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		<title>Cool Tattoos: Getting Inked Artistically</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward U. Okura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tattoos are known to be an artistic expression of an individual, revealing his or her artistic attack towards beauty and art as shown by colorful designs pierced and painted into the skin. During the earlier times, tattoos existed in many cultures all over the world. This means that cool tattoos are in fact a trend ever since the ancient times regardless of race. Due to its artistic and eye-catching appeal, younger generations at this time are so fascinated by tattoos.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tattoos are known to be an artistic expression of an individual, revealing his or her artistic attack towards beauty and art as shown by colorful designs pierced and painted into the skin. During the earlier times, tattoos existed in many cultures all over the world. This means that cool tattoos are in fact a trend ever since the ancient times regardless of race. Due to its artistic and eye-catching appeal, younger generations at this time are so fascinated by tattoos.</p>
<p>Almost everybody, in spite of age, culture, or gender loves the idea of accessorizing themselves with characters and symbols that can give identity to them. Different artistic representations of a person&#8217;s ideals and interests can be part of his body with a help of trained artists and professionals. Skilled tattoo artists do the job for you by injecting colors into your skin, creating the design you want.</p>
<p>You can find thousands of cool tattoo designs in many internet sites providing tattoo facts and info. You can choose from a variety of options, but because of their number it is sometimes difficult to decide which one suits you the best. When picking a tattoo design for you, consider your personality and beliefs. By landing the right tattoo site, you can easily assess which pattern would fit you most.</p>
<p>If deciding for a design is difficult for you, you can visit some good websites that can help you pick something that can represent you as a whole. Fashionable and trendy tattoo patterns are just a click and download away. All you have to do is log on to a reliable site and get a copy of a design you have picked. If not, you can also peruse the designs of known tattoo artists in their studios.</p>
<p>If you have finally picked a design, bring it your tattoo artist and tell him if there are necessary changes you want to make. He can as well give his suggestions to make your design better. Then, prepare yourself for the inking procedure. The artist will first draw a layout in your skin, and then carefully inject the ink into your skin layers while following your preferred design.</p>
<p>Cool tattoos vary in shape, color, sizes, figure, etc., and these can add up to the beauty of an individual when done accurately. Getting a tattoo entails a lot of courage. But once you overcome the process, the results would be satisfying which you can be proud of.</p>
<p>Visit <a target='_blank' href="http://www.cooltattoodesigns.net">cool tattoos</a> when looking for unique and trendy designs. You find what you are looking for here.</p>
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		<title>Choose A Special Lower Back Tattoo Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Bogaerts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Girls in particular like to get a tattoo on their lower back part. Next to their legs and hips, they choose to further enhance their very own beauty by means of having a beautiful design inked on their lower back skin. Before, only men were brave enough to sport their tattoos.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Girls in particular like to get a tattoo on their lower back part. Next to their legs and hips, they choose to further enhance their very own beauty by means of having a beautiful design inked on their lower back skin. Before, only men were brave enough to sport their tattoos.</p>
<p>Guys believed that their masculinity can be more emphasized through getting a tattoo. However, due to the expanse of media influence, there are now young college girls, women workers, and housewives decided to get them.</p>
<p>In fact, several celebrities are proud to expose their own. Julia Roberts, Pamela Anderson, Debra Wilson, Angelina Jolie, among others are there to convince the girls to show their lower back tattoos!</p>
<p>Improving your beauty and sensuality bears no limitation. People are even willing to undergo an operation just so they can be more confident with their bodies. If done the right way, a lower back inked tattoo is without a doubt going to be a really beautiful fashion extra.</p>
<p>Many of those who wear the tattoo consider it a fabulous body ornament. This opinion is actually true. Amongst the top designs for tattoo design ideas are the butterfly design, flower tattoos, dragon, Celtic designs, tribal designs, sun, heart, and star, to name a couple of the most preferred designs.</p>
<p>Searching for the Perfect Design</p>
