Tattoos contain permanent color particles with metal salts, plastic and chemicals rather than natural vegetable colors. Tattooing developed in many cultures as a way to mark the skin through various techniques like pricking, puncturing or tapping pigment into the skin. Evidence of some of the earliest tattoos date back to around 3300 BC on the Iceman mummy, though Egyptian and Nubian mummies from around 2000 BC also contained tattoos.

2. Most people believe that tattoos are done with vegetable colors, which isn't true at all. Tattoos contain permanent color particles with metal salts, plastic and several other chemicals which aren't natural at all. Scientifically, getting a tattoo is a medical procedure An amazing variety of tattooing methods developed in different cultures. In North and South America, many Indian tribes routinely tattooed the body or the face by simple pricking, and some tribes in California introduced color into scratches. Many tribes of the Arctic and Subarctic, mostly Inuit, and some people in eastern Siberia, made needle punctures through which a thread coated with pigment (usually soot) was drawn underneath the skin. In Polynesia and Micronesia, pigment was pricked into the skin by tapping on a tool shaped like a small rake. The Maori people of New Zealand, who are world famous for their tattooing, applied their wood carving technique to tattooing. In the moko style of Maori tattooing, shallow, colored grooves in distinctive, complex designs were produced on the face and buttocks by striking a small bone-cutting tool (used for shaping wood) into the skin. After the Europeans arrived in the 1700s, the Maori began using the metal that settlers brought for a more conventional style of puncture tattooing. Believe it or not, some scientists say that certain marks on the skin of the Iceman, a mummified human body dating from about 3300 B.C., are tattoos. If that’s true, these markings represent the earliest known evidence of the practice. Tattoos found on Egyptian and Nubian mummies date from about 2000 B.C., and classical authors mention the use of tattoos in connection with Greeks, ancient Germans, Gauls, Thracians and ancient Britons. People in many traditions get their children tattoed to protect them from evil spirits and energies.

3. There is no "underground" community, no dark den of drunken sailors initiating themselves into manhood via cheap, ill-conceived exercises in bodily perforation; it's just a group of people who delight in using their bodies as billboards. ~Joanne McCubrey, "Walking Art: Tattoos," Mountain Democrat Weekend magazine, 9 February 1990 Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good.

4. Bob Tyrell- black an gray artist he is an inspiration to me cause I love to do black an gray tattoos .. Bob Tyrrell is an incredibly talented artist specializing in horror imagery, portraiture, and realism . Having entered the industry at a relatively late stage he has quickly shot to fame under the tutelage of renowned artist Tom Renshaw . His work is heavily influenced by American sci-fi and fantasy artist Frank Franzetta , and his pieces are proudly worn by many well-known musicians including singer Kid Rock. Known for his horror themed black and grey images, Tyrrell has the enviable talent of creating work that appears to leap off the client’s skin. His portraits are characterized by eyes that can follow a person round the room, an effect which many artists struggle to create. Based in Warren, Michigan, he spends much of his time on the road at various tattoo conventions and has appeared in both LA Ink and London Ink documentaries.

5. Tattooing is a work of art Do it the best u could with your heart Happy customers is always good Cheap tattoos are no good an good tattoos are not cheap Cool people rocks mean people suck tipping your artist is appreciated .