tattoos
September 6th 2008 17:39
Tattooed Women Outnumbering Tattooed M
As time goes on, things change, society changes - and in a lot of fields, women are still coming out of the dark ages even in the area of tattoo artAt one time is very radical for a woman to get tattoos. Ages ago the association was more of a circus/freak show mentality. Not so today.
Not only are more and more women getting tattoos, but they are branching away from the mainstream choices of butterflies, flowers, and fairies. You are now seeing vintage Sailor Jerry designs, skulls, Koi fish, and even pinup model tattoos.
Any tattoo style you’ve seen on a male, I would bet there is a female with a similar design.
One only has to watch an episode of Miami Ink or LA Ink (and how many women artists on that show??) to get a feel of the clientele you’ll see entering a tattoo parlor.
A close friend of mine (a female tattoo artist and parlor owner) was curious about this and decided to check her records over a few months time and found that OVER 50% were women.
Granted, many of these women voiced the choice of a female artist due to their personal preference. I would say that these stats are not that far off from the big picture.
I’m not aware of any current survey of this count but give it time and if it is not the case now, it may be in time. At the very least, women will keep up with the men’s pace of collecting ink
A tattoo is a design, a pattern or marking made by the insertion of a dye into pores of the skin by perforating the skin with immense caution. In scientific terminology, tattooing is actually micro-pigment implantation. Tattoos are considered a type of body modification. Generally tattoo aficionados refer to tattoos as tats, ink, art or work. In the world of tatoos, the tatootist is known as an artist. This practice is gaining global approval and many mainstream art galleries hold exhibitions of tattoo designs and tattoo photographs. Tattoo designs are popularly known as flash. Tattoos are binding and cannot be erased in a normal way by washing by using any kind of commercial soap.
Tattoo designs often reflect the personality of the person wearing them. They are imprinted on different parts of the body. Often a person who is purchasing a tattoo searches through many designs before deciding on the design that is a perfect match.
Tattoo designs are all different and vary form culture to culture. There are tattoo designs with cultural significance. These tattoos are often worn by people who have extreme concern for their cultural roots, and the design that they select often has much to do with a cultural experience or something of significant importance to the person. There are also religious tattoos. People often like to get tattooed with religious motifs like a cross or aswastika or any other sign or design that has religious significance to the person.
Tattto artists have a variety of designs, as well as in tattoo design books to look through. Selections are also available on a number of websites. Sometimes the person getting the tattoo has come up with his or her own design and just needs a tattoo artist to apply it.
As time goes on, things change, society changes - and in a lot of fields, women are still coming out of the dark ages even in the area of tattoo artAt one time is very radical for a woman to get tattoos. Ages ago the association was more of a circus/freak show mentality. Not so today.
Not only are more and more women getting tattoos, but they are branching away from the mainstream choices of butterflies, flowers, and fairies. You are now seeing vintage Sailor Jerry designs, skulls, Koi fish, and even pinup model tattoos.
One only has to watch an episode of Miami Ink or LA Ink (and how many women artists on that show??) to get a feel of the clientele you’ll see entering a tattoo parlor.
A close friend of mine (a female tattoo artist and parlor owner) was curious about this and decided to check her records over a few months time and found that OVER 50% were women.
Granted, many of these women voiced the choice of a female artist due to their personal preference. I would say that these stats are not that far off from the big picture.
I’m not aware of any current survey of this count but give it time and if it is not the case now, it may be in time. At the very least, women will keep up with the men’s pace of collecting ink
A tattoo is a design, a pattern or marking made by the insertion of a dye into pores of the skin by perforating the skin with immense caution. In scientific terminology, tattooing is actually micro-pigment implantation. Tattoos are considered a type of body modification. Generally tattoo aficionados refer to tattoos as tats, ink, art or work. In the world of tatoos, the tatootist is known as an artist. This practice is gaining global approval and many mainstream art galleries hold exhibitions of tattoo designs and tattoo photographs. Tattoo designs are popularly known as flash. Tattoos are binding and cannot be erased in a normal way by washing by using any kind of commercial soap.
Tattoo designs often reflect the personality of the person wearing them. They are imprinted on different parts of the body. Often a person who is purchasing a tattoo searches through many designs before deciding on the design that is a perfect match.
Tattoo designs are all different and vary form culture to culture. There are tattoo designs with cultural significance. These tattoos are often worn by people who have extreme concern for their cultural roots, and the design that they select often has much to do with a cultural experience or something of significant importance to the person. There are also religious tattoos. People often like to get tattooed with religious motifs like a cross or aswastika or any other sign or design that has religious significance to the person.
Tattto artists have a variety of designs, as well as in tattoo design books to look through. Selections are also available on a number of websites. Sometimes the person getting the tattoo has come up with his or her own design and just needs a tattoo artist to apply it.
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