Do you remember transfers which you did in your childhood on the parts of your body and which could be washed off rather quickly? Now, thanks to modern designers such decoration on your body is called “Temporary Skin Art”.

The season spring/summer 2010 will be marked by a new fashionable trend – temporary tattoos. The collection of such tattoos is called “Les Trompe L’oeil de Chanel” and it includes only 55 temporary tattoos. Peter Philips is responsible for this unusual idea to turn a childish entertainment into a stylish trend. And this idea seems to be cute.

At the fashion week in Paris Chanel surprised everybody not only by its striking collection but by extravagant appearance of the  models. Their bodies were covered with a great number of tattoos, but one could notice, that this unusual accessoires in a form of transfers were mostly painted on women’s legs.

The pictures, which can decorate your body this season and emphasize your uniqueness and beauty, are various, ranging from cherry-tree flowers and  the images of birds to pearl beads, earings and classical logo of  Chanel.

The edition of temporary tattoos by Chanel is limited and it makes all the fashionable girls all over the world even to struggle for an opportunity to wear such a work of art on the body. These tattoos can be painted straight up or down from a thigh to an ankle, which will make your legs optically longer. If you paint them horizontally you will emphasize your slenderness. The cost of a set of temporary tattoos by Chanel will be nearly 75-80$.

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For those who adore seas and oceans there exist a number of fish tattoo designs. And the most frequently asked from them is koi fish tattoo as it has the meaning of good luck and bounty in its semantics.

Koi is the Japanese word that stands for carp, in fact it is one of the species of carp which has specific brilliant colors. The tattoo with this fish can be interpreted from different angles – as a Japanese or Chinese symbol.

The Japanese connect its symbolism with the fish’s behavior in natural habitat. Koi fish swims many a mile to spawn and is strong enough to fight the stream. That’s why koi fish tattoo means strength, courage and independence as well as success in the struggle with the tide of fate. There’s also a legend according to which this fish, if climbs the falls of the Dragon Gate on the Yellow River, can turn into dragon.

So in Japan the fish has masculine symbolics and when a son is born to a family koi fish imagery is shown off. Nevertheless this tattoo is popular among both men and women as it also means love, the love between man and woman.

In China koi is associated with good fortune, abundance and wealth throughout your life. In fact the fish can be kept only by wealthy people due to its eating habits –it consumes much food.

Koi fish tattoo incorporates bright colors, as a rule, with golden orange being the most preferable. It may include water, lotus or cherry blossom, sun or moon. They usually have intricate patterns necessary to depict the fish in movement against the current.

Due to its meaning of live advancement this tattoo won’t suit your lower back, as it should be shown and worn with pride. It will be great as a shoulder or a sleeve tattoo and will be a perfect adornment of women’s feet and wrists. Men can also think of a full back koi fish tattoo depicting a mystic transformation of this fish into dragon.

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If you wish something small and inexpensive yet catchy you may think about getting a wrist tattoo. Nowadays it is one of the most popular tattoo designs. A lot of celebrities wear tattoos on their wrists, which only adds to their popularity.

Wrists tattoos can be worn by both men and women. For women such tattoos, delicate and feminine, will be a nicest adornment of their wrists. They can look like a small bracelet of simply incorporate a small picture depending on the pattern chosen.

For women flower and star wristband tattoos is the most common design alongside with Hawaiian styled tattoos. Little fairies can be placed on women’s writs as well.

Men can resort to masculine tattoo designs, namely tongues of flame, tribal abstractions or Celtic knotwork. These designs can be as well used by women as there’re no restrictions and rules about wearing this or that tattoo pattern.

Rosary tattoos will fit this part of body perfectly and will be your reminder of your faith as you will always have the opportunity to have a look at it. Some prefer tattoo lettering as their wrist tattoo. It may be letters from exotic alphabets like Sanskrit or Kanji or some scripts in modern languages (usually English) so that everybody could understand what your mean by your wrist tattoo.

Wrist tattoo due to its size and simplicity can be done within a few hours in one sitting. Wrist tattooing can be more painful than that of other body parts as here the bones are too close to the skin surface, and this means pain. However, people who have undergone this process don’t complain much.

Wrist tattoos require special aftercare, especially in first days as they are exposed to environment, namely dirt and bacteria that can cause inflammation. Moreover, wrists tattoos should be refurbished after years to preserve its initial sharpness and colors.

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Back in the 70-s of the 20th century the world of tattoos was enriched by tribal tattoo designs. Curved and fascinating, they are nevertheless simple in their patterns and color scheme – they are usually monochrome and done in black. Original tribal tattoos were not merely copied by people but also new designs, different from the traditional ones, were drawn. The latter are called neo tribal tattoos.

In the past tribal tattoos were used to show to identify separate groups of people called clans. There were lot of tribes and each had its own traditions and its own pattern of tattooing. Nowadays we mostly speak about Maori, Hawaiian, American Indian, Incan and Aztec tribal tattoos but there were a lot more tribes on Earth. That’s why many of us will recognize a tribal tattoo but very few will say to which tribe it belongs.

