not much to say.

So when looking at modern tattoos, some people get tattooed for one of four reasons:

1. Got drunk 

2. Lost a bet

3. has some meaning

4. wants to look like everyone else

The point of tattoos has changed over the years. It used to be that it was a cultural thing and status in that culture. Now it is simply that the person wants it. 

Celtic tattoos are the fad for men with large biceps.

Tattoos on your lower back so it shows when your shirt rides up and your pants can sit where they are supposed to, these are generally referenced to as a "tramp stamp" on females.

The tattoo on a person's back is usually the best tattoo on a person's body. It has a large area for a piece.

This is all for this week. Sorry so short. I'll do better next time

History in the making

To get started, here is a link that anyone can go to, and can pick out the specific part of the world or group of people that you want to know how tattooing became part of that society.

In Africa, not being racist, please don't think I am, since the people that live there happen to be black and the ink of the time happened to be black, the art of "tatau" was used. This is the raising of skin and scarring with a knife or razor. The scars were placed when a female was "becoming a woman" or after she had children. Males were given scars when they reached manhood and other milestones in their lives.

If a person did not have scars they were outcasts.

Women also had tattoos placed on their face because they believed that the spirits entered through the holes in the skin, thus they needed it to be placed somewhere that clothing was not always covering.

http://tattoojoy.com/tattoo_history/index.php

The tattoo machine was first patented in Great Britain, by Samuel O'Reilly, and later followed to the Americas.

That's the history for now.