If you have chosen the design of your future tattoo it means that it’s high time to decide what part of body will be decorated with it. There’re no definite rules about the correlation of tattoo pattern and their body “geography,” but still we all know that large tattoos are typically found on shoulders, thighs and back while little ones “settle” on arms or coccyx. Men tend to tattoo themselves with huge tattoos while women are likely to prefer tiny patterns, and so on..

Most frequently people tattoo their arms. The thing is that such tattoos are easy to show and to hide according to the state of mood.

Wrists are tattooed eagerly as well. This area is suitable for placing wristbands of every sort and kind as well as airy flower motives and small pictures. The latter pattern is used rarely as there’s not enough place on the wrist. But wristband tattoo designs are really popular as it is felicitous embroidery of your body. Firstly, it can be a great and stylish addition to your image. And secondly, it is easily hidden with watches if desired. But still be cautious - since the wrist is very close to the hand, your tattoo may be seen from under your clothing and, like any tattoo, it may frighten your current and future employer. So it is better to decide for a thin tat anyway.

As to patterns, the choice is really rich, with tribal or Celtic tattoos being most common - their intricate patterns, elaborate knots, “woven” lines and so are magnificently mysterious and carry neutral meaning to other people. A Celtic band can be a great addition to your present Celtic tattoo (if you have one, naturally).

Chains, train tracks, symbols, stars, geometrical figures, hieroglyphs, and even readable scripts can also be used to adorn your wrist with a tattoo. Generally wristband tattoo designs give a look and feel of the real bracelet, with the only difference that you will wear it day and night all your life.

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Although many people are in love with tattoo art, still much more people realize that making a tattoo is a momentary wish and someday in the future they will long for a clean skin without that butterflies, flowers or scribbles.

That’s why temporary tattoos are increasingly asked. Such tattoos last for some time and then go away completely without scars or any marks.

The process of making a temporary tattoo is similar to that of a permanent tattoo - small amounts of pigment are inserted into your skin, using a sharp short needle. But the difference is that for life-long tattoos special ink is used, and temporary ones are made with the help of natural coloring agents.

It is vital to know that there are no inkjet temporary tattoos. Even if a master promises not to put ink too deep into your skin in order that it should disappear in a couple of years, don’t believe them. It is they who are likely to disappear, but a bruise on your body - and such “temporary” tattoo will look like a bruise when the time passes - colored in the chosen shade will remain and demand an expensive and painful operation of tattoo removal.

Modern temporary tattoos are made with the help of henna. Frankly speaking, they can be a little bit blurred as henna feathers under your skin. A henna tattoo will last from 5 days till 3 weeks and is easily removed by rubbing it with a soapy bath sponge or plugging it with spirits.

Another advantage of henna tattoos is that needles are not used while doing them, and henna doesn’t cause allergies. Nevertheless, it is better to do them in a saloon.

Temporary tattoos can be as well done with the help of mater-resistant markers or stickers. They will last short but they are perfect if you want to go to a party wearing a tattoo and forget about tattoo art in the morning.

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Tattoo are has already penetrated all levels of our society. Tattoos nowadays don’t mean that their wearers are “that kind of people,” I mean having some peculiar preoccupation like sailors or have problems with law. Tattoo is an embroilment of our body, and the choice of this or that tattoo design depends on a person’s likes and dislikes, preferences, traits of character and whatever else.

Some people choose their childhood favorites like Woody Woodpecker, Mickey Mouse, unicorns to be their tattoos. These are very positive and optimistic cartoon tattoo patterns.

Woody Woodpecker tattoos stem from a “Woody Woodpecker” cartoon created by the animation studio Walter Benjamin Lantz between 1940 and 1972 and spread by Universal Pictures.

The protagonist of the cartoon was created as early as in 1940 according to a sketch drawn by Ben Hardway who also took part in the design of other eccentric characters - Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck for Warner Bros. movie company.

