Now, off course this me mother had a reason that she told this to me; back then, the type of people wearing their tattoo, had first of all, ugly designs, had received a bad tattoo job or did it themselves.
You probably get the idea when you think of people that have inked their own fingers, with letters, or some point marks between their finger and thumbs.
She was right there, in my opinion, those tattoo designs were ugly and are more of the type body mutilation.
Secondly she associated it with a certain kind of people, to say not the most fresh ones around, like thugs and rude gangster type persons.
Maybe she had a point there too, but nevertheless, times have changed as well the tattoo designs and pictures tattooed people nowadays were.
In fact, in today's world, tattoos are truly works of art and body jewellery and I have seen a lot of tattoos that are truly beautiful. I still get even jealous when I see some extra ordinary and wished secretly I had those on me.
The first most beautiful tattoo designs I came across was when I saw some movies, that were locally based in Japan, where Yakuza / Triad members had parts of their bodies tattooed totally, with really sublime tattoo artwork. Their my interest got awakened again -after my mothers advise and education it was not good to have a tattoo-.
Also the kind & type of people that wear tattoos has changed drastically; think of all the famous people, which started with me with the Red Hot Chili Peppers (respect dudes, you made music for my soul) whom went to Henk Schiffmacher in Amsterdam (I am Dutch from Origin, where Mr. Shiffmacher tattoos, so I followed this as local hot news back then) and let him tattoo them with the most beautiful tribal tattoo designs / pictures.
A real cult started from there I think and a lot of fans started to tattoo themselves and Mr Shiffmacher his business began to flourish from that day on -which it did already, as he is and already was the most famous tattoo artist of The Netherlands- and never turned back to normal again.
And I think many people would like to get their body tattooed as well or get another one, especially when they see such beautiful tattoo designs art work on other peoples body. It really tickles one mind, if you really see good body tattoo art work.
However, one should not think to easy about getting a tattoo. You need to prepare well, because such body art is not something you will do every day and it is a decision for life; tattoos are very hard to remove but that is another story.
Getting a tattoo needs preparation is what I want to tell you.
When you get a tattoo for the first time, you probably do not know what to expect. What will happen when you set your foot into that doorstep? What about the needles and what about hygiene? Does it hurt?
And after that first preparation, of knowing what and how it will happen, how about choosing the right tattoo design?
First off all you should know why you want it, if it needs to have a certain meaning for you. After that, or when you just want it is a body jewel, you should look at a lot of tattoo pictures and designs so you can slowly start to make up your mind about what you want to tattoo on you body; will it be a tribal tattoo, a Celtic tattoo or a dragon tattoo or one of the many other types of tattoos which come in all kinds of designs.
Another thing is, were will you put it? What and why will you choose for that particular spot on your body?
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