For A Limited Time Chopper Tattoos Is Giving Away Free Music Downloads For Trying The Site! Check It Out By Clicking HERE!
In the 1800′s European artist began returning from visits to the South Pacific with sketches of the copperline engravings or tattoos, that the native Polynesian Islanders adorned themselves with. Indeed, Queen Kamamalu herself had a tattoo put onto her tongue to show her deep and lasting grief when her mother in law died in the early 1800′s. As a missionary at that time, William Ellis watched as the procedure was performed. He commented to her that it looked to him that she should be in great pain. To this the queen replied “He eha nui no, he nui roa ra ku‘u aroha” or Great pain indeed, greater is my affection. 
Some of the earliest European explorers to the islands found that both men and women of these tropical paradises wore tattoos for a wide variety of reasons. They learned that although some of the tattoos were purely decorative but also found that some of the men were heavily tattooed on only one side of their bodies. An explorer wrote that they looked like men who had been half burnt, or dipped in ink from the tops of their heads to the soles of their feet. A Hawaiian historian by the name of Samuel Kamakau also noted that this solid black tattooing was known as Pahupahu and was commonly applied to warriors.
Oral history tells of warriors whom after being defeated in battle were than taken prisoner as well as beaten and tattooed. As the final disrespect their eyelids were turned up to have the inside tattooed. This form of tattooing was called Maku Uhi. Even some outcast who were born into slave caste were permanently marked with either the curved line on the bridge of the nose or a circle tattooed in the middle of the forehead, with curved lines as brackets on either side of the eyes.
Hopefully, some of the tattoos that you see today, such as the Maku Uhi can now be more easily understood than just, “that guy with the face tattoo!”
I suppose I have always enjoyed a good flaming tattoo too. Not exactly a pyro but having a comfortable affinity with fire (as well as having flaming red hair) has always given me a genuine liking for flames in skin art.
A Phoenix! Pretty cool, never considered this option for flames and skin art. But this is a pretty wild and unique idea!
Glow in the dark ink! UV ink its called. This is a really kick ass idea. Well, except if you ever have the need to be incognito in the dark.
This is pretty wild and some good art. I like the fact that there is little black work in the flame work which is fairly unusual for colored ink!
Spiritual or religious ink is also a top selling skin art idea. Everyone from celebrities to mobsters are proud to sport their religious ideas in permanent ink. Now, personally, I am not a follower of any organized religion, but of course have my own spiritual views. For this reason I think any tattoo that reflects someones deeply personal views on all things religious is a bold and respectful move.
This Last Supper tattoo looks incredible in my opinion. This isn’t the average face of Jesus tattoo. This is an actual work of art, converted into an actual work of skin art. Fabulous! Judas even has red hair! Awesome work!!
This piece is incredible. I think the artistic value rates up there with just about any well known Renaissance artist. Something about the eyes seem a bit off, but otherwise this is an incredible likeness!
The ever present Ten commandments, I included this one because of how detailed the font is to be so small.
A lot of people have some serious love for their animals, dogs being on top of the list of course. I can see this too. I have two great dogs now, Eddie my pit-boxer mix, and Pandora a recent rescue who is also a pit mix of some kind. These dogs own my heart, so imagining them in permanent ink isn’t a hard concept at all. However normally, most often tattoos of dogs are usually done as rest in peace or memorial tattoos, and I don’t even want to consider their demise just yet. So instead, let’s take a look at some of the incredible dog tattoos around the net.
DAMN this is an ugly dog. Great tattoo still, but wow.Look at the eyes, really great work in my opinion.
Oh my first dog, the first Pandora, was a doby. I adore this tattoo. Very good likeness!! 
And always it is great to see the before and after shots. Although this collie picture wasn’t available as large as I wanted, I think it was worthy of inclusion just by sheer artistic ability alone. Great job!! I’d be happy to have that artist ink my special pups on me any day!
The skull tattoo generally refers to the value associated with life and dying. Many people these days simply associate the skull with dying, but in many older cultures the actual skull combined with bones is a symbol of life itself, in addition to dying.
Whenever someone decides on the skull tattoo, one of the things which the person is denoting is the full realization of the continuation of living into dying. This is really important considering that it’s only when a person can accept the presence of death that they are able to really learn how to recognize the value of life.
Wisdom is another of the numerous connotations associated with the meaning of skull tattoos. When looking back at the fine art created in early as well as medieval periods, the skull is frequently pictured accompanied by a wide open book since the skull is seen as the manifestation of the greatest type of experience combined with intelligence.
The ear tattoo pictured here is an incredible piece of art. Considering the cartilage in the ear is different for almost everyone, I find this to be quite the innovative piece for the artist who inked it.
The lady like piece here although not my particular style is also a very unique piece of skin art.
I am a big reader, so I have read the histories of literally thousands of ancient and not so ancient peoples. One of the top horrific plights that has always grabbed my attention has been the plight of the American Indian. So therefore I have always found myself attracted to the varies types of Native American skin art. Since most skin art aficionados have likely seen a lot of this ink as well I wanted to point out some out of the ordinary ones I had found.
The first tattoo is a great take on the ‘warrior’ aspect of the American Indian. If not a direct indication of a literally dying part of humanity.