<p>Where else could you find more tattoo designs for your lower back other than online? Online tattoo libraries store several designs to decide from. Why not decide from the line of classic, contemporary, adventurous, up to the romantic styles. Your choice must be something that will provide a room for your self-expression. In order for the tattoo to actually look stunning, the artist must be professional.</p>
<p>While you search for the perfect design, all that you must do is to type in the keyword using one of the leading search engines. The websites host a variety of designs which are up for sale while some are offered for free. Those that are for sale are usually offered in small prices.</p>
<p>Placing the Tattoo Design</p>
<p>Most ladies think that these tattoo designs are meant to be seen. After all, why get a tattoo if it will be completely hidden forever? There are appropriate moments when it is alright to make them visible. That&#8217;s why, several ladies wear a low waist pair of jeans with a hanging blouse. The name &#8220;tramp stamp&#8221; has popularized due to this practice. It practically doesn&#8217;t mean a good thing. The overall idea however is that having a design inked on this part of your body has something to do with one&#8217;s intention of enhancing sexuality.</p>
<p>The hourglass-like shape of a girl&#8217;s body is more enhanced with this small addition. Usually revealed in the nighttime, women like to expose their markings as they go to parties and other forms of social events.</p>
<p>Tips to Consider</p>
<p>Before getting the actual lower back tattoo design, you should practice yourself to lay on your stomach for at least an hour. I mean, the process can take longer. It is also necessary that you shave any hair on the surface. Be sure to wear a loose fitting pair of jeans to prevent any disturbance to the newly done tattoo. Most importantly, think of your decision several times. Once you have it, it will be hard to take it off.</p>
<p>Looking to find the best deal on <a href="http://www.tattoodesignideas.org/">tattoo design ideas</a>, then visit www.TattooDesignIdeas.org to find the best advice on <a href="http://www.tattoodesignideas.org/butterfly-tattoo.html">butterfly tattoo</a> for you.</p>
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		<title>The Evolution Of Tattoos: From Ancient To Present</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The practice of tattooing means different things in different cultures. In early practice, decoration appears to have been the most common motive for tattooing, and that still holds true today. In some cultures, tattoos served as identification of the wearer’s rank or status in a group. For example, the early Romans tattooed slaves and criminals. [...]]]></description>
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<p>The practice of <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.drnumb.com/" title="The Best Numbing Cream!">tattooing</a> means different things in different cultures. In early practice, decoration appears to have been the most common motive for tattooing, and that still holds true today. In some cultures, tattoos served as identification of the wearer’s rank or status in a group. For example, the early Romans tattooed slaves and criminals. Tahitian tattoos served as rites of passage, telling the history of the wearer’s life. Boys reaching manhood received one tattoo to mark the occasion, while men had another style done when they married. Sailors traveling to exotic foreign lands began to collect tattoos as souvenirs of their journeys (a dragon showed that the seaman had served on a China station), and tattoo parlors sprang up in port cities around the globe.</p>
<p>Kings and commoners. Sailors and prisoners. Tribesmen and sweethearts. All have shared one thing: the art of the tattoo.</p>
<p> Evidence from ancient Egypt, Greenland, Siberia, and New Zealand shows how truly global the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://tattoocapital.com">tattooer&#8217;s art</a> is — and how old. In fact, tattooing had existed for thousands of years before England&#8217;s Captain Cook encountered it in the South Pacific in 1769. Merchant and naval seamen soon spread the art to Europe and America. But while its meaning has varied from people to people and from place to place, tattooing has most often served as a sign of social status, as a mark of one&#8217;s passage through life, or simply as a way to beautify the body.</p>
<p> Once regarded in the West as frightening and repulsive, the tattoo has enjoyed great popularity in our own culture in recent years. Everywhere we look today — movies, advertisements, television-are signs that people of all walks of life appreciate and practice the art of the<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.drnumb.com/" title="The Best Numbing Cream!"> tattoo</a>.</p>
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		<title>Finding Your Japanese Tattoo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you looking for a tattoo that really lets you express yourself? One of the most popular types of tattoos are the ones with Japanese designs or Japanese characters. Tattooing for spiritual and decorative purposes in Japan is thought to extend back to at least around 10,000 B.C. In Japan they use the word Irezumi [...]]]></description>
