Tattoo machine

Experiencing a Tattoo “My body is my journal, and my tattoos are my story”. (Depp) I have three tattoos, each of them have a different meaning: furthermore, each experience getting them is different. As I observed others receiving their tattoos I noticed they had other experiences that differed from mine. While some people may not like tattoos, my first tattoo had a lot of meaning to it, it helped me through tough times because every tattoo I get on my body will mean something to me, my…

Tattoos Are Art Imagine being a tattoo artist that put in hours of work into a design and then even more time tattooing that design for someone to say it’s not art? Infuriating right? Ink on your body to most older people is not considered art, but why? This is because they see it as ruining your body for the rest of your life, but who are they to tell you what’s right or wrong for yourself. There are different types of art in several different forms. Tattoos are considered art because they are…

Once upon a time, tattoo parlors were the domain of the docks, the back alleys of cities or down the block from a military base. Their proprietors were bikers, dockworkers and servicemen. But somewhere in the waning days of the 20th century, things changed and the tattoo became not only fashionable, but ubiquitous. You could say the tattoo managed to do something very few politicians ever hope to accomplish – transcend generational and culture lines. Today it seems you can’t watch a…

Laceration, piercing and tattooing of the body is found in many parts of the world, they used to common in Africa but they are phasing out but now it is a major fad in the west. The current craze for tattooing, piercing and other forms of lacerations are not at all new. These are all revived ancient customs. Religious, traditional, decorative and tribal scarification or marks were common in the ancient world too. In some regions every ethnic or tribal group have their unique marks. Sometimes…

Getting a tattoo can be the best but, also can be the worst thing that a person could choose to do. A tattoo is when a needle is taken a repeatedly penetrating the skin sinking ink into the pores. When getting a tattoo it permanently will mark your skin for the rest of your life. The only way to remove a tattoo is by laser surgery that hurts a lot more than getting the tattoo did. The first step in getting a tattoo is to pick out the design to get on your body. This is a vital part in the…

Have you ever seen a person with clothing that was just covered in band patches? I brought a vest that's just like what you might have seen. It's covered in patches, buttons, and patterns of sorts on it. These patches are from many bands that I enjoy listening to and there are also political types of buttons on it. Vests and clothing like this helps people in the Punk Rock culture express themselves as they see fit and helps them show others their way of thinking that they believe strongly in.…

Tattoos and body piercings come in different shapes and sizes, from the delicate to the extreme. What is the obsession with tattoos and body piercings and why do people insist on having them done? Do people just do these gestures without knowing the pros, cons and the statistics of people who get an infection or die from tattoos and body piercing? Everyone has the ability to find this knowledge and utilize this knowledge and make a choice whether to have the tattoo or piercing done. People…

In the past few years, body piercing has become more and more popular, and today it is very common to see people who have not one, but multiple body piercings. There are many different types of piercings out there to choose from, and if you are considering getting a piercing done, you may find yourself a bit confused and intimidated as well. More than likely you have quite a few questions, so here are a few of your top questions answered so you can better understand body piercing and how it all…

Motivation for Tattoos Tattoos and psychological standpoints on them are a bountiful topic full of study and data collection ranging from gender, race and perception and many more why people get tattoos is always discussed. In the words of Dillon Haley, and the American Psychological Association (2017) “The general motivations for getting tattoos and piercings have tended to fall into the same three categories for hundreds of years:(a) a symbol of an important past event, love, or friendship,…

can appear the same from a distance; 2 legs, 2 arms, long black hair, and an oval shaped face. Then as you get closer you notice that I have a scar on my forehead, split ends in my hair, and scars on my knees from picking at scabs as a child, and tattoos on my right arm. Similar to the dodecahedron we start having character, personality, and edge. Although you and I can seem similar from a far everyone has their own story to tell once you get close enough.…