Monday, September 9, 2013

Tattoo Making

Nowadays, there are a lot of trends going on like the latest fashion or the newest games and such. The same could be said with tattoo making. Making tattoo has become a part of human culture for as early as 2000 B.C. It has also represented many things for the people who undergo the process of having a tattoo. Some may have been for their own beliefs and superstitions, others as an act of showing the people their spoils of war and nowadays, a form of art.

Tattoos have undergone a lot of changes as time passed. It has been heavily affected by the flow of time and modernization and has become what it is today – a very artistic form of art etched on the body. Styles have differed from each tattoo artist that have made. It can range from simple letterings and shapes to those vividly real, almost lifelike images that seem too real to be a tattoo.


The price range of having one can range just like that too. It can have a price tag that would go from a few bucks down to more than a thousand dollars. However, for those with over the top pricings, the results are jaw dropping. A tattoo artist can turn your arm into a cybernetic piece of equipment and make it look like all those wires and metal are there, along with your flesh.


Truly, having these great works of art embedded on you is great and all. But let’s not forget the pain that comes along with it. Though, not what it’s like in the olden times where you have your skin literally pricked by a needle a thousand times leaving a permanent mark on your body, tattoo making of today is less painful, much safer from infections and therefore much more bearable, all thanks to modern technology. But nevertheless, it’s still painful.


But I guess, it’s what they always say – No pain, no gain. If you want that majestic Polynesian art on your arm or on any part of your body for that matter, then you’ll have to bear with the pain. And aside from that, you’ll have to endure those prickling sensation for hours, and even sessions, depending on how large the tattoo would be. Though, I’m pretty sure that you’ve prepared yourself for it, since every man or woman that has a tattoo that they like on their body would always say “It was definitely worth it.”


For tattoo lovers, having a newly added tattoo on their body is like having another trophy they can show for their friends. A masterpiece indeed – and one that you will have for as long as you live. Just as tattoos have existed for several thousand years, its industry will never cease to exist.  Because there will always be people wanting to have a piece of art embedded on their body – and there will always be people who will do it for them. Tattoo making has been permanently etched in human history.

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