Women's tattoo on the belly
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Tattoos
It’s hard to look authentically rebellious or menacing these days, when even well-behaved businessmen wear earrings and ponytails and college students destined for quiet suburban lives have body piercings and tattoos.
Tattoos, in particular, are not the radical brandings, the bold violations of flesh and propriety, they once were. Available in New York from almost 1,400 licensed tattoo artists, tattoos are probably better and safer now than they’ve ever been — more creative and varied, applied in many cases by serious, highly skilled body artists.
Then again, there are tattoos, and there are tattoos. It is unlikely that the ambitious professional with a single, understated, discreetly placed and wittily conceived tat, or for that matter the teenager with her boyfriend’s name and two lovebirds emblazoned in the small of her back, will ever have tattoos on the face and scalp, or a full chest or back “panel” or a tattooed arm or leg.
Some tattoo aficionados, though, have transformed large portions of their bodies into multicolored canvases for all manner of skulls, serpents, raptors, flame-breathing dragons, flowers, vines, angels, demons, daggers, buxom bombshells and portraits of heroes and loved ones.
Tattoos have been used for centuries to reflect changes in life status, whether passage into adulthood or induction into a group like the military or a gang. In recent years, tattoos have also become a fashion accessory, a trend fueled by basketball players, bands and celebrities.
A report by the Food and Drug Administration estimated that as many as 45 million Americans have tattoos. The report based the number on the finding by a Harris Interactive Poll in 2003 that 16 percent of all adults and 36 percent of people 25 to 29 had at least one tattoo. The poll also found that 17 percent of tattooed Americans regretted it. And a tattoo that cost several hundred dollars could require several thousand dollars and many laser sessions to remove. — From Times articles.
Tattoos, in particular, are not the radical brandings, the bold violations of flesh and propriety, they once were. Available in New York from almost 1,400 licensed tattoo artists, tattoos are probably better and safer now than they’ve ever been — more creative and varied, applied in many cases by serious, highly skilled body artists.
Then again, there are tattoos, and there are tattoos. It is unlikely that the ambitious professional with a single, understated, discreetly placed and wittily conceived tat, or for that matter the teenager with her boyfriend’s name and two lovebirds emblazoned in the small of her back, will ever have tattoos on the face and scalp, or a full chest or back “panel” or a tattooed arm or leg.
Some tattoo aficionados, though, have transformed large portions of their bodies into multicolored canvases for all manner of skulls, serpents, raptors, flame-breathing dragons, flowers, vines, angels, demons, daggers, buxom bombshells and portraits of heroes and loved ones.
Tattoos have been used for centuries to reflect changes in life status, whether passage into adulthood or induction into a group like the military or a gang. In recent years, tattoos have also become a fashion accessory, a trend fueled by basketball players, bands and celebrities.
A report by the Food and Drug Administration estimated that as many as 45 million Americans have tattoos. The report based the number on the finding by a Harris Interactive Poll in 2003 that 16 percent of all adults and 36 percent of people 25 to 29 had at least one tattoo. The poll also found that 17 percent of tattooed Americans regretted it. And a tattoo that cost several hundred dollars could require several thousand dollars and many laser sessions to remove. — From Times articles.
Tattoos Gain Even More Visibility
WHO in the world gets a neck tattoo? A couple of years back you could have narrowed the answer to gang members, prison inmates, members of the Russian mob and the rapper Lil Wayne. Then something occurred.
In a mysterious and inexorable process that seems to transform all that is low culture into something high, permanent ink markings began creeping toward the traditional no-go zones for all kinds of people, past collar and cuffs, those twin lines of clothed demarcation that even now some tattoo artists are reluctant to cross.
Not entirely surprisingly, facial piercing followed suit.
Suddenly it is not just retro punks and hard-core rappers who look as if they’ve tossed over any intention of ever working a straight job.
Artists with prominent Chelsea galleries and thriving careers, practicing physicians, funeral directors, fashion models and stylists are turning up with more holes in their faces than nature provided, and all manner of marks on their throats and hands.
A year ago, Jenny Dembrow, an associate executive director of the Lower Eastside Girls Club, a Manhattan social service agency, decided to add to her collection of body modifications, which already included a Greek key necklace inked below her clavicle and draped across her shoulders, holes pierced in her cheeks, and earlobe perforations that have been stretched an inch wide over time.
“I’ve always been drawn to tattoos and counterculture,” Ms. Dembrow said one afternoon last week, as she presided over a tea party held for the girls and young women served by her agency. “At this point, though, it almost seems as if you’re more outside the mainstream if you don’t have a tattoo.”