The tattoo to the left here although smaller then I wanted to present has an incredible likeness of a Cherokee Chief. These are the tattoos I truly love to see.
Regardless of your position on the plight of the Native American Indian, you have to have compassion for an entire group of people who are quickly becoming extinct, through entirely no fault of their own. So whenever I see Native American tattoos, I remember the strength that withheld them through the hardest of times. I recall the honorable stories shared by generations of Apaches, Commanches, Blackfoot and the thousands of other Native American Indian tribes who deserve at least the respect of having their images permanently inked into someones skin.
I’ve loved dragons just a tad longer than I’ve loved tattoos, but for me, obviously, those two loves have made a connection. I’ve always been inspired a bit by the ‘mythical’ dragon because of its fierce nature, protective instincts and its inherent evil. I’ve been aware from the start that different dragons have different meanings to different people. So what kind of dragon tattoos are common?
Tribal dragon tattoos are more common these days, although they were not until the last twenty years.
Oriental aka Asian dragons (Of which this may be the baddest ass Oriental dragon I’ve laid eyes on) most often include distinct features in skin art such as the appearance of a sort of beard/goatee as well as an unusually elongated body. Oriental dragons are also traditionally the only ones in skin art that actually get scales.
And then there are wyverns. They should always be depicted as two-legged dragons with two wings, a serpent’s head and the claws of an eagle.
Although these may be the most common dragon tattoos they certainly are not the only ones. Dragons come in a wide variety and if you are a dragon lover like me you are sure to be able to find one that fits your own fierce spirit perfectly.
When the earliest Tattooed men and womens stories began reaching Western Europe they were generally assumed to be primitives lacking in intelligence or even barbaric because of their ritual tattooing practices. As some of those from tribes in Japan and India actually began making their way among modern and more civilized England often they were ‘allowed’ to mingle with upper society occasionally, but were most often used in shows that displayed them as non human and freakish. It is likely this same unacceptable judgmental idea that led to more recent ideas on what the people who would get tattooed were all about.
For many years it was almost unacceptable to even get a tattoo unless you were a part of an armed service, mostly navy men. And those were very often the bad boys as well. Most ‘good boys’ in the 1930′s and 1940′s didn’t even come home from wars with tattoos. Onto the 1950′s it seemed as if only the real bad boys and local brawlers were brave enough to sport their skin art. Into the 1960′s and 1970′s tattoos had only just begun to break out of the bad boy mold and began to creep into the other areas of society. By the early 1980′s it even began to be ‘okay’ for women to have a small tattoo in out of the way locations. That may not seem a big deal, but considering 30 years earlier it would have been astounding and rare to find a tattooed female at all, this was actually immense progress and a huge jump forward in the way society viewed skin art.And the amazing thing was that tattoos were no longer limited to rebels who lived on the edges of society. In my eyes, this made it harder and harder to decide who needed to be judged, always a great selling point with me. 
By the time we rolled into the 1990′s we barely even gave a second stare to women who had skin ink, and by then it was mostly to admire the work. And I recall in the late 80′s only a few years before having slipped from my house one night when I was 16 to return home later with my first minuscule piece of art on my shoulder, and waking up around 3am to my Dad yelling at me. My Dad you see, had not only been a Navy man, as well as the big boats bad boy who spent most of his time in the brig, but he had made it through the entire service without one single tattoo. I remember him grabbing my arm and actually trying to scratch the ink off. He told me that women just did not get tattoos. It wasn’t done. As he stormed from my room I remember yelling at him that I had gotten one and that I was a woman! Since then I have gotten a couple thousand more dollars worth of skin ink, and since then he has never said another word!
Well I guess I may not be the best one to go to for a generalize idea since I am so partial to tattoos on both sexes. But there are a few places on a man that I think most women do enjoy seeing and may find as quite a surprise on a man they have known but not seen their ink before. So listen up men! I would hope that no one would get a tattoo JUST to impress the ladies, but if you are going to take the tumble into the entrancing world of skin art, here are a few places and angles a woman enjoys looking at.
The shoulder and the top of the arm. This is NOT the bicep tattoo. This is BETTER. I won’t say all, or even most, but a good amount of women would agree with me that the top of the shoulder is a very sensual place for a man OR a woman!
The back shoulders! This again is not just on the back, but high up on the rear part of the shoulder as well.
Then last but not least is the belly tattoo. Yep, ladies who love tattoos can seriously appreciate a fine piece of skin art laying on a fine six pack any day. And who the hell else would I show but a wonderful friend of mine. Dave Batista. I’ve always told him there is just SOMETHING about that celestial sun circling his navel that is wildly incredible!!
Well … Okay then! I can honestly say that I see no reason to ever have a tattoo of a flexing bicep, even if on a flexing bicep. I think this may be what testosterone overload can cause. I can’t tell if this guy is angry/pumped up or about to crack up about his own lack of judgment.
Yep, he has a toaster tattooed on his arm. Unless he is some kind of sous toaster chef I see no reason for this to be a tattoo ever. Funny, but I would swear he was thinking the same exact thing as this picture was snapped.
Hey, give her credit for having a sense of humor about being born with webbed toes I say!
Loading ...
