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Tattoos Unlimited eBookVersion 4.0By Dan Caron
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In t r oduc t ion Welcome to the Tattoos Unlimited eBook. Inside you will find hundreds of high quality
fashionable designs ready to be printed and inked. Our goal is to provide you quality
tattoo information and tattoo ideas at a great price. If you decide to get one of thesedesigns inked, please send a digital picture to [email protected]. Wed loveto see it, and may feature it on our website.
ULTRA IMPORTANT: When you are selecting a page to print, be sure that you select theoption to print ONLY the current page! If you simply choose print, you may end upprinting the entire eBook. We recommend viewing at 100% to prevent distortion.
Table of ContentsBeginners Guide to Getting a Tattoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Tattoo Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Choosing a Tattoo Parlor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Tattoo Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
History of Tattoos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tribal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Celtic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Decorative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Dragons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Assorted Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Butterflies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Floral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Patriotic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Zodiac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
The Essential Guide to Getting a Kanji Tattoo/ Discount Offer . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Chinese Zodiac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Chinese Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
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Beginner 's Guide t o Get t ing a Ta t t ooThe main concern when thinking about getting a tattoo should be finding something that
you really like as well as the location on your body. Keep in mind that this will be with you
for the rest of your life, so you must be comfortable with this decision.
Custom tattoos tend to be more expensive and time consuming because they demand the
artist to pay closer attention to the detail and design. In addition, it is a design that they
have never done before. Simple, more common designs are generally less expensive and
take less time.
Another aspect of the design to consider is color or black. Black tattoos are very attractive
because they tend to stand out more on the skin due to more of a contrast. Color tattoos
generally are more expensive but there can be more creativity involved because the
possibilities are endless with color.
The location of the tattoo is key. You must consider some things when thinking oflocation. Will others see it easily? Do I want this to be easily seen by others? Do I want it in
more of a private place so only those close to me would view it? Which body parts hurt
more than others?
Generally, places that have thinner skin tend to hurt more. These places include, but are
not limited to, due to differences in all of our bodies, the ankles, head and the lower back.
Less painful places include the upper arm, back of the shoulder and the chest.
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Tat t oo Saf et y Pr ec aut ionsBefore making the decision to get a tattoo, be sure you are educated about possible
health risks associated with the practice. These risks are minimal but can occur
nonetheless.
Non-sterile tattoo practices can possibly lead to the transmission of infectious organisms
such as Hepatitis B and tuberculosis. To limit the risk, be sure to see the next section on
How to Choose a Tattoo Parlor.
Be sure to follow the exact instructions on caring for your new tattoo. Your skin is open
and is in the healing process during the first few weeks after your tattooing session so besure to take care of it carefully.
Another thing to consider is allergic reactions to the pigment. If you are aware of any
allergies you may have, be sure to share them with your tattoo artist.
There is a list provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that is known as
Universal Precautions. This is part of the Blood borne Pathogens Rule that was issued by
the EPA. They apply in any health service setting that exposure to bodily fluids and bloodis likely to occur. This includes tattoo parlors.
Many states and local authorities have their own regulations for tattoo parlors that are
based on the EPA guidelines. Check to see if your state or local municipality has such
regulations. Also, look into any professional licensure that your state may have in effect for
tattoo parlors.
Finally, the biggest thing to remember when getting a tattoo is to NOT let a friend try totattoo you. Please leave it to the professionals who make this art their livelihood. They
have the training and licensing to provide you with a clean and safe service.
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Choos ing a Ta t t oo Pa r l or Choosing the right tattoo parlor is very important, especially when getting your first
tattoo. There are many things to consider when choosing a tattoo parlor.
Make sure that the parlor is a place where you feel comfortable and relaxed. Some people
have had the experience of joining a friend for their tattooing session so you may already
have an idea of a place like this.
Most importantly, the parlor should be clean and professional. Clean is always important
when dealing with needles and blood.
The tattoo parlor should be well lit. This is important for a few reasons. The bright, orbetter yet, natural light is a better way for you and the artist to see the true nature of the
colors used and what the tattoo will actually look like. It also makes it easier to feel relaxed
knowing that you can see what is going on all around you.
When walking into a tattoo parlor for the first time, dont be afraid to ask questions. Are
the needles and other materials one-time use? Will gloves be worn? How long have the
artists been tattooing? Are they members of a professional organization?
Be sure that all of the needles are opened in front of you. This will ensure that they havent
been used 15 minutes before you for the person down the street.
If you know of anyone with a tattoo, feel free to ask them where they got it done and if
they would recommend the parlor or a particular artist. Tattoo magazines are a good place
too. You may find an article or advertisement for one in your area. Also, browse around the
internet to find a place.
Remember, this is a permanent investment, be sure to choose the tattoo parlor that is
right for you.
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Tat t oo Car eThe first thing to remember about your tattoo is that this is a lifetime investment! Do not
rely on information from friends about the care of your new tattoo. The artist will provide
you with the proper care for the tattoo.
Generally, if your tattoo has been bandaged, leave it on for approximately two hours.