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<p>Are you looking for a tattoo that really lets you express yourself? One of the most popular types of tattoos are the ones with Japanese designs or Japanese characters. Tattooing for spiritual and decorative purposes in Japan is thought to extend back to at least around 10,000 B.C. In Japan they use the word Irezumi which refers to the insertion of ink under the skin to leave a permanent, usually decorative mark. Tattoos have had many purposes throughout Japan&#8217;s history. One of the negative ways it was used was when it was put on criminals as a punishment. However this was done during Japan&#8217;s early years. Tattoos in the modern age is mostly for decorative purposes. For many years tattooing was associated with Japan&#8217;s mafia, known as the Yakuza. Their tattoos world cover most of their body but nowadays they have chosen to get smaller, more Western style of tattoos in order to keep their associations secret.</p>
<p>Some of the most popular images in Japanese tattoos are the mythological beasts such as dragons, kirin and phoenixes. Other real animals include tigers and snakes. Some get tattoos in the form of different flower types like the peonies, cherry blossoms, lotuses, chrysanthemums and other plants like bamboo and maple leaves. Some people have the images of the samurai or the geisha. Others may have images of Buddhist deities. There are some tattoos that have the backgrounds of clouds and waves.</p>
<p>Whichever type of tattoo you decide to get there is now a site that lets you choose from many different Japanese tattoo designs, print them from their site, and take it to your favorite tattoo artist.</p>
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		<title>There Is A New Record For Tattooing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A tattoo artist in Tyler Texas decided to try and attempt to beat the Guinness World Records of giving the most tattoos in one day. Derek Kastning, who is a tattoo artist at Rat-a-Tac-Tat Tattoos started to attempt his goal of breaking the tattooing record at 1 P.M. on October 25. His only concern about [...]]]></description>
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<p>A tattoo artist in Tyler Texas decided to try and attempt to beat the Guinness World Records of giving the most tattoos in one day. Derek Kastning, who is a tattoo artist at Rat-a-Tac-Tat Tattoos started to attempt his goal of breaking the tattooing record at 1 P.M. on October 25. His only concern about beating the world record was that he would run out of people to tattoo during the 24 hour time frame. Surprisingly, he did not have this problem as hundreds of people waited in line outside the building to be part of this great tattooing event. When midnight rolled around they realized they had already beaten the record but wanted to keep going. So at 1 P.M on October 26, Derek Kastning tattooed his last tattoo making the new tattooing world record of 726 tattoos in a 24 hour period.</p>
<p>I think this is so cool and how awesome it is for those people who were able to get tattooed during that 24 hour time frame. Although I bet that guys arms, hands, neck and every other muscle in his body ached when he was done at the end of the day. Anyways I just thought this was pretty neat and wanted to share this with all of my fellow tattoo lovers out there. I wonder if this guy gave some sort of discount or something for the people who helped him achieve this awesome goal? If not, I think he should have, after all he wouldn’t have been able to do it without willing participates to tattoo.</p>
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<p>Ashley</p>
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<p>Ashley enjoys writing on her Tattoo themed blog at <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://infinitetattoos.wordpress.com"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://infinitetattoos.wordpress.com">http://infinitetattoos.wordpress.com</a></b> please stop by and drop a comment.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a self-confessed biking and tattooing enthusiast I’ve spent quite a lot of time recently trying to find quality tattoos online and after searching several sites I discovered one that seems to be the best in terms of ease of use, high quality content and value for money. This particular website I found makes the [...]]]></description>
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<p>As a self-confessed biking and tattooing enthusiast I’ve spent quite a lot of time recently trying to find quality tattoos online and after searching several sites I discovered one that seems to be the best in terms of ease of use, high quality content and value for money.</p>
<p>This particular website I found makes the task of finding your tattoo straightforward and fast. The first thing you do is find your tattoo from the thousands of designs available, they include an ever growing collection of quality tattoos in many categories including Angel Tattoos, Butterfly Tattoos, Back Tattoos, Cross Tattoos, Celtic Tattoos, Ethnic Tattoos, Star Tattoos, Tribal Tattoos and many, many more.</p>