Modern people can name a lot of reasons to get a tattoo, but still they would be different from that of ancient people. Clan identification was important not only “just to show off” but in the battle field tattoos made easier it to differentiate between friends and enemies.

Another reason for tattooing was to show a social status. For instance, married coupled had the same tattoo done to show that they are inseparable. This tradition remained till present time. Also boys used to wait their coming of age when their legal adulthood was marked by tattooing and they were allowed to take part in hunting and fighting. Meanwhile, those who didn’t endure pain of tattooing could share the fate of outcasts from society.

For our ancestors stayed in constant contact with forces of nature and worshipped them, tribal tattoo designs incorporate sun, moon, stars designs with a peculiar styling. Though abstract forms were most widespread.

Tribal tattoo designs can be authentic ( were used by actual tribes that may be extinct now); the adaptations of original designs; and custom tribal tattoos that can be drawn even by everyone using  templates available on the Internet.

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Tattoo art allows you to express your creativity to a full extent offering a great many of tattoo designs. At the same tome, you can place your tat wherever you like though shoulder and back tattoos are most commonly seen. But there’s also a possibility to ink your hands and feet.

For hands henna tattoos are most frequently chosen as they last 2 weeks and then disappear. It is unusual to wear permanent tattoos on hands while foot tattoos are worn by people for a long time and people are happy that they’ve chosen their feet as a place for their tats.

Foot tattoos are usually small and simple and due to this factor they are not pricy. But is you wish to extend your foot tattoo to your ankle and leg, be ready to pay a larger sum.

Both men and women can consider foot tattoos, but life shows that they are more spread among girls and women. A female foot adorned with a small neat tat looks definitely cool and exceptionally sexy both in flip-flops and high-heeled shoes.

Various designs can be applied to foot tattoos. It may be flower compositions, butterflies, rosaries, stars, fairies, and what more! The list can be easily continued. For instance, Celtic knots or tribal patterns will be great for foot tattoos. They will also suit men as they carry spirit of masculinity in them.

Be sure you know some facts about foot tattoos before you go to a tattoo salon. They are rather painful to get and require special aftercare. They are prone to blurring so be prepared to have them re-inked after some time. You should be very careful with a foot tattoo in its healing period as dirt can get into it and cause infection and inflammation.

The positive issue about foot tattoos is that they can be easily hidden when at work and in various situation when body art is not desirable.

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Alongside with positive and sunny tattoos of flowers and butterflies there are such tattoos that arouse mixed feelings as their meaning is somehow connected with death, danger and fragility of human life.

Skull tattoo designs belong to this group, but with some restrictions. The thing is that a skull as a symbol has almost lost its power and its negative meaning due to its frequent usage in modern mass culture. Earlier the skull and crossbones was a typical pirate design and stood for death and poison and evoked fear immediately on seeing it.

Skull tattoo designs were also popular among gamblers whose life was usually covered by spirit of danger and extreme. They believed that skull tattoo could bring them luck. For gamblers it usually included a black cat or a dice.

Skull and bones can symbolize not only death but immortality as they last longer than our bodies. Archeologists now find well-preserved skulls of people who lived many centuries ago. If you want to stress this symbolism of immortality you can add a snake to your skull tattoo. A shake that goes from an empty eye socket stands for a chthonic god of immortality, as well as knowledge. This symbolic depiction is well-known and tells us that knowledge remains after death.

However, a skull tattoo is a pretty frightening one if properly done and can intimidate people around. It can send a message like “you’d better stay away from me”.

The most common design for a skull tattoo is skull and crossbones. It may be combined with a candle or a rose or other death and pirate symbols, ribbons, daggers, etc. It can be colored or black and white and occupy any part of your body, with shoulders being most frequently chosen for this kind of tattoo. When choosing a place for your skull tattoo make sure that it can be hidden if wanted, at work, for instance.

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Tribal tattoos on shoulders and backs of present-day people is a way the past penetrates the present. Nearly all ancient folks used tattoos to identify themselves or as a part of some ritual. Nowadays the tradition remains, moreover, we sometimes use the same patterns, but the purpose is different.

Maori is an ancient tribe that lived in Polynesia and New Zealand. They did a lot of tattooing and it was not mere adornment of their bodies, but a sacred art. While in modern tattoo salons everything is still and quiet, a tattoo session meant music, dancing and singing for Maori people. Tattoos were like a calendar on a human body, as Maoris marked the most important events of their life starting from initiation by getting a tattoo.

Wearing tattoos showed also status of people, as well as their belonging to a family, a clan and a tribe. It was very important as there was a great tribal diversity in New Zealand at that time and everybody wished to have its own sign. That’s why there were strict rules how to make tattoos.

So there were two common patterns of Maori tattoos: either pigmented lines or non-pigmented lines on a colored surface. The lines were usually curved and many of them formed spirals and repeated motifs as Maoris believed in the circular nature of the world.

Mostly tattooed body parts were faces, buttocks and legs for men and lips and chin for women. Sometimes neck and back areas were tattooed. Maori tattoos were not only to be done according to general rules but also to repeat the “geography of the body,” so they were truly unique works of art.