Then, wash it gently with luke-warm water using antibacterial soap. Pat it dry, do not rub.
This washing should occur three to four times a day.
Do no apply another bandage to the tattoo. Allow it to be exposed to air. This will help the
healing process. Also, try to avoid tightly fitted clothing. Clean, loose clothing will be the
best.
After washing, apply very thing coasts of Bacitracin or A&D Ointment and work it into the
skin. Do not over apply. Apply just enough so that the tattoo appears shiny. If you can see
the ointment on your skin, you are using too much.
Do not soak the tattoo in water or let the shower directly spray hard onto it. Also, avoid
swimming pools, the ocean, hot tubs or any other source of water, aside from the shower,
until the tattoo is healed. Also avoid getting the new tattoo sunburned until it is healed. All
of these can fade the tattoo and hinder the healing process.
When the tattoo begins the healing process, do not directly scratch the tattoo. Itching
means healing and a little bit of alcohol will relieve the itch. Also, do not pick the scabs
that may form. Let them fall off gradually. This will usually happen in one to three weeks.
If swelling or redness occurs, you can use ice packs to help the swelling go down.
Most importantly, notify a doctor if you have even the slightest sign of infection.
The healing process can be as little as one week or as long as six weeks or more depending
on the size and complexity of your particular design.
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His t or y of Tat t oosArguably, tattoos date back to about 3000 B.C. Marks found on a mummified human body
dating that old, have tattoos. Tattoos have also been found on Egyptian and Nubian
mummies that date back to about 2000 B.C. Many references can also be found in books
from classical authors referring to the Greeks, Germans and Gauls.
Europeans rediscovered tattooing when they encountered Polynesians and American
Indians during some exploration. The word tattoo comes from the Tahitian word tattau
which means to mark. European and U.S. societies considered tattoos very exotic so
many tattooed Indians and Polynesians drew a crowd at the circus and fairs during the
18th and 19th centuries.
The reason for tattooing has changed over the years and across various cultures. In the
early practice of tattooing, it was primarily for decoration. This ancient practice still holds
true today for most people. Early Romans used tattoos for identification. They would
tattoo slaves and criminals so that everyone would know their status. Tahitian tattoos were
rites of passage and told to story and history of the persons life. In the early days of the
U.S. when sailors would travel to foreign lands, they would collect tattoos as souvenirs of
their travels and experiences.
Methods of tattooing varied across cultures and time as well. Many Indians in North and
South America created tattoos simply by pricking. Some tribes in California then began to
introduce scratches when introducing color. In Polynesia, pigment was pricked into the
skin by using a small tool that resembled a rake. In New Zealand, the Maori people used
wood carving techniques using a bone-cutting tool to make shallow, colored grooves in
the skin. When the Europeans arrived, they began to use metal, taking a small step toward
the puncture style of tattooing we see today.
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The Essent ial Gu ide To Get t ing a Kan j i Tat t oo
Japanese tattoos are cool. Of course, if you have money to burn like any of these ladies, you canafford to hire a professional translator to pick out the perfect character combination. But ifpersonal translation is out of your league how can you avoid becoming a kanji fashion victim andget stuck with a tattoo you will really regret?
1. Know the difference hiragana, katakana and kanji
Before you talk to your tattoo artist, make sure you know what you are talking about. You say youwant a Japanese tattoo, but what do you know about Japanese characters? You need a quick stintin 2-minute Japanese boot camp.
First off, lets be clear that there is no Japanese alphabet. There are three sets of Japanesecharacters hiragana, katakana and kanji and each group has its own history, function and style.Get your head around these facts and you will already know more than 99% of the people
walking around with Japanese tattoos right now:
Hiragana These simple, rounded characters represent sounds, but have no independentmeaning. They were developed by women in the Heian period and are still considered feminineby Japanese people.
Katakana Developed by Buddhist monks around the same time as hiragana, these are simple,angular characters that also represent sounds and have no meaning of their own. You saw themcascading down the screen in Matrix (although they were backwards!)Kanji Originally from China, these characters are like pictures, representing a meaning and alsoseveral different sounds depending on the situation.Just reading this has probably given you an idea of which style you might like for your tattoo but dont stop just yet! Now you know what kinds of Japanese characters there are, lets move onto
2. Writing styles
Come a bit closer. Lean forward towards the screen. Thats right. Now, look at the words in frontof you. Take a good, close look at the shapes of these letters. OK? Now tell me honestly: Wouldyou want a tattoo in Times New Roman? How about Tahoma? Whats that? You dont want a
tattoo by Canon or Epson? Sure you dont. And in the same way, you dont want to have yourJapanese tattoo looking like a printout either!
So, now we move on to writing styles. Just like there are three kinds of Japanese characters, thereare also three ways they can be written. Dont worry. This is easy! I know, you are thinking thatyou cant even read Japanese, so how on earth will you be able to recognize these differentstyles? Well, try this:
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Kaisho Block letters. You learned to write your ABCs like this, and Japanese kids learn to writetheir characters in just the same way: Like a Volvo boxy but good.
