tattoo art that freaked mom

Some More Tattoo History

2008-08-31T12:22:00.000-07:00

Some More Tattoo History

Author: Bren Fisher

When European travelers returned from Polynesia to Europe they brought with them tales of fabulous skin art & images that had been drawn to show how they had looked. A number of these travellers were even bearing some of these tattoos, people became more and more fascinated with the concept. The sailors especially were keen to try out this new art form.

The sailors and other westerners who visited Polynesia found natives who were skilled in creating tattoos and the sailors were willing subjects. That was until the colonizing missionary's decided it was unholy and primitive and tried to stop the practice. They only succeeded in diving it underground and not eliminating it. As the Europeans continued to practice the art.

There were technological advances in design and colour and machines, that led to tattooing becoming more available in the U.S. developing a uniquely all American flavour. In 1846 in New York City the first tattoo shop was believed to have been set up by Martin Hildebrandt. Where he began a tradition of inking soldiers both union and rebel, as well as sailors who got tattoos representing battles or significant events. King Edward VII was the first to start the fad among his peers in England when he got a tattoo before he ascended the throne.

It seems the perception of the Polynesians as being more primitive then the Europeans and Americans was some what skewed as they used the art of tattooing to reflect things like loyalty and devotion or to memorialize a heroic battle or simply to make abeautiful piece of enduring art. Which is what the Americans and Europeans did as well.

With the onset of WWII, during the 1940's, the mood of the country was intensely patriotic. This created a boom for the tattoo artists, as more and more people wanted to represent there country more vividly than at any other time. Soldiers and sailors were the majority of customers who visited the tattoo parlours that seem to spring up all over and by the 1950's the tattoo industry was an accepted part of western civilization although still somewhat on the fringe of society.

Now that we have entered into the 21st century tattooing has become a legitimate form of art, which appeals to both men and women. There are still some people young and old who are personally against permanently marking there own bodies, but for the ones who make the choice to get inked the options for style and colour and location on the body are only limited by the imagination of the person and the artist.

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2008-08-31T12:12:00.000-07:00

test for site pal

2008-07-20T11:16:00.001-07:00

This is my first foray into sitepal. it was so easy and free, I had a blast making this character and i phoned them and did my own voice recording, I think I should maybe play the sims or maybe I have a god complex. I am such a newb you would have no idea what an accomplishment this is for me, even though they make it idiot proof, lol. I was going to put it on my squidoo site, click here to see that. but couldn't quite figure out how, don't forget to push play

Is where I first found sitepal, now i have a new squidoo page that has even more details, I think I am going to start a new blog for them too.

decided to forgo the arm band tribal tattoo

2008-07-12T22:37:00.000-07:00

So after some discussion, I decided to forgo the arm band tribal tattoo, and go with a tattoo on my leg, I am going to get my daughter to design me one cilriaco.deviantart.com, or maybe I will check one out here,
tattoo art , any way I am thinking gargoyles, any comments.

updates for mom's tat's ankle tattoo or armband tribal tatttoo

2008-07-10T22:00:00.000-07:00

Well here we are again, to discuss if and when mom gets her first tattoo. There have been lots of opinions expressed, I have 3 kids and hubby so right away you know that there are at least 4 opinions, on where it should be. Then my friends at work saying I had to wait till i went on vacation so i could leave it uncovered by clothes.. We started the process by saying , arms or legs, for arms the choices armbands, tribal armbands, forearms or inside arms, and then for legs back and
sides of calf. or ankle tattoos, I really did not want to have one on my foot because i have heard it could be quite painful that close to the bones. same thing for the ankle tattoo. My friend also told me that armband tribal tattoos can be very painful on the inside of the arm and I am kind of a chicken. Well I will let you know if and when I decide, and then i will post them on Click Here!

update to the tattoo art

2008-07-07T21:55:00.000-07:00

She now has 10 tat's mostly on her arms. one she drew of what she call's her gypsy girl, that is on her right forearm. even the tattoo artist was impressed, by her skill, She also has one on the inside of her right forearm of Rudolph Nureyev, who she says was an amazing inspiration to her, to follow her dreams. well more to come soon, check out the pics on the web site as soon as i can figure out how to do a flickr photoset.lol http://www.squidoo.com/tattoo-art-that-freaked-out-MOM

Tattoo art that freaked out mom

2008-07-05T19:27:00.000-07:00

Just thought i would put something out there that truly had an impact on me, when my youngest daughter was about to turn 15 she asked for a tattoo for her birthday and being her somewhat conservative mother I said no, but of course we got into this huge fight about no you aren't and yes i am back and forth for a couple of days.

Well then step in her Dad. To regain piece in the family the 2 of them agree to tell me that it is a temporary tat. So Mom reluctantly agrees, to a tattoo that she believes will eventually wear away, although it took months before mom was told by a family member that it sure is dark for a not permanent tattoo, and another few months before dad admits to mom that yes it's true the tattoo is permanent. pics of tattoo to follow, Click Here!