Tattoos are one of the oldest forms of body are available. In many tribes tattoos are the mark of your family crest or your status in the tribe. In today’s world tattoos are very personal, and not just artwork that someone liked. We do pick tattoos that say something to us and that explain something important to us to the outside world but as each of us is truly unique we all want to have unique tattoo designs that nobody else could possibly have. Perhaps a koi fish jumping over a panther’s heart.  There is a unique but exotic design.

Scouring the web for tattoo designs is a good place to start but you don’t want to use these images verbatim. Most tattoo artists are just that- Artists. They can often, if you find one good enough, draw a picture perfect face on your arm of one of your kids (an example of an extremely unique tattoo), so rest assured that you can go out and find several different components that say what you want to say, or express what you want to express even if you never tell anyone but those closest to you what they mean, and take them to the tattoos shop. You will want to use a tattoo artist who can work with you, as a tattoo is a permanent design on your body. Never go to a tattoo artist who tries to rush you or won’t spend the time helping you get the right design.

The artist or even a friend who is an artist can work with you, much like a police sketch artist does in trying to take the image in your head and put it on paper, to come up with the perfect design, then you can have this photocopied over trace paper. Most tattoo shops have this already and can copy a design from paper exactly onto your arm this way, then ink it in from there. Whether you are looking for some kind of lettering, or even a flower on your lower back, the artist should accommodate this.

Luckily you can have the design put onto your arm in pen ink before it becomes permanent and you can get a real feel for how it will look once it’s done. You don’t have to get a tattoo to see it first. Be forewarned however, getting tattoos is a very addictive thing!

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