last few years and become so much more mainstream women today are getting tattoos is a much larger number. This has lead to a tremendous growth in the tattoo marketplace for women. In fact there are now more female tattoo artists, female tattoo designs and even shops are starting to cater to a more female clientele. If you don't believe just witness the phenomenal growth and popularity of the television show Miami Ink. If that is not mainstream then I don't know what is. I mean prime time show Arts and Entertainment channel? Pretty mainstream and widely accepted. This is a great thing for the most part as more money is being poured into tattoos and tattoo design and artist are getting better paid for their work now.

The whole point is that one of the fastest growing populations within this quickly growing market is females and female tattoo designs and designers are now making a whole new style of tattoos.

If you are a female and looking for a tattoo then you are in luck! You are no longer stuck getting only a lower back tattoo design there are now a wide variety of tattoos locations and tattoo designs that you can get.

This article will help identify some of the more popular tattoo designs for women and some of the locations that tattoos can be done.

Female Chest Tattoos - This is a great area to get a tattoo done on as it offers a fairly large space for a big tattoo design. There are also a great deal of traditional tattoo designs that can easily be modified and played with to create fun and interesting new designs for females. For example one of the traditional tattoos for a chest design is a sacred heart often done with two sparrow on either side. I have recently seen this done as a traditional sacred or flaming heart and then instead of the two sparrow there were two hello kitty tattoos in the place of the sparrows. So as you can see the chest makes a wonderful place for a tattoo design and the extensive background of traditional designs in this area can lead in some creative directions for women today.

Female Upper Back Tattoo - We all know the infamous lower back tattoo that has been very popular in the last 5 to 10 years or so. It has given rise to the low rise jeans and other fashions. However, more and more women are now starting to branch away from lower back tattoo design and starting to get upper back and even full back tattoo designs done.

Female Tattoo Sleeve - Yes women are even starting to get a more feminine style full sleeve tattoos. Instead of a bunch of skull, crossbones and flames with dice women are starting to incorporate dragonflies, fairies, and even traditional koi fish tattoos.

Many of the greatest looking female tattoo designs now are ones that play on traditional tattoo themes. These create fu, interesting and unique variations on the theme.

Chris is an avid tattoo enthusiast, as well as an observer and writer of the tattoo scene. He has run numerous tattoo related website business in the past. However, now he provides great tattoo information in the form of articles and web pages for everyone to enjoy free. Check out this page for more on female tattoo gallery, or here for awesome tattoo sleeve designs.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Miss Tattoo Goiânia

No último dia 14 aconteceu a primeira etapa do evento Miss Tattoo Goiânia, os barbados que perderam a primeira etapa classificatória não precisam ficar desesperados pois no dia 21/10/2010 acontecerá a segunda etapa classificatória e no dia 23 (sábado) será a grande final realizada no festival Go Mosh III, com ingresso a R$ 20,00.

Symbol Tattoos

"Boa Tarde,
eu e mais 3 amigas estamos pensando em fazer uma tatoo com o símbolo do infinito, no pulso ou na lateral da mão (entre o braço e a mão), o tamanho seria de 3 cm de comprimento e 1 cm de largura.
Estou mandando a foto para orçamento mais preciso.

Desde já grata pela atenção."