<p>Once you have chosen your dream tattoo you then need to print it out on your PC printer then you simply take the design to your nearest tattoo artist who then proceeds to put your chosen design into action.</p>
<p>The program has a lot of neat features such as being able to combine 2 or more tattoos into one and you can also bookmark your favourite designs and go back to them later.</p>
<p>You also get access to a great tattoo forum where you can have all your questions about tattoos answered by a large number of tattoo experts, you can also make a lot of like-minded new friends and they also have a large inventory of tattoo videos in 12 categories which is always being updated with new content.</p>
<p>In conclusion I found this package to be great value for a one-time payment of only $27, it’s true that there are some cheaper products out there which I tried but I found they tended not to have the quality and content and this represented the best value for money as this program was streets ahead of the others in terms of valuable content and the sheer volume of tattoo designs.</p>
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<p>For more information check out these <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.quality-tattoo-designs.net">Cool Tattoo Designs</a></p>
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		<title>Tattoo Design: Individuality and Style Expressed Through Body Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently, there are hundreds of thousands of online sites wherein you can pick and choose a tattoo design, print it out and take it to one of many tattoo parlors in your area. Incredibly, there are well over 40 million individuals who have tattoos. What is it about tattoos that are so appealing? &#13; The [...]]]></description>
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<p>Currently, there are hundreds of thousands of online sites wherein you can pick and choose a tattoo design, print it out and take it to one of many tattoo parlors in your area. Incredibly, there are well over 40 million individuals who have tattoos.  What is it about tattoos that are so appealing?</p>
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<p>The history of tattoos dates as far back as the Stone Age.  However, you may recall that in 1991, a 5300 year-old frozen mummy was discovered in the Otztal Alps and aptly named “The Iceman.”  Upon examination, he was found to have 58 tattoos.</p>
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<p>In other cultures around the world from the Maori in New Zealand to the Ainu in Japan, the art of tattooing – although its origin can be traced back to the fourth millennium and earlier – still exists today and has morphed into a more contemporary art form.</p>
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<p>While the Mendhi is a temporary tattoo made primarily of henna, it is nonetheless a popular form of tattooing that originated in India. The difference between this form and traditional tattoos is that the Mendhi does not penetrate the skin, but the patterns applied to the skin last for a period of three to four weeks.</p>
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<p>Why have tattoo designs become so popular?  It has become a symbol of individuality.  Considering there are well over 40 million individuals who have tattoos, it seems clear that the reasons are uniquely their own.  As seen on the program “Inked,” people decide to have tattoos commemorating loss of a loved one, or utilize symbols denoting their specific culture or religion, or a tattoo design that represents a sentiment they feel aptly describes their own convictions.</p>
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<p>An indication of just how popular tattoo designs have become is evidenced by the more than thirty thousand tattoo parlors available today.  As state earlier, there are close to 200,000 online sites that offer a tattoo design in every genre imaginable.  While there is certainly no shortage of tattoo designs, there are occasions when a person may outline a specific design or idea that he or she cannot find on the internet.</p>
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<p>Tattoo designs can range from the more simple design such as a small butterfly to the more intricate and larger images such as a caricature.  Over the last several years, tattooing has been used as a method by which permanent makeup can be applied.  For example, some women may have their lips or eyebrows tattooed with a color of their choice.</p>
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<p>There is no doubt that the art of tattooing has become a more acceptable form of self-expression.  To this end, the tattoo design will continue to emerge and become perfected by those artists whose vision and creativity serve to enhance the scope of this ancient art form into the next millennium.</p>
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