The design Ms. Dembrow chose was a fanciful vine with no real botanical basis; its burgundy colored tendrils twine around her face and down her neck. “For me it’s just very decorative, like a permanent necklace,” she explained.
The effect of the neck tattoo is lovely, if startling. “I have definitely had parents that were taken aback or freaked out about what I look like,” Ms. Dembrow said. “And I have had conversations with the girls where I tell them that it absolutely limits your options and that I’m lucky to have a job where it isn’t an issue.”
Who can say, she added, what would happen if she were thrust back into the work force? “Would I be forced to sell punk rock T-shirts in some horrible shop on St. Marks Place?” she said.
She might. While there is ample evidence of tattooing’s migration from the backwaters of alternative culture into the mainstream (or at least onto some part of David Beckham’s body), we are still a long way from seeing facial tattoos on the selling floor at Bloomingdale’s or the trading floor of the stock exchange.
In case after case, the courts have found on-the-job appearance requirements — including policies forbidding tattoos and body modifications — to be nondiscriminatory.
Among the better publicized cases was that of Kimberly Cloutier, a Massachusetts woman who sued for the right to wear her 11 earrings and eyebrow piercings while at work as a Costco cashier. Claiming membership in the Church of Body Modifications, Ms. Cloutier argued her piercings were a form of religious expression. Although she ultimately lost, her case was soon followed by others in Massachusetts and in Washington State.
“There is a lot of employee activism,” said Laurel A. Van Buskirk, a New Hampshire lawyer who has written extensively about body modification and the law. “And because the cost of defending these cases is quite big, it makes employers a little uncomfortable when they start delving into that sphere.”
One result of “employee pushback,” Ms. Van Buskirk said, is that the shape of that sphere has begun to shift. Defining what the courts in the Cloutier case called a “neat, clean and professional” workplace image becomes more challenging when you consider that in 2006, a Pew Research Center survey found that 36 percent of people age 18 to 25, and 40 percent of those age 26 to 40, have at least one tattoo.
“Popular culture has had a huge effect” on acceptance of tattoos in the workplace, said Alexis Handelman, the owner of Alexis Baking Company, a cafe in Napa, Calif., whose clientele ranges from “banker people to hipster people to gazillionaire people.”
“Watching a show like ‘Project Runway,’ where the guy who won Season 3 had his son’s name tattooed on his neck,” Ms. Handelman added, referring to Jeffrey Sebelia, “I was, like, ‘Whoa.’ It wasn’t a prison tattoo. It wasn’t sailors or criminals. It was this real-life person that you saw being creative and successful, and it really affected your perception about who gets tattooed.”
Not entirely surprisingly, facial piercing followed suit.
Suddenly it is not just retro punks and hard-core rappers who look as if they’ve tossed over any intention of ever working a straight job.
Artists with prominent Chelsea galleries and thriving careers, practicing physicians, funeral directors, fashion models and stylists are turning up with more holes in their faces than nature provided, and all manner of marks on their throats and hands.
A year ago, Jenny Dembrow, an associate executive director of the Lower Eastside Girls Club, a Manhattan social service agency, decided to add to her collection of body modifications, which already included a Greek key necklace inked below her clavicle and draped across her shoulders, holes pierced in her cheeks, and earlobe perforations that have been stretched an inch wide over time.
“I’ve always been drawn to tattoos and counterculture,” Ms. Dembrow said one afternoon last week, as she presided over a tea party held for the girls and young women served by her agency. “At this point, though, it almost seems as if you’re more outside the mainstream if you don’t have a tattoo.”
The design Ms. Dembrow chose was a fanciful vine with no real botanical basis; its burgundy colored tendrils twine around her face and down her neck. “For me it’s just very decorative, like a permanent necklace,” she explained.
The effect of the neck tattoo is lovely, if startling. “I have definitely had parents that were taken aback or freaked out about what I look like,” Ms. Dembrow said. “And I have had conversations with the girls where I tell them that it absolutely limits your options and that I’m lucky to have a job where it isn’t an issue.”
Who can say, she added, what would happen if she were thrust back into the work force? “Would I be forced to sell punk rock T-shirts in some horrible shop on St. Marks Place?” she said.
She might. While there is ample evidence of tattooing’s migration from the backwaters of alternative culture into the mainstream (or at least onto some part of David Beckham’s body), we are still a long way from seeing facial tattoos on the selling floor at Bloomingdale’s or the trading floor of the stock exchange.
In case after case, the courts have found on-the-job appearance requirements — including policies forbidding tattoos and body modifications — to be nondiscriminatory.
