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 Sering kali masyarakat menyalah artikan tentang tato dan piercing. Kebanyakan masyarakat saat ini merasa bahwa tato dan piercing adalah hal yang pantas untuk ditentang dan dihindari serta para orang bertato dan bertindik atau yang biasa disebut kolektor ini pun mendapat image yang negative dari masyarakat. Padahal sejarah tato dan piercing yang pada kenyataannya adalah kebudayaan lama masyarakat dunia bahkan di Indonesia sendiri kepada para masyarakat.

 Memang bukti-bukti sejarah tato ini kurang begitu jelas, namun para ahli mengambil kesimpulan bahwa seni tato sudah ada sejak 12.000 tahun SM. Jaman dulu tato digunakan untuk semacam ritual bagi suku-suku kuno seperti Maori, Inca, Ainu, Polynesians, dan lain-lain. Konon menurut sejarahnya, tato pada awalnya ditemukan di Mesir pada waktu pembangunan The Great Pyramids. Dan kemudian orang-orang Mesir memperluas kerajaan mereka dikuti dengan menyebarnya seni tato. Perkembangan peradaban dari Crete, Yunani, Persia, dan Arabia semakin memperluas bentuk seni tersebut. sekitar tahun 2000 SM, seni tato menyebar ke Tiongkok. Dan kata tato sendiri berasal dari bahasa Tahitian yaitu “tutu”, yang berarti “tanda/menandakan sesuatu”.

 Di Indonesia sendiri acap kali para pencinta tato ini menjadi kaum marjinal. Apalagi ketika jaman Orde Baru dan munculnya PETRUS (Penembak Misterius) yang memburu orang bertato. Saat itu orang yang bertato dianggap sebagai preman, criminal, penjahat, dan sebagainya. Sehingga waktu itu banyak orang yang bertato ingin menghapus seluruh tato yang ada ditubuhnya agar terhindar dari Petrus.

Namun dalam perkembangannya sampai saat ini stigma masyarakat tersebut mulai berkurang, meskipun masih ada. Tato mulai dianggap sebagai fesyen, karena tato bisa mempercantik dan menambah rasa percaya diri seseorang atau sebagai aksesoris tubuh. Komunitas tato dan piercing juga mulai banyak. Ditambah lagi dengan maraknya studio-studio tato dan di piercing di beberapa kota besar seperti Bali, Jakarta, Bandung, dan Jogjakarta.

Tato adalah bagian dari seni, bukan lagi untuk dunia kekerasan dan kriminalitas. Tato sebuah ajang ekspresi seseorang, baik si artist (pembuat tato) atau pecinta tato sendiri. Layaknya lukisan, tato sendiri mempunyai makna dibalik sebuah gambarnya. Dan adalah tugas para pecinta tato dan piercing untuk membuat
dan mempertahankan image postif di kalangan masyarakat.

tatto designs 2010

 People always ask me what Tattoos they should get. It is a difficult question because there is no correct answer, each person is different, and it is dependant on personal preference. Instead, I will give insight as to some general types of Tattoos and also the most popular categories for 2010. Happy inking.

 There are many different types of Tattoos and countless designs to choose from. Think for a bit about what you like, and what kind of Tattoo would best fit your personality. It sounds like common sense, but a lot of people get a Tattoo off impulse, regretting their decision later in life.

 Naturalistic Tattoos
An attempt is made to portray the Tattoo(s) in a realistic style, or the 'natural' form. The portrayal, involving minute detailing, shading and perspective, is done in such a way that imparts a tattoo design as much realism as possible. With their cost a little on the higher side, naturalistic tattoos more popularly comprise of faces of Native Americans and religious leaders.

A tattoo is a marking made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. Tattoos on humans are a type of decorative body modification, while tattoos on animals are most commonly used for identification or branding. The first written reference to the word, "tattoo" (or Samoan "Tatau") appears in the journal of Joseph Banks, the naturalist aboard Cook's ship "The Endeavour", in 1769: "I shall now mention the way they mark themselves indelibly, each of them is so marked by their humor or disposition".

