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Koi fish tattoos are quickly growing in popularity. In fact many traditional Japanese tattoo designs are coming to life with new vivid tattoo ink colors. This is a rapidly growing movement very similar to the west coast tattoo style. The west coast tattoo style started with the idea of taking older classic tattoo themes like anchors, hearts and etc and adding a ton of bright, and beautiful inks to them. A few years back the west coast tattoo style was about the hottest thing in tattoos.

However many people are not satisfied to stick with what everyone else has already done and most people that get tattoos want them to be unique and different. Therefore tattoo artists are always on the look out for new designs, new ideas and new ways to take their art to the next level. This constant pushing of the envelope develops many hot new trends in tattoo design.

In the past 5 or so years there has been a rebirth or revitalization of traditional Japanese tattoos. One of the hottest themes in Japanese tattoos has been koi fish tattoos.

Koi fish are very popular among women but many man are getting them also now. In Japanese mythology Koi are typically thought to swim up stream against the current. They are therefore often associated with perseverance in adversity and can make a great tattoo with a very deep meaning. Yet a delicate and beautiful design.

Men tend to get koi fish tattoos on their back, shoulders, calf or upper thigh most typically. In fact large koi tattoos that take up the entire back are a style that many men are starting to get. They can also make a great full sleeve design with the water and koi twisting around the arm or leg.

Women tend to get koi tattoos on arms, thighs, and even on the side of their stomachs. Koi can make a beautiful tattoo with lots of bright color and large splashes of blue water that can become a very flowing and artistic tattoo.

Typically koi fish tattoos feature a large blue, splashing water background with the fish jumping out of the water and playfully splashing in it. Traditional designs often include either Japanese maple leaves or lotus flowers in combination with the design.

Chris has been running Design My Tattoos website for the last three months. He likes helping people
find the custom tattoo designs and where to get them done by professional tattoo
artists. Check out the site and
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Teenagers who are afraid to get a flu shot from the doctor
will sit for hours on a table and allow a stranger to
pierce their skin repeatedly until a muti-colored
picture emerges on their skin. The skin is swollen
red and painful but the teen emerges from this
operation with a smile and a feeling of pride?

Big strong men who refuse to go to a doctor for
a checkup medication will allow an unknown
person to use a needle to inject ink on to their
skin for hours. Sometimes this ink is
projected on very personal parts of the body.
They leave the little tattoo shop beaming and
proud.

What is the allure of enduring hours of pain in order to
get a picture of your soon to be ex-girlfriend on you arm.
The process will have to be repeated to change the name
from Carla to Paula and then perhaps back again.

The purpose of getting a tattoo is as diverse as
the symbols, signs and pictures that are available
to adorn the body. At one time tattoos provided
a non-status symbol for the radical members of
society, hippies, motorcycle riders and prostitutes.
The tattoo kept them apart from mainstream
society.

On August 1, 1981, television changed forever.
MTV devoted an entire cable network to a combination
of music and video. MTV showcased musicians who
were sporting tattoos. MTV exploded and so did
the tattoo industry.

Tattoos have now became mainstream. People from all walks of
life wanted a tattoo. Everyone wanted to be
have a mark. Teenagers were allowed to get tattoos.
Businessmen took off their shirts and got symbols
or their favorite cartoon characters. Lawyers
and doctors marked themselves with the symbols
of their profession.

The reason for the need to have tattoos may
be less to do with being rebellious and stepping outside
the established status quo as it is an
ancient custom that is older than the modern craft of
body art.

Human have an intrinsic need to express themselves.
If you have artistic talent you can express your
thoughts and feeling using traditional methods.
You can write a song, or write poetry. If you have
a lot to say you may even write a book. Artist must
Draw or paint to showcase their feelings. But if you
have feelings or needs that you can not communicate
in the standard formats, you may find the need to tell
the world about you, your thoughts or ideas
via a tattoo.

The act of getting a tattoo may be even more than the
need of self expression. Some cultures believe
Tattoos have magical powers. Other think that
Tattoos offer protection against evil, sickness and
Misfortune. In African cultures tattoos are used
In some fertility rites

It is claimed that the art of putting symbols and
pictures on the body existed 12,000 years
BC. It is believed that The Egyptians created
the art of tattooing. The theory is that Egyptians
believed that amulets for protection. The
Permanent protection that could not be lost
Or stolen was a permanent adornment of the
Body that today we refer to as a tattoo.
protect them from evil. To insure the
protection from the Gods the tattoo became
a permanent adornment of the body.
Although the word tattoo comes
From the Tahitian “tatu” which means to
Mark something

There are cultures that use tattoos as part of
fertility rites, tattoos are thought to have
magical and religious significance in these cultures.

The word tattoo comes from the Tahitian “tatu”
which means “to mark something.”

For more information on tattoos to include what to look for in a tattoo shop, how to pick the perfect tattoo design and how to choose the best tattoo parlor try visiting Tattoo-Shops.info

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