Among the better publicized cases was that of Kimberly Cloutier, a Massachusetts woman who sued for the right to wear her 11 earrings and eyebrow piercings while at work as a Costco cashier. Claiming membership in the Church of Body Modifications, Ms. Cloutier argued her piercings were a form of religious expression. Although she ultimately lost, her case was soon followed by others in Massachusetts and in Washington State.
“There is a lot of employee activism,” said Laurel A. Van Buskirk, a New Hampshire lawyer who has written extensively about body modification and the law. “And because the cost of defending these cases is quite big, it makes employers a little uncomfortable when they start delving into that sphere.”
One result of “employee pushback,” Ms. Van Buskirk said, is that the shape of that sphere has begun to shift. Defining what the courts in the Cloutier case called a “neat, clean and professional” workplace image becomes more challenging when you consider that in 2006, a Pew Research Center survey found that 36 percent of people age 18 to 25, and 40 percent of those age 26 to 40, have at least one tattoo.
“Popular culture has had a huge effect” on acceptance of tattoos in the workplace, said Alexis Handelman, the owner of Alexis Baking Company, a cafe in Napa, Calif., whose clientele ranges from “banker people to hipster people to gazillionaire people.”
“Watching a show like ‘Project Runway,’ where the guy who won Season 3 had his son’s name tattooed on his neck,” Ms. Handelman added, referring to Jeffrey Sebelia, “I was, like, ‘Whoa.’ It wasn’t a prison tattoo. It wasn’t sailors or criminals. It was this real-life person that you saw being creative and successful, and it really affected your perception about who gets tattooed.”
Monday, September 27, 2010
Hey Jude Note Tattoo
Music Note Tattoos
Many simple tattoo designs can be made using music notes. The main advantage of these music note tattoos is that they are not very complicated and give the wearer a clean and cute appearance. However, if you want, there are innumerable modifications that you can do to these kind of tattoos. The typical color for music note tattoos is black, but you have the option of getting them done in whichever color you want. Moreover, you may also combine them with other music-related tattoos such as musical instruments, band names, or short inspirational quotes on music.
Many simple tattoo designs can be made using music notes. The main advantage of these music note tattoos is that they are not very complicated and give the wearer a clean and cute appearance. However, if you want, there are innumerable modifications that you can do to these kind of tattoos. The typical color for music note tattoos is black, but you have the option of getting them done in whichever color you want. Moreover, you may also combine them with other music-related tattoos such as musical instruments, band names, or short inspirational quotes on music.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Koi Fish With Star Foot Tattoos | TATTOOS FOR MEN
Koi Fish With Star Foot Tattoos.............
Koi fish in Pair red with a star is very beautiful look you in the foot, the right koi fish image is too large can not compensate any image Star tattoo.Man as if stunned when the see a couple of This tattoo.Year its use in 2009 was a year that can draw a increases.You koi tattoo stars before leaving on holiday with the pair You.Enjoy wonderful holiday with a beautiful tattoo on your foot.
Koi With Roses Foot Tattoo Designs | TATTOOS FOR MEN
Koi With Roses Foot Tattoo Designs.........
Koi fish and roses would be appropriate if it is a woman in the foot, to symbolize the natural And beautiful can make you see that brought water into the atmosphere that clear.indeed type of tattoo is more interested in women, especially women who are central Asia d tattoo world. color that is suitable color Pair in the red with blue or black for the koi, but depending on your desire, which you will like very fit at the Your foot.Photos above is an example of a small koi tattoo.Hopefuly roses you select image is the image that is best for you.
Girls Tattoos - Hot Tattoos For Girls
Tattooing has become quite popular nowadays, with a large majority of young females looking for tattoos for girls with many looking for their very first tattoo design.
These days girls are choosing to get a tattoo for a number of reasons, but the main reason is because they are considered very sexy on a female - especially if you choose the right design and location on your body. As a result girl's tattoos are these day's in hot demand and new tattoos aimed directly at girls are constantly being created and added to online tattoo galleries. The range and number of different tattoos available can be overwhelming at first, but there is no need to worry as the more girls tattoos you look at, the more ideas you will get on what design you may want to get inked.
What To Look For With Girls Tattoos
This is very important to consider when thinking of getting your first tattoo. Different designs can mean different things to people - so it's important you make sure you do your research beforehand so you know what each tattoo represents and the significance of it. I often tell people, that the best tattoos for girls are the ones that are not only beautiful but also meaningful.
Where on your body?
Think long and hard on which area of your body you may want to get a tattoo. This is because some areas of the body are better suited for a particular type of tattoo design. For example you wouldn't want a large ankle tattoo on your ankle because usually small and detailed tattoos are placed on the ankle rather than a large design.
