More Cool Tattoo

It's hard to believe the day would come where tattoo wearing would become so popular that some individuals end up looking more cheesy than anything with all their posturing ink. Tattoos used to portray a symbol of danger, strength, strong symbolism, and personal meaning. Now days they are used as a vehicle to "look cool". But trying too hard to look cool ends up leading to just looking like a dork, or looking cheesy.

You generally can't go wrong with the classics. Cool tattoos that have been around and have stood the test of time. They have a strong history to them and remain classic ink for strong symbolization.

Having said that, there are a lot of modern, high quality designs that are also very cool tattoos. Artists now days have taken things to the next level. You can look through an online tattoo gallery to see some great modern designs that artists have come up with.

Generally, a cheesy tattoo tends to be one that follows trends. Have you ever noticed that suddenly it seems everyone and their brother has the same tattoo design on the same area of the body? You have to stop a minute and wonder, "what were they thinking?"

They generally were not thinking, they we're following. Following the current trend of the moment. An example of this was back in the 90's when you suddenly saw every guy with a chain link tattoo around their bicep. Or for females, it was the emergence of the "low back tattoo". These low back tattoos became so common, unoriginal, and cheesy, that slang terminology for them emerged such as, "tramp stamps".

Getting cool tattoos should be something personal. If your going to permanently ink your body do it with a design that you personally and genuinely like for reasons of your own, not because everyone else might think it's cool.

Summer Tattoo

Now because we are getting close to summer I will send some nice summer tattoo

Whilst the individual style and design of a tattoo remains the most important aspect of your newly acquired ink, the placement on the body follows closely in importance. How and where you display your tattoo will have a factor in how it is admired.

I first visited a tattoo parlour back in the mid eighties to get my first tattoo, there wasn't a woman in sight. The two resident tattoo artists were both (very macho) males, the waiting room was full of an assortment of bikers, armed forces personnel and young men like me.

In fact I don't recall seeing many females frequent my tattoo parlour at all when I was starting my tattoo journey. Any that did walk in were usually accompanying their male partners whilst they got inked.

Nowadays the scene is very different. I have personally been tattooed by a very talented female artist. A tattoo studio is no longer a male only testosterone filled haunt. Women have and will continue to get tattooed in their masses and whilst it was once frowned upon by the general public, now it is accepted.

My wife is heavily tattooed. I remember the days in the summer when we would walk around the local supermarket and attracted stares of revulsion from young mothers and little old ladies! That doesn't happen anymore, nowadays most women I see in the that supermarket have some sort of tattoo. Some are more heavily tattooed now than my wife!

I still mointain, as I did in my article regarding male tattoos, that tattoos look great in most places of the body, regardless of gender. There are however some keys places that are more beneficial to each gender.

It is also worth remembering that generally men and women get tattooed for different reasons. Women tend to go for personal tattoos with more meaning behind them, and thus sometimes feel more comfortable hiding them in discrete locations, whereas men tend to like to show their tattoos off.

What a Tattoo

A tatto is a form of body modification, made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. The first written reference to the word, "tattoo" (or Samoan "Tatau") appears in the journal of Joseph Banks, the naturalist aboard Captain Cook's ship the HMS Endeavour: "I shall now mention the way they mark themselves indelibly, each of them is so marked by their humor or disposition".

Whole back tattoo, USA 2007

A trompe-l'œil spider tattoo

Tattooing has been practiced for centuries in many cultures spread throughout the world. The Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, traditionally had facial tattoos. Today, one can find Berbers of Tamazgha (North Africa), Māori of New Zealand, Hausa people of Northern Nigeria, Arabic people in East-Turkey and Atayal of Taiwan with facial tattoos. Tattooing was widespread among Polynesians and among certain tribal groups in Taiwan, Philippines, Borneo, Mentawai Islands, Africa, North America, South America, Mesoamerica, Europe, Japan, Cambodia, New Zealand and Micronesia. Indeed, the island of Great Britain takes its name from tattooing, with Britons translating as 'people of the designs' and the Picts, who originally inhabited the northern part of Britain, which literally means 'the painted people'. British people remain the most tattooed in Europe. Despite some taboos surrounding tattooing, the art continues to be popular in many parts of the world.

More Good Tattoo Design

Tattoos are used for uniqueness, religious reasons, and also for good luck, happiness, and love. When you decide to get a tattoo for luck, happiness or love, you always think of foreign languages. Everything we do in today's life is related to our culture, so, for a change, you think of foreign words that give you luck and more. One of those foreign style is called Kanji that contains Japanese text. If you think about it, there is a stereotype about getting Japanese letter printed as they look cool and very different from the everyday tattoos. The Kanji style tattoos are always written in vertical manner because there is no other way to write Japanese.

All different kanji tattoos have different meanings. You can get a tattoo describing your personality, something that brings you luck or even just your name in Japanese. Finding what kanji tattoo is the best for you is the hardest part. You can find some kanji designs on the internet, but if you want the real deal, you can always go on to the Tattoo Review site, where they offer the reviews of the best tattoo design sites that offer your unique Kanji Style tattoo design. The site also compares the prices and quality of the site, so that you can get the tattoo design at the best deal.

Famous celebrities from all around the world get these Kanji style tattoos, so they can be more lucky, happy and more in love. One of those many famous celebrities is Victoria Beckham, wife of David Beckham and the owner of Victoria's secrets. She has a Kanji style tattoo on the back of her neck. Another world famous celebrity with a Kanji style tattoo is Britney Spears, who has a kanji style tattoo on the back of her neck. One last, but not the least, celebrity who has a kanji tattoo is Pink. She has a kanji tattoo above her left ankle for luck.

After learning this much about Kanji Style tattoos, I believe that now it is time for you to get your own tattoo. The best part after getting a kanji tattoo is that everybody is going to start asking you for the meaning of your tattoo and you can tell them anything you want.

Cool Tattoo Designs

No matter what reason that you have to get a tattoo, remember that finding cool tattoo designs is an important thing for you to do. Bad tattoo designs are practically a dime a dozen, but to find the truly cool tattoo designs, you will need to do some work.

When you go into a tattoo parlor, you'll see plenty of designs on the wall, but keep in mind that there are plenty of other options out there. Take a look online, and you'll find that though there are plenty of sites to avoid, there are still plenty of sites that can give you some really wonderfully cool tattoo designs.

When you start looking for tattoo designs online, remember that you need to know what you are looking for. The first thing to think about is the style, and by searching with a specific style in mind, you'll be able to narrow down your search much more quickly.

For instance, do you have an interest in the tattoos that sailors used to get? Chances are, you are looking for old-school tattoos.

Old school tattoos often featured things like busty pinup girls, anchors, swallows and ships. Are you interested in things like knotwork, stylization and an impressive history? Take a look at what Celtic designs have to offer. For detail and and a beautifully monochrome look, take a look at graywork tattoos, which is thought to be the most realistic and detailed tattoo work available.

When you are looking for cool tattoo designs, you'll also find that you have some luck if you search by art style when it comes to "traditional" art. Perhaps you'll be able to find some designs that have classical Egyptian elements, or, if you want something flowing and delicate drawn and colored, you can take a look at Art Nouveau designs. This is a great way to really open the art world up to you, and you'll find that your options are endless.

Similarly, you'll find that you can have a lot of luck by taking a look to see what online galleries have to offer. Online tattoo galleries are an excellent place to search for great tattoo designs, but remember that you will want to pay to get access to the nice ones.

You'll find that you can look after page after page of poorly planned, poorly drawn, and poorly transferred images for free, or, for a small membership fee, you can take advantage of pages of good designs that you can directly to your tattooist.