TATTOOS BY JOSE REYES Tables of contents 1

TATTOOS BY: JOSE REYES

Tables of contents 1. Tattoo Machines 2. Traditional tribal tattoo 3. Pros of tattooing 4. Cons of tattooing 5. Popular styles of tattooing 6. Popular style tattoo pictures 7. Bibliography

Tattoo Machine Traditional Tattooing Machine…. Tattoo machines have been around for over a hundred years and tattoos have been around longer than that. The machine has springs and coils to send the needle that is filled with ink from a vial, into the skin and create the tattoo between the first layer and the second layer of skin.

Traditional Tribal Tattoo Traditional Tribal Tattooing…… Traditional Tribal tattooing tools consist of a comb with needles carved from bone, conch shell or tortoise shell, fixed to a wooden handle, this looks much like a small rake. The needles are dipped into the pigment and then placed on the skin and the handle is tapped with a second wooden stick, causing the comb to puncture the skin and insert the pigment.

Pros Of Tattooing Getting Tats is a way of expressing your self or telling life stories. A tattoo can be a unique expression of your personal story and for what you stand for. New machines are coming out that are quicker and less painful, advancements in ink are such that you can get a far more rich color palette in tones that haven’t ever been available until recent years and cleanliness regulations have eliminated much of the health risk from years ago.

Cons of Tattooing It hurts when getting tatted up but it also can cause health risk. Being stuck with needles over and over for an extended time is risky. Getting a tattoo can put you at risk for contracting a variety of illnesses from a bacterial infection to HIV.

Pouplar Styles of Tattoos • Tribal-Tribal tattoos are without a doubt the oldest form of tattooing, with a 5, 200 year old European mummy displaying what looks like the ancestor of today’s tribal tattoos. Traditional tribal tattoos from Europe to Polynesia often used a bamboo needle and a hammer to inject the ink. Today, most tribal tattoos, even of the Samoan and Maori variety are done using the more efficient and less painful tattoo machines, with only a small number of practitioners of the bamboo method remaining. • Fine Line-The style originated in the Hispanic communities of East LA in the 70 s. Arguably, this style is the evolution of the prison tattoo. It features fine lines with great New Age depth of shading, all in tones of gray. Thanks to the warmth that the tones provide, this styles is often used for memorial pieces, and perhaps most effectively on portraits and other realistic pieces.

Poplar Styles of Tattoos Biomechanical- is a kind of style that makes the tattoo pop out the skin and make it look lifelike Photorealistic- is a portrait style tattoo. New School- is a cartoonish like tattoo that stands to pop out with bright colors Japanese- japanese tattoos were meant serving as spiritual symbols that were often used as a sort of charm for protection

Poplar Styles of Tattoos Japanes e Photorealistic Biomechanical Tribal Fine Line New School

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