Locating a Tattoo Design
Consider where you are going to find the tattoo design you are looking for. Searching online for a tattoo design is often a good option because tattoo galleries often feature a number of stunning tattoos for girls which are very carefully designed and detailed - they look fantastic!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Hand Koi Tattoo Galery | TATTOOS FOR MEN
Hand Koi Tattoo Galery...........
Koi tattoo oriental tattoo is a lot of passion in the Man.tattoo koi come from Japan, the Japanese state is a central tattoo industry, which is the Yakuza tattoo, so feel to the model lain.dragon tattoo tattoo, tribal tattoo, tattoo Full, and Koi tattoo including many in the Your Like.tattoo koi in hand will make you look more stout-hearted, with red, blue, green and black koi tattoo make you more in the hands of Look .More search image above you will get a tattoo that matches you ink in your Hand, left, right our is all up to you.
Photos 3D Spider Tattoo | TATTOOS FOR MEN
Photos 3D Spider Tattoo...........
3D spider tattoo liked in many women, black in color with a Pair of white skin color image more look live in your body.if you spider that you can put the image on the right of your body, hands, feet, neck, it's up to you to decide.
Photos Gothic Tattoo Designs | TATTOOS FOR MEN
Photos Gothic Tattoo Designs...............
Same type of like another tattoo, Gothic tattoo is also very popular and many of your like.yang sets is a very color in the image on the effect by the very visible clear.Picture in the capture of the famous animated character. black and a lot of use in the Gothic tattoo.All from the image you desire which is suitable for you, and the type of tattoo Gothic More can show to Beautiful in tattoo art.
Trendy Skull Tattoo For Mans | TATTOOS FOR MEN
Trendy Skull Tattoo For Mans...............
Skull tattoo more like men in the adult, because this tattoo symbolizes courage only.Mans see look very stout tattoo skull when there is in the hands of They. red and black will be very suitable in your hands or body.
Africa in particular, are so many places for a tattoo themed skull.coba you learn every type of tattoo you'll definitely get a case that is different from the others about the tattoo skull.Picture skull tattoo above a fraction of the actual skull tattoo.
Africa in particular, are so many places for a tattoo themed skull.coba you learn every type of tattoo you'll definitely get a case that is different from the others about the tattoo skull.Picture skull tattoo above a fraction of the actual skull tattoo.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Variant Skul And Snake Tattoo | TATTOOS FOR MEN
Variant Skul And Snake Tattoo.........
unification match between the skull and snake tattoo.Jika you want to get good results that lag select mix colors that match, you will surely get good pictures.
The Indian Hand Tattoo Picture | TATTOOS FOR MEN
The Indian Hand Tattoo Picture............
Indian tattoo in the picture in many hands, because the strength a man. no picture tattoo Indian who is not good, all tattoo India very good in the place where the course.
This may seem like it will take a lot of time and effort, but in actuality it will not. You can take an easy method and look at images on Google, but chances are it will not be original. Most times, someone else would have already chosen one of those images that you have found.
If you really want a nice original tattoo, to strictly limit yourself tattoo websites that have a large database of unique designs. Most of these websites will only offer these designs to their members only, and yes there is a fee to be a member. However, the fee is small and it will be well worth the money. These websites can also give even reviews of different tattoo parlors, so making your decision of where to get inked will be made easier.
If you really want a nice original tattoo, to strictly limit yourself tattoo websites that have a large database of unique designs. Most of these websites will only offer these designs to their members only, and yes there is a fee to be a member. However, the fee is small and it will be well worth the money. These websites can also give even reviews of different tattoo parlors, so making your decision of where to get inked will be made easier.
Top Indian Tattoo Designs | TATTOOS FOR MEN
Top Indian Tattoo Designs............
The Indiana tattoo that I can say is this tattoo is very unique because a lot of tattoo pictures Indian. Indian people face in America yore, you can imitate a unique type of tattoo you likeed.Many Indian tribal tattoo like that picture very clearly visible face.Are you thinking about getting a new American Indian tribal tattoo? Read on to find out what you need to know before you get your new ink.
The design you choose will be very important, especially because it will be permanently inked on your body. Before actually going to the tattoo artist to get this done you need to spend some time searching for the perfect image. Make sure that you do not just say "eh this one is good enough." Once you see the right design you will know, there will not be any hesitation. If this happens you will absolutely love your new tattoo and will have a big grin on your face as you show it off to your friends.
The design you choose will be very important, especially because it will be permanently inked on your body. Before actually going to the tattoo artist to get this done you need to spend some time searching for the perfect image. Make sure that you do not just say "eh this one is good enough." Once you see the right design you will know, there will not be any hesitation. If this happens you will absolutely love your new tattoo and will have a big grin on your face as you show it off to your friends.
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