There were no needles at that time, so Maori tattoos were done with knives and chisels made usually from albatross bone. Burnt wood or caterpillars were used as ink. Now, when Maori tattoos face revival, even that old equipment was brought back to life.

Maori-inspired tattoo designs form a significant part of tribal tattoos, black-and-white, mysterious and intricate.

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To get a tattoo means not only no endure all pain the process causes but also to take proper care after it, especially during several first days after the procedure. This time is a most dangerous as you may catch an infection as your skin has not yet been healed.

Proper tattoo aftercare ensures that your tattoo will remain an excellent piece of art for a lifetime, will stay as beautiful and vivid as the time you did it. Tattoo artists do their best to protect you during the tattooing session and then let you go with a bandage on your tattoo, which keeps bacteria away. Then it is your turn.

Specialists advise you to keep the bandage for 4-6 hours after you have left a tattoo salon, and it is even better not to remove it until next morning. There’s also a possibility to get a transparent tape instead of bandage for those who can’t wait to show off their tattoo, but nothing will help quicker healing than a bandage.

When it is time to remove your bandage, do it with your hands clean, and don’t put a new bandage on. Wash your tattoo with soap and then use a fresh paper towel to dry it. Let it breathe until it is completely dry and apply some oil your tattoo artist has advised you, and continue doing it for some days later. But never use alcohol or Vaseline jelly. Try to do everything softly and in a gentle manner not to damage your tattoo.

Avoid direct sun exposure of your tattoo, wear loose clothes (for instance if you got a shoulder tattoo make sure that your shirt doesn’t scrub it), be careful in shower and take general care after your skin. Your skin is a canvas for your tattoo.

After 3 or 6 days the top layer of dead skin will come off and your tattoo will start to peel. It’s a normal process, and afterwards your tattoo will be seen well as ink doesn’t by any means disappear from your skin.

You should be ready to identify infection, which signs are highly visible inflammation, excessive scabbing, rash and other skin troubles. It this happens, you’d better consult your tattoo artists for doctors may not know about tattoo aftercare, though they are good experts in their field.

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On of the possibilities of tattoo lettering is adorning your body with symbols of exotic alphabets like Japanese or Chinese. They are of great attraction to western people as the unknown always draws public attention. Indeed, various tattoo letterings with hieroglyphs can make a perfect tattoo.

Kanji tattoo designs are basically Japanese ideograms, with one character representing a whole object or idea. This is the most essential difference of ideographic alphabets from English and the majority of the world languages where each letter stands for a sound and virtually means nothing when used alone.

Kanji ideograms make only a part of Japanese writing system alongside with the katakana and hiragana “alphabets.” Katakana is the most familiar to westerners while kanji is the oldest among them and originated in 4 century AD when the Japanese borrowed pictograms from the Chinese and reconfigured them.

Kanji tattoo patterns are numerous; about 3500 characters are known to a well-educated Japanese person. The only thing you should remember is that you should know for sure what this or that symbol means, so consult special sites dealing with interpreting of kanji symbols before you get a tattoo.

The symbols are also read, they stand for syllables, so you can render your name in kanji. For name Melissa, for instance, you’ll need three symbols, one for each syllable. Moreover, as kanji symbols have several meanings as a rule, one and the same symbol can convey very different meanings. This gives you a possibility to choose that ones that are closer to your preferences and worldview. The combination of them will have a unique meaning, so you not simply write your name in kanji but also supply it with a concept.

Kanji tattoo designs are not all about names. Symbols may be depicted in connection with some picture, or just alone to represent what they are designed to. There are also haiku tattoos done in kanji symbols. A haiku is a poem from several lines that captures the moment as it is and implies some philosophical thought.

Many people who resort to kanji tattoos choose them just for their appealing nature. It’s an interesting fact but actually Japanese, as well as Chinese, see nothing special in this tattoo style and it’s almost unknown in Japan.

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Our world is developing very quickly, new technologies appear day after day and the scientists don’t stop impressing us with their unusual ideas. The latest inventions are diverse and perfect. But what do you think about robots, which can fulfil many functions? Don’t you afraid, that one day, they will replace alive people?

Niki Passath, 25, an artitst from Austria, demonstrated the first tattoo robot in the world. It is called Kurt and has been created on the basis of PDA Palm IIIxe. Kurt – it’s a clever robotic gun, a special machine, which has been designed for painting tattoos on people’s skin.
As you see the system consists of four needles and a screen of PDA. The needles pierce your skin and the Chinese ink is injected into it by painting a pucture or a symbol, chosen by you. Probably, It’s a quick and accurate way of picture tattooing, but it’s a robot, which won’t stop it’s work in case you feel bad or begin crying from pain.

Besides, it can be used only when you make a tattoo on your hand or foot, as it has to be attached to your arm, so you can paint tattoos just on these parts of your body. And it is difficult for Kurt to create detailed elements.
Now, you can decide whether to use the services of a tattoo artist or a tattoo robot.

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