Tattooing   
    has been practiced for centuries worldwide. The Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, traditionally wore facial tattoos. Today one can find Berbers of Tamazgha (North Africa), M?ori of New Zealand, Arabic people in East-Turkey and Atayal of Taiwan with facial tattoos. Tattooing was widespread among Polynesian peoples and among certain tribal groups in the Taiwan, Philippines, Borneo, Mentawai Islands, Africa, North America, South America, Mesoamerica, Europe, Japan, Cambodia, New Zealand and Micronesia. Despite some taboos surrounding tattooing, the art continues to be popular in many parts of the world.

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Tattoos have been around for centuries and the majority of the designs that are popular are those that have been designed in the past, years and years ago. Thriled under: Tattoos Author: Loriough the many designs that can be chosen from – it can be hard to find tattoo designs that are considered to be modern and brand new through the designs that are created.

 What are some of the places that you can find inspiration for these modern tattoo designs? Finding modern tattoo designs often means choosing a tattoo artist with vision. Choosing a tattoo artist that is able to come up with completely new concepts that are based on the designs that you are seeking can be an effective way to ensure that you are able to find the design that is going to suit your modern style.

Phoenix Tattoos

Another tattoo design that illustrates the enduring popularity of Japanese tattooing traditions. But also a design with a rich mythological history in both Eastern and western cultures.

Phoenix Tattoos – The mythological bird of fire is familiar to most of us, but perhaps not so well-known is in it’s original meaning — ‘phoenix’ in Greek means ‘palm tree’.

Tales of the phoenix appear in ancient Arabian, Greek, Roman, and Far Eastern mythology. In both Greek and Egyptian tales, the phoenix represented the sun, dying in flames at the end of the day and rising each morning. Early Christians came to view the flight of the phoenix as a symbol of rebirth and the resurrection, leaving the old world for the new world of the spirit, dying and rising again, reborn. It symbolized the victory of life over death, immortality, and Christ’s resurrection. Jewish legend describes the phoenix as the one creature that did not leave paradise with Adam, and that its legendary longevity is due to abstaining from the forbidden fruit that tempted the ‘first man’. On Roman coins, the phoenix represented an undying empire.

The phoenix is said to live for 500 years. When it grows tired, it builds a nest of aromatic twigs, and then sets fire to itself to be consumed in the funeral pyre of its own making. After three days, the phoenix would arise from the ashes, reborn. According to Egyptian legend, it carries the embalmed ashes of its previous incarnation to Heliopolis, the city of the sun. The Egyptian phoenix was said to sing sweetly, and to dazzle with its plumage of gold and scarlet and purple.

Phoenix tattoo meanings according to Chinese mythology, the phoenix is the symbol of grace and virtue and is second  only in importance to the Dragon. It represents the union of yin and yang, and was a gentle creature associated with the Empress, who alone could wear its symbol. The feathers of the Chinese phoenix were black, white, red, green and yellow – the five primary colors. In Japan, the phoenix is found carved into sword hilts, and the image of the bird seen as embroidery on kimonos. Along with the sun, the phoenix is one of the emblems of the Japanese Empire. In Japanese tattooing the phoenix is often twinned with the the dragon, symbolizing yin and yang, the harmonious combining of the best of the feminine and masculine virtues.

North American Thunderbird design You’d think that Phoenix, Arizona, must have risen from the ashes of some former town and it’s true from the remains of Hohokam settlements. But North American Indians have their own fiery version of the phoenix – the Thunderbird  from whose beak lightning is said to flash.

Phoenix Inspiration Gallery – Click here to get inspired!The phoenix as a tattoo  symbol is often associated with feminine qualities, each part of its body representing a specific virtue. Duty, goodness, kindness and reliability are some of the lesser known aspects of the phoenix. The flame images represent purification and transformation through fire and adversity.