January was a bleak month here in New York City. The second snowiest month ever did not bode well for inkspotting, but on the last day of the month, I met Jenny, a graphic designer, at my local bookstore.
Jenny had two tattoos visible, but has nine others as well. She offered up this cool skeleton key tattoo on her inner left forearm:
She told me that the tattoo's orientation on her arm is, if you'll pardon the pun, key. It points toward her heart and represents the fact that she makes her own decisions in her life, or in her own words, "I open my own doors".
She had this done by Mumia at Omega Tattoos in Queens. She added that all her tattoos are in black and gray, saying it is a matter of personal preference and that colors don't translate well on her skin.
Check out Jenny's website here to see some of her design work. I especially like this example of her design for a tattoo shop.
Thanks to Jenny for sharing this special key with us here on Tattoosday!
Tattoo Removal
When patients consider removing tattoos, mostly discussing the matter with regard to their own situation – you can remove my tattoo? Fortunately, with today’s technology, most tattoos can be removed completely. This article will discuss what the tattoos are easily removed, which are more difficult to remove, and those that are very difficult or unlikely to leave.
Tattoo removal patients seeking to remove tattoos have the opportunity that was simply unavailable 10 years ago. Modern Q-Switched Nd: YAG laser tattoo removal use very short bursts of energy to break the ink in a tattoo. The wavelengths of light are absorbed by the tattoo or its intensity and short duration are able to break the pigment particles. Some colors may respond more easily to the wavelengths of light generated by the laser.
The 1064nm wavelength is very effective disintegrates darker ink – black, brown, blue, purple, black, etc. The 532nm wavelength is used for lighter colors – red, orange, green, yellow, etc. These combination two wavelengths in the same session of the clinic allows tattoo removal in Dallas to successfully remove most tattoos.
But some tattoos have a color that makes them much more difficult to remove. Specifically, patients with a light green or blue / green (also called Teal or turquoise) tattoos sometimes face an uphill battle to get their tattoo faded as they want. Whatever the laser used if certain colors are present in the tattoo, only 50-70% of the ink can be removed. For some patients with only a small part of that color in their tattoos, it’s a good result. But for patients with significant amounts of blue / green ink, they can be satisfied with the results, and they deserve an honest assessment of the tattoo removal clinic, before starting treatment.
Some tattoos are almost impossible to remove, but fortunately these are rare. white ink tattoos often cause difficulties because of the nature of a metallic ink, and because the laser is reflected however, is absorbed by the tattoo pigment. Tattoos Glow-in-the-dark for the same reasons lead to difficult to remove.
Some tattoos are very dark and have lots of pigment in them. They can be covered with tattoos ups before, or a tribal tattoo that is very rich in ink. These tattoos can often be completely eliminated if the colors are correct, but may need several sessions – maybe 10-15.
Other factors that influence the rapid tattoo can be removed include: the age of the tattoo (old tattoos are easier to remove than new tattoos) and the ink density (the thick, dark tattoos tend to take more sessions than light, faded tattoos).
For more information, to remove a tattoo, please call the hospital, which specializes in laser tattoo removal. The experts will undertake a series of procedures for tattoo removal process daily experience gives you the best advice and the latest equipment and training.
Tattoos In Places You Will Never Imagine
These days tattoos are being called body art, and with good reason. The serious tat freak is wearing tattoos on about fifty percent of their body and some of them are nothing short of spectacular. Do you think just a few of them may be going a little over the top with their “art?” or do you think it’s hot?
Celebrity Tattoos
Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp are some of the prominent Hollywood stars, who have Though there are many celebrities, who flaunt temporary tattoos, there are some who have permanent tattoo art on their bodies. Since rock stars, film stars and pop stars are seen more as symbol of freedom, they tend to reaffirm their image by displaying tattoo art. In the decade of 1980s, Janis Joplin and Cher were some among the prominent celebrities, who sported tattoos.
If this were not enough, in 2004 tattoo artist, Louis Malloy, flew from the UK to give David Beckham, a new winged cross tattoo on the back of his neck, during a soccer tournament. Beckham got his arm tattooed, showing Victoria in Hindi. Though the rage and enthusiasm of tattoo, as a body art was gaining popularity, it was with the British football star, David Beckham, that the tattoo craze reached its zenith. It was during this period, when the idea of tattoo being an excellent self-expression art form, caught both the common mass and the celebrities by their imagination wings. The art, which was until then, sported by a minority group, started expanding in its reach.
The craze of celebrity tattoo took shape in the 20th century, when the western rock and pop artists showed their keenness for tattoo art. However, during those times, family crests and other small signets were popular tattoo designs, which they sported on their forearms and other body parts. The art of tattooing, as a fashion trend, emerged in the 19th century, by the British upper classes.
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