It’s not every day that you see someone parading around with an owl tattooed on their being. But you have to admit that when you do see someone with an owl tattoo, you can’t help but be impressed. Even though owls aren’t as common tattoo images, they are fast gaining popularity. We explore what makes these predators so highly in demand as tattoos.
A lot of people that get tattoos often don’t realize that these amazing works of art are prone to fading too. While smaller, less detailed tattoos can simply be refreshed with fresh ink after fading, larger and more delicate tattoos are costlier and harder to refresh once they fade. Even though your tattoo artist will tell you a few basics methods to protect your tattoos, he/she may not always tell you why a tattoo fades. We tell you some of the top reasons why tattoos fade.
When people are tattooed they may be surprised to find that while the body art is healing, the most irritating part will be itching that can go on for days. This may make some curious as to why a tattoo would itch. When one looks at the process of tattooing and the type of wound it creates and compares it to the process of dermatological healing, it becomes apparent why tattoos itch.
Traditionally, tattoos were sported only by people who found themselves on the sidelines of society. These were generally bikers, prisoners, sailors or career criminals who got their skin inked because they couldn’t express their true selves any other way. However, the mark of the outcast has become a lot more commonplace these days. We examine the motivation behind getting tattoos in the modern world.
Tattooing has been an old practice in many cultures, especially in Asia and Africa, and spread throughout the world. Though it is difficult to unearth the origin of tattoos, but tattooing has been a Eurasian practice at least since Neolithic times. Earlier tattoos were inscribed to depict social and cultures values of different tribes or societies, but over the period tattooing has experienced resurgence in popularity, which has now become a fashion or style statement in different parts of the world. Nowadays, tattoos are painful, permanent and expensive; still they are becoming popular as a fashion trend among masses. If you ask people why they went under the needle, you’ll get as varied reasons, some logical and other silly, as there are individuals. Following are some of the most common reasons for engraving tattoos.
