Sunday, August 9, 2009

Advice On How To Prepare For A Tattoo

By Frederick Michaels McKinnon

It is becoming more and more common for people across the world to wear a tattoo. It is almost tribal in nature as it is often a way for like minded people to express themselves via insignia for their favourite football team, rock band, actor or film.

There is an unlimited number of ways that a tattoo can be done. You can have a small word or tribal design or some full body art. Many people become addicted to getting tattoos done, for example, David Beckham. He started out with just the names of his children, but then proceeded to get more covering his arms, legs, torso and back.

Tattoos are often done in symbols such as ancient languages or Chinese characters. It is important to do some research before deciding on what you want and to make sure that the symbols say what you think they say. Lots of Chinese symbols have different meanings and the slightest change can make them read completely differently. You wouldn't want to find out a year after you had one done that the artwork on your arm that you thought said David, leader of men actually says Prawn curry with Vietnamese rice. It has been known to happen so its well worth doing the homework.

Another important factor is to choose your tattoo artist carefully. A few years ago there was a girl that wanted to get Angel tattooed over her back. The lettering was beautiful, very carefully done and looked very nice, apart from one small thing, the girl had ended up with Angle across her back instead of Angel as she had not picked up on the error in the tattooist preparation notes.

So what can we take away from this story? Well, just double check that your tattoo artist isn't dyslexic as it can be extremely expensive and difficult to get mistakes fixed, if its possible to fix them at all. For this reason it is always a good idea to go to the tattoo shop stone sober so as to make the best and most intelligent decisions.

A good tattoo shop will have a portfolio of their tattooists previous work. It would be a good idea to have a look through this if you want a tattoo but aren't entirely sure what you want to have. I suggest starting small and working up to bigger designs. This will allow you to grow accustomed to the design on your body and if you end up regretting the decision to have a tattoo, it wont be as disastrous if you only have a small one.

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