DESIGN YOUR OWN TATTOO

Design Your Own Tattoo

You can expand on or modify the images below to create your own unique, personalized tattoo designs. The tattoos shown below are the permanent kind, but temporary tattoos are growing in popularity, as they have many clear advantages over permanent tattoos. For one thing, temp tattoos are painless, fast and a lot less expensive. They also allow for more experimentation and creative freedom, as unwanted designs can be easily removed.

A real tattoo is a permanent marking made on the skin by a needle. The needle is used for injecting ink into the first few layers of skin. This procedure permanently changes the skin's color.

Tattooing has been practiced all over the world since prehistoric times. Tattoos have served many cultural and symbolic purposes, such as rites of passage, marks of status, or indicators of religious and spiritual devotion. The symbolism and emotional impact associated with tattoos varies in different places at different times.

Today in America, most people who choose to be tattooed do so for cosmetic or artistic reasons, or to symbolize their identification with particular groups. For whatever the reasons, body art has reached mainstream popularity in today's American culture.

To see a wider assortment of cool tattoo art, click the link at the bottom of this page.

You have the choice to come up with your own tattoo designs, or you can have your tattoo artist do them for you.

DESIGN YOUR OWN TATTOO - ZODIAC, TRIBAL AND OTHER POPULAR DESIGNS

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