So who is Woody? On answering this question, we may find out what Woody Woodpecker tattoos possibly symbolize. Woody is cheerful and joyful but rather an importunate person. He a classic example of an antihero called also a screwball. By his behavior he annoys his neighbors and turns their lives into Hell, often having no particular reasons for it. Having played a trick on somebody he laughs contagiously.

But at the same time the author and the audience sympathize with Woody. He deals with his problems and threats from his antagonists with humor and inborn wit and craftiness. He has inexhaustible supplies of life energy and never loses heart.

So, Woody Woodpecker tattoos may stand for a person who doesn’t afraid of showing off, of revealing his personality though he could be misunderstood by the crowd. He is self-assured and believes in success and positive outcome of any initiative.

Or simply childhood never dies!

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Many people are interested in tattoo art as well as in the process of tattooing itself. The process it not that difficult at all, it consists of the following steps: you choose a pattern, find a sketch, than mark contours of your future tattoo. After it is done, you paint it and yet it heals. Than correction goes if necessary.

It might seem very easy, but you need skills and experience to make high-quality tattoo. But not every body can afford a professional tattoo gun at the very beginning, so lots of amateur tattoo masters show a great interest in so called DIY tattoo machines that can be made from household supplies and engines from household appliances.

Using a DIT tattoo machine is, well, rather a dangerous trial-and-error approach to your creative work. While tattooing, you make an enormous number of holes in the skin. Each of these tiny wound may invite infections, including dangerous one. That’s why proper sterilization is a must. Heating a needle under a flame or cleaning it with alcohol is not enough. The needles must be sterilized in a machine called an autoclave that really kills germs.

Remember that the disregard of hygiene (in a tattoo saloon as well!) often leads to complications such as inflammation and never-healing wounds.

So if are brave enough to use a DIY tattoo machine, don’t save money at least on coloring agents (pigments). Cheap pigments are made of sot, ink and gel pastes with low light-reflective capability. That’s why the ink under your skin grows dim and a tattoo may as well blow out. The same concerns needles. Give you preference to original ones and don’t make them at home.

Tattoo professional assume that it is impossible to achieve a high-quality beautiful tattoo with a home-made gun. Especially if you are going to tattoo your own body. If you want one, you’d better go to a tattoo saloon. And if you’d like to devote your life to tattoo art, the purchasing of all the equipment will cost you large sums of money, but it will not be spent in vain, at least.

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Woodland Fairy tattoos belong to the group of mythical tattoos as they depict creatures that possess magical powers. It is usually a young female named nymph who personifies the supernatural, is generally good, beautiful and innocent. That’s why this tattoo design is mostly typical of women.

The image of a fairy can be traced back to Celtic mythology as well as it has a Biblical background. In the latter case fairies are considered to be angels that once lived in Heaven, but when the time came they were undecided who they should stay with - Devil or God. That’s why they neither remained angels nor became demons but found their place on a sinful Earth at the same time and were going to help people using the magic they preserved. Celtic woodland fairies, on the contrary can not only fulfill the wishes but also cause harm to people they dislike. Though, such malicious nymphs occur very rarely.

There’s also an opinion that fairies live in the parallel world and if they interfere with mankind they hust do what they consider to by right. Such are Irish fairies - neither evil nor good.

Woodland fairy tattoos thus carry different symbolic meanings: for some they may represent mischief and charm of the wearer while some see fairies as a symbol of beauty, eternal youth, and natural freedom.

Such tattoos as we have already found out portray nymphs in woodland setting, on a river bank or among flowers. In general there’re no restrictions upon such tattoos, so you can fully express your individuality creating your own design. Though, some common elements are present: stars should be included into the setting and the fairy herself should fly or at lest have wings. Commonly used colors are blue and pink.

Thanks to their small size, woodland fairy tattoos can be placed everywhere, but normally they are done on the back, shoulder, calf or ankle. Fairies are the quickest to be tattooed and the very process go on less painfully.

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