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For thousands of years people of different cultures have enjouyed and made use of tattoos. Mummified bodies in from ancient Egypt have marks which suggest they had tattoos and these days it is considered quite normal for both young men and women and even older men and woment to have tattoos.

The origins of the word tattoo are thought to have arrived from sailors who had been to Tahiti where a similar word is used to mean a mark. The european sailors discovered that Polynesians and native American Indians were frequently covered in tattoos whereas in Europe the art had almost died out.

Everybody who gets a tattoo has their own reasons for doing so but these days it is mostly for decoration. The Roman Empire used tattoos to designate status for cerain groups of society. Criminals and slaves had tattoos which showed their status to warn others not to treat them with the respect a freeman would be entitled to.

The methods of tattooing have changed little over the centuries though modern equipment is much better at doing the job. The original method was by pricking the skin with a pointed object and then rubbing in the ink and later it was found that scratches could be used to add morre color to the designs. Modern tattoo equipment injects the pigment with a needle.

In the past you had to accept a tattoo design with which the tattoo artist was familiar. You depended on his knowledge of designs. Now we have the internet and this has revolutionized the choice of designs available to you. You can simply go online and select from thousands of printable tattoo designs to find the one you like best. Once selected you print it out and take it to your local tattooist who can copy it onto your skin.

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You can read a lot more about printable tattoo designs at www.tattoodesignsspot.com and also view some designs

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