Sunday, March 8, 2009

Choosing the Right Design

One of the most important items to consider when getting a new tattoo is choosing the right design. Keep in mind that this is going to be…more or less…a permanent inking of the skin. That is of course one wishes to go through the physical AND financial pain of having the tattoo removed.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Professional Tattoo Machines

All of our professional tattoo machines come standard with 10-wrapped tattoo coils and high quality tattoo machine parts. Left-handed and right-handed tattoo artists can tune our machines as a tattoo liner, shader, or coloring within minutes!!!

Friday, March 6, 2009

Tattoo Inks

Most tattoo inks technically are not inks at all. They are a composition of pigments that are suspended in a carrier solution. Contrary to popular belief, pigments are generally not vegetable dyes. Modern pigments primarily consist of metal salts. In addition, some pigments contain plastics and there are some vegetable dyes as well. The pigment provides the color and the carrier disinfects the pigment suspension, keeps it evenly mixed, and accommodates ease of application.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Original Tattoo History

In different parts of ancient Asia, tattoos were used for a number of different reasons. Girls were marked when they came of age, then taken and married off. Tattoos were also used to signify rankings in society. Those who were unfortunate enough to be slaves were marked differently than those who were in the military and so forth. Each Asian country had different traditions, but most all of them included tattooing, even though it may have been only a small percentage the population. These ancient Asian peoples were certainly a part of original tattoo history as is evidenced by how far back their art can be traced.