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Tattoo Ideas and Helpful Hints - Things to Do Before Your Tattoo
Looking for cool and meaningful tattoo ideas? Body placement and design ideas? Whether it’s your first, the “next great tat” or cover ink, start here...
BEFORE YOU INK
Before You Ink - First Things First
When it comes to your first (or even next) tattoo, it's important to plan and consider your choices carefully BEFORE you ink. Read and heed...
BEFORE Your First Tattoo - Five Questions for You
FIVE SIMPLE QUESTIONS before that first tattoo. With a little planning and insight now, you can avoid those post-ink blues...
- The Health Risks of Tattoos - what are they? For tattoo pain relief before, during and after you get the ink, there are some measures you can take to make your experience as painless as possible.
- Fill out this Tattoo Questionnaire to better understand why you want this. Here is a simple exercise to help you determine your own motivation for getting your ink, and make the right choices for you and your life...
Ever wonder why people get tattoos? For better or worse, we've all got our reasons. To help you Think Before You Ink, check out the Top 10...
- Express Your SELF - Personality Tattoo. First of the Top Ten reasons to tattoo - express yourself and what YOU are all about. Not just your own self image, but what you show the world...
- Getting "OMG Tattoo" Attention. Most people getting ink done want to draw some attention to themselves (at some level). I call it the "OMG tattoo" factor.
- Show Your Tattoo Love. The ultimate display of affection, sporting some tattoo love for those we care about has become very popular - BUT it comes with its own set of risks...
- Latest Tattoo Designs - A Discussion of Today's Trends. While there are literally THOUSANDS of very popular and fashionable tattoo design themes, here are the trends I'm seeing...
- Pride in Your Service Tattoo. A Life of Service is a life worth talking (and inking) about! A service tattoo shows the world what you did and how your feel about your contribution!
- A walk on the Dark Side - Morbid Art Tattoos. A very popular form of Tattoo expression is Morbid Art - with its nightmarish graphic landscapes and imagery that bring the dark world to light...
- Showing the Faith -- with Religious Tattoos. Call it Religion, Spirituality, Faith, Love of Nature or a Kinship with the Universe...wutteva. Through tattoo, people can demonstrate their own faith and beliefs...
- Pride in your Peeps -- showing how you feel about your country, people, ethnicity etc. How about some “tattoo pride” in your peeps? Whether it's the land of your birth, your adopted country or your heritage, ink is a great way to show your pride...
- Fantasy Tattoos, Mythology, Mysticism and Sci-Fi...the stuff of our imagination. As any fan of Tolkien, Rowling, Bradbury or Verne will tell you, fantasy and science fiction take the observer to far away lands...and ink can show the way...
- Just for the Heck of It, so many of us get our Ink...just because it's FUN! Whether it is on a whim or a dare, MANY of us get our first ink done simply for the fun of it. What's the harm, right? It may work out in the end...
To truly make it your own, all you need is a system! Here are some tips on how to put your first (or next?) ink in a class all its own...
Finding the right Tattoo Shop and Artist – is a huge advantage.
Call it a Tattoo Shop or a Tattoo Studio, wutteva...finding the RIGHT ONE is essential. Finding the right Artist is even more important...
- Here are some helpful tips on researching and finding that PERFECT Tattoo Shop! How do you go about comparing tattoo shops in order to find the best fit for your needs? All ya gotta have is an organized and logical system...
Like walking through a minefield, if you don't know what to avoid that first ink can turn out to be a real bummer. All it takes is a little planning...
Your best possible scenario with the artist - tattoo steps you shouldn't miss.
Getting a tattoo requires not only your own patience and planning, but there are also steps you should insist upon from your candidate shops and artists...
TATTOO DAY
Congratulations! It's Tattoo Day and this will help get you ready.
Today is your long-awaited Tattoo Day! You are confident and focused - but there are still a few more things to consider before you mount the chair...
On the day of your ink, proper tattoo prep is on YOU, the client.
Not only are you going to rely on the Tattoo Artist to do his/her job and due diligence, YOU have your own (very important) preparations to make...
Tattoo Etiquette
Much like the bump you give a waitress or bartender for doing it right, tattoo etiquette is important too...and yeah, that also means a fair gratuity...
What about Tattoo Pain? How much is this really going to hurt?
In considering tattoo pain levels for different parts of the body, some areas are much more sensitive than others. Here is what you need to know...
- On the Tattoo Pain Scale, want to know if YOUR ink will rate high or low? The Tattoo Pain Scale illustrates various popular tattoo placement areas in the "most painful tattoos" and "least painful tattoos" categories."
- Tattoos hurt! For a measure of tattoo pain relief, here is what you can do. For tattoo pain relief before, during and after you get the ink, there are some measures you can take to make your experience as painless as possible.
Learn proper tattooing procedures. Yes, tattooing still involves making tiny puncture wounds in the skin to inject ink - and there is risk of infection...
TATMANDU
The History of Tattoo...or "Tatau"
The History of Tattoos reaches back to about 3,300 BC in central Europe, spreading to Africa and Asia by 2000 BC. Then, it got real interesting...
Need a Tattoo Cover? Laser Removal?
Tattoos should be considered permanent, but if you really hate the one you've got there are options - like a tattoo cover or a tattoo removal...
Maybe a Henna Tattoo is more your speed - a popular temporary tattoo.
The weather is getting warmer and the temporary “henna tattoo” once again makes its annual debut. Want to see what sporting ink feels like before taking the plunge?...
My Unique Tattoo Design – How I Made It Personal
Planning your first ink can be tough – especially if you want something unique. For mine, I had four solid requirements that you should also consider...
And just remember ~ THINK BEFORE YOU INK!
