Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Tatoos


Tatoos

50 Cent's Tatoo covers most part of his body and look like a work of art. He has tattoo covering his arms, back and the front region of his body. He had some of the tattoo on his right arm removed as he was keen to pursue a career in Hollywood.

He thought that the tattoo could be a hindrance to his dreams of making it big in movies as a lot of time was spent on make up to cover his tattoo and had some of the prominent ones removed.

The tattoo on the back which is more famous and which sports the signature 50 cents and Southside are still present and are part of his overall personality and one cannot imagine him without these.

For a person who had quite a troubled childhood to rise to such fame is amazing and 50 cents whose albums Get rich or Die Tryin and the Massacrre were multi platinum selling hits.

You need to have a certain personality to carry off a tattoo and 50 cent does it in style. Lot of celebrities get some part of their bodies tattooed and after a period of time removes it.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Japanese Flower Tattoos

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Japanese Flower Tattoos

Japanese history goes back thousands and thousands of years. Early Japanese people were well known for their skills in artwork of jewelry, metal, and even weapons. They were warriors as well, regarded as fierce fighters by the Americans. Throughout Japan, there are many examples and evidence of Japanese artwork and Japanese Tattoos.

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Friday, January 18, 2008

Phoenix Japanese tattoo

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The Phoenix Its name comes from the Greek word for "red", the color of fire. According to the Greek historians Herodotus and Plutarch, it came originally from Ethiopia. For the ancient Egyptians, though, a heron was the first animal to land on the hill that rose out of the primordial ooze.

Japanese geisha

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The Japanese geisha
In modern Japan, geishas have been transformed into symbols of traditional values. In the west, the geisha has become a symbol of the exotic grace and beauty of the East. In this tattoo design, the wind has ruffled her kimono and set some pieces of paper loose, perhaps from the sheaf tucked near her arm. The wind has also loosed some petals of cherry blossoms which are beginning to swirl past her. They echo the cherry blossom design of the lower part of her kimono while the upper part makes use of the chrysanthemum. Both flowers are frequently used in Japanese art and in Japanese tattoos.

Japanese Dragon

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Japanese Dragon Entwined Around a Sword Tattoo Design by Greg James

Japanese Dragon Tattoo Design

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Japanese Dragon Tattoo Design
This dragon has its mouth closed, in a less aggressive stance. It also clutches in one of his claws an object that is variously shown as a ball, a pearl, or a jewel. This item is essentially the closed-lotus form seen in various Buddhist designs including temples and grave markers

Japanese Backpiece Tattoo

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The body of the dragon directly connects with the cherry blossoms and wind at the upper left. The clutched pearl of wisdom takes up a place of some prominence at the upper right, providing balance to the design. The lower body of the dragon tattoo now loops downward and to the left while the tale finally ends downward and to the right, somewhere on my upper thigh.

Japanese Backpiece Tattoo

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The body of the dragon directly connects with the cherry blossoms and wind at the upper left. The clutched pearl of wisdom takes up a place of some prominence at the upper right, providing balance to the design. The lower body of the dragon tattoo now loops downward and to the left while the tale finally ends downward and to the right, somewhere on my upper thigh.

Traditional Japanese tattoo

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Japanese tattoos are known for their full body styling, bold lines, historic patterns and traditional images. The techniques for tattooing that developed in Japan used hand tools, and it wasn’t until the mid 20th century that machines first came to Japanese tattooing.

Incredibly popular are the Tattoo Contests, which will be held in various categories such as black and grey, best small piece, best large piece etc., where visitors take part in an exciting competition in which art and fun are the real winners.

On September 21st to September 23rd of 2007, Starlight Tattoo will be accompanied by world famous tattoo artists at the Meadowlands Exposition Center! THIS IS THE ULTIMATE TATTOO EVENT OF THE YEAR! Covered by every trade magazine world wide! News & Radio coverage. Celebrity appearances! Vendors from clothes to tattoo supplies, piercing supplies, accessories, and merchandise. Doctors for laser tattoo removal, Seminars in Art-History and Law of Tattooing. Contests all weekend long! HENNA ARTISTS, T-Shirt designers, SOMETHING FOR EVERY BODY.

The Times reported that “The traditional show on the Tattoo” was very much in evidence as middle-aged rockers of both sexes mingled with a new, younger breed of heavy metal fans, but amid the throng of Motorhead and Anthrax T-shirts were dozens of stylishly dressed young women, many of them sporting large, but beautifully crafted, Oriental tattoos. The trend for bold statements rather than cute little hearts and butterflies appears to be growing as one in eight Britons are now estimated to carry this particular form of adornment.

Hori Toshi is one of the greatest hand tattooing masters of all times. So do not miss this rare opportunity to see this master working in traditional Japanese style on the East Coast! Japanese tattoo is called “irezumi” or “horimono” in Japanese.

In Japan, tattoo is usually considered to be a symbol of a yakuza and tends to be perceived negatively by people. For example, many public bath facilities in Japan inhibit customers who have tattoos from entering. Traditional Japanese tattoo covers arms, shoulders, and the back. In recent years, it’s becoming popular for Japanese young people to get contemporary tattoos.

source: http://www.wayfaring.info/2007/05/30/traditional-japanese-tattoo-show/

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Rose Tattoos

A very popular tattoo image is a rose tattoo design. This can occur in many different styles and models with pictures like roses, and other simple like bouquets of flowers. Sometimes, the rose tattoo design is like a border around tattoo designs ornaments. Almost every tattoo shop in the world has this kind of drawing of flowers in their catalog of tattoo images. Due to its popularity has increased the tattoo design is very familiar with these artists tattoo shop. For many years, the Rose Tattoo was one of the most popular models for men and women as customers tattoo shop.

Some tattoo artists become specialists in this kind of tattoo deigns have many customers who come back for more tattoos of flowers over the years. The flowers can all be the same type of flower or some people even get tattoos of different types of flowers on their bodies. As the vibrant colors begin to fade over time as all the images of tattoo done, customers will return to the shop tattoo artists and tattoo image re-signed to bring the liveliness and clarity of Color images. This is a very common thing for many people to have done to keep the vibrant colors of their images of tattoo. It should not be too long to recolor a tattoo as it does to such a departure. Sometimes the whole process takes only an hour or two to accomplish.

If you want a rose tattoo design on your body, you can search online for any website that has these kinds of images if the images are drawings or photographs. All photos can be brought to the tattoo shop and artists can create an image of tattoo photo and add items that the customer wants to add in. Artists can also remove any items that do not match the design or do a better picture of tattoo for the customer. The customer may also have a rose tattoo design as a border to another image of tattoo that is always popular with customers.

Sexy Back Tattoo

Japanese Tattoo

Sexy Japanese Back Tattoo


Japanese Foot Tattoo


Japanese Arm Tattoo


Japanese Body Tattoo Gallery

Japanese Body Tattoo

Japanese Dragon Tattoo


Body Painting Contes

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Some Traditional Work Imported from California


Last week I spotted a young tattooed woman chatting with a friend outside of the Chelsea Whole Foods store. I hesitated because I was running late, but doubled back across the street and introduced myself. As it turned out, Krista and her two friends, Ryan and Jake, had recently moved from San Francisco to New York. All of them had tattoos.

Her friend Jake shared his first, but I am deferring that one to a later, more appropriate date (hint: check back on Father's Day).

After seeing Jake's tattoo, I turned to Krista and Ryan. "Who's next?" I asked hopefully.
Fortunately, I didn't get the "Wasn't the one tattoo enough?" attitude.

Krista deferred to Ryan and he offered, with his friend's assistance, this amazing piece:

Wednesday, January 2, 2008