Gyousho Cursive letters. You moved up to middle school and learned you could write faster byletting the parts of some letters flow into the next. Yes, you guessed it - the Japanese do the samething, and they call it gyousho.
Sousho Super-cursive letters. Ever seen a prescription from a doctor? Then you know whatsoushois like in Japanese: Sure, the writer or some other trained person can (probably) read it,but no one else has a clue what it says!
Are you getting the picture? If you want to look like a computer printout, then be my guest andgo for the kaishostyle. Thats your choice. But I think you probably want to use either gyoushoorsoushofor your tattoo. My personal preference would be gyousho: Its stylish, but it wont leaveeven native speakers baffled.
3. Real or fake?
Remember Mel C from the Spice Girls? Well guess what kanji she got tattooed on her arm? Thatsright Girl Power: Great in English, but show this kanji combination to most Japanese peopleand youll get a blank look at best. Want a worse example? Try big daddy. Now, you know whatit means in English, but put it into kanji and you end up with large father! It just doesnt work.
Im sure you remember that kanji are the only characters that have meaning as well as sound. Andtheir beauty means that they are what most people want for their tattoos. But watch out: As wellas being popular, they can also be the most dangerous!
Lets see if we can find a pattern here: Look carefully at the examples above. What are theycommunicating - concrete concepts or abstract ideas? Can you see the difficulty the translators
had? The kanji for dragon, samurai, love or any other concrete ideas are pretty easy todiscover. But go for anything with an idiomatic meaning and whoever is trying to help youtranslate it is going to get a major headache!
Just an idea, but how about this suggestion: Rather than trying to force a round English peg intoa square Japanese hole, why not find a real Japanese phrase that you like and get that instead?Bushidou(the Way of the Warrior) and Ninjutsu(The Art of Stealth) are two good examples of realJapanese terms that would make great tattoos.
4. Your name in Japanese
As Im sure you remember from 2-minute Japanese boot camp, katakana are the charactersusually used to write foreign words and names. So, if you want to get a tattoo of your name,technically these would be the characters you would choose. (If katakana float your boat, thenyou should check out the katakana name translator here.) But I am guessing that, like mostpeople, you want your name written in kanji.
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Do a quick search on Google and you can find a number of sites that specialize in translatingnames into kanji. Basically there are two different methods that these sites use, so lets look atthem here.
Translating the meaning This method involves finding out the original meaning of the Englishname, and then researching the kanji equivalent.
For example, my name has its origins in Greek and means crowned one. The one who iscrowned is the king, so I could translate my name into the kanji for king and call myselfohsama.(Perhaps a little pretentious and disturbingly similar to Mr. Bin Ladens first name!)
Translating the sound This is a lot more difficult! Flick through a dictionary and you will find abunch of kanji that can be combined to sound like your name. But sound isnt everything:Remember that kanji have meaning as well. In fact, it is even more complex than this! Be sure tocheck each of the following factors with anyone who translates your name like using this method:
1. Sound Does it sound like your name or not? I have seen my name translated oncertain websites to sound like Stefan. Shame my name (Stephen) is actually said the
same as Steven!2. On-yomi and kun-yomi Yes, more technical words! But dont panic they are easy to
understand: Basically, kanji have two kinds of reading. One kind, on-yomi, is theiroriginal Chinese sound. The other, kun-yomi, is their Japanese-only sound. What towatch is that (like oil and water) on-yomi and kun-yomi dont mix. Use either all on-yomi reading or all kun-yomi readings to make the sound of your name.
3. Meaning Do the kanji have a good meaning together? Now, it can be very difficultto find kanji that sound right and have a good meaning, so you may need tocompromise a little on one of these.4. Masculine or feminine I guess this is more like a sub-category of meaning, but it issomething you need to check out to avoid embarrassment. For example, while Asian
Beauty may be a great combination for a woman, I get the feeling most men wouldnot be too happy about having that permanently written into their skin!5. If in doubt, check!
First, use your new-found knowledge of Japanese to ask a few difficult questions to your tattooartist or kanji specialist. If you get the feeling they dont know what they are talking about, youprobably want to look elsewhere.
Next, before you get anything permanent done, use an online dictionary (like the one athttp://kanjidict.stc.cx/dict) to check whether the Japanese really means what you want it to. You
may not be able to input Japanese yourself, but you can copy and paste characters from an emailor web page and see what they mean.
Finally, if you are lucky enough to know any, ask a Japanese person what they think. Theirconfused expression may tell you that you have come up with another big daddy!
Follow this advice and you will avoid the most dangerous pitfalls of Japanese tattoos and get akanji tattoo you can be proud of.
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Ab ou t t h e Au t h or o f Th e Essen t i al Gu id e t o Get t i ng A K an j i Tat t o oStephen Munday lives in Japan and is the creator ofwww.japanese-name-translation.com,where you can download images of over 2,200 names in kanji or have a unique phrasetranslated into Japanese for a tattoo. This article is copyright. You must contact StephenMunday at the above site if you wish to reproduce it in any way.
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