Body art, if it was 5 years ago, it would most probably be frown upon but lately this phenomena has become the status of being cool. It is now main stream fashion. After all the designer labels, it is the next must have item for fashion conscious people today. So let us look at what exactly is body art by today's standards.
Tattoos was and still is main form of body art that is popular. Tattoos have been incorporated into many cultures around the world. This is true from the east all the way to the west. The designs that are popular today, comes from both Western and Asian origin. From the west we have Celtic designs, Biomechanical designs and the so called Tribal designs. Designs popular from the east would be the Japanese and Chinese ones. The various types of tattoos each reflects the rich heritage of its original culture, one can see the Irish heritage in the Celtic tattoos and the dragons and samurais of the east gives us the feel of the mysterious Asians, each with its own beauty, character and meanings. Ideas for tattoo's not only originate from the above but also any type of artistic artwork available today. i.e. drawings, art pieces, photographs, etc. The modern tattoo equipments available today enables the tattoo artist to ink almost anything on skin today. You only have to pay a visit to any tattoo shop to see to see how true this is.
The size and location for a tattoo is very personal. You would find people with a small tattoo in a very private place on their body to people with full body tattoos (head to toe). This depends on the artistic taste of each individual. There is a saying that tattoos are addictive, which may well may be true because I've got numerous friends who started off with just one small tattoo and gradually this grew and grew to cover half of their upper torso. Addictive or not you'll have to decide for yourself. As for me it wasn't addictive but after enduring a few hours of pain I felt a great sense of achievement. The level of pain that one would feel depends on which part of the body the tattoo is being drawn on, also what type and size of the tattoo.
The single most important thing that you'll have to keep in mind if you want to get a tattoo irregardless of style and size is that this is a permanent art work. Sure you see lots of adverts that provide tattoo removal services, but these are both costly and would leave scars or marks too. So if you want to get a permanent marking done make it a choice that you know you'll like for a long time. Else got a temporally tattoo, one that will fade after one week or so. This is very important, too often people get a tattoo of their current sweetheart's name, a week later they are no longer together. Then they start to look for ways to remove or change the tattoo so that it no longer represents that person. Heed my advise readers.
Finally I've got to say that tattoos have been here for a long time and it will be with us for many more just as long as there are artist and people who desire beautiful permanent body art.
