Body Tattoos in general

The concept of tattooing receives a very mixed reaction from society. Whilst tattoos are more accepted now than they were years ago (for example, 50 years ago when only sailors and prisoners/criminals had tattoos). Tattoos still have an element of rebellion within them, helped by the fact that rock stars and typical 'bad boy' film stars have them. I got my first tattoo when I was 17, so it was technically illegal, but the place I went was commonly known to not ask for ID, and I had my heart set on getting one. I know it was silly looking back, going to a place who'll tattoo anyone, but at the time I was desperate to get one. My mum would've been ...  Read the complete review

I have been reading some other dooyoo members thoughts on tattoos and having had my third one done recently thought I'd contribute my thoughts. Deciding on my first tattoo.... I first wanted a tattoo probably at around 16, but never sure what or where. I knew I wanted it all black, I think the brightly coloured ones can turn out a bit tacky. I also knew I wanted to design it and it to be personal to me. Much the same as if I turned up to a party in the same dress as someone else, why would I want a tattoo as someone else. I like to wear unique clothes as much as possible, so I see no need to pick a design for a tattoo from a book that ...  Read the complete review

Tattooing is bigger than ever at the moment, but here I am not going to go into if it's a good thing or not, you either like tattoos or you don't, being in the tattoo business I am simply going to offer an opinion of modern tattooing. The first thing to realise is that all those old blue blobs you see on people's arms are a world away from what tattooing is these days. Find a good tattooist and the world really is your oyster. Let me explain what has changed since the good (or bad) old days of back street studios and under age tattoos. The most obvious change is social acceptance, while this may not seem like much it has changed the ...  Read the complete review

Let me start by saying I have a lot of tattoo's. When I say a lot I mean a lot, though until 3 months ago, I had not had a tattoo for over 25 years....more of that later. When I was younger, from 11 (my first home made tattoo) until I was 21, tattooing was something me and my mates did; We were East End lads, most of us joined the army together and most of us got tattoos on a regular basis, herein lies the first problem: We did not really care what we got, we did not plan them, we went to quite unsavoury characters for our tattoos, and we did not listen to the doommongers who told us we would regret it....I certainly did regret it. In my late 20's I ...  Read the complete review

Tattoos - you really love them or hate them. I love them, well some of them! My parents, hate them. I have always wanted a tattoo but had no real reason to get one, plus I was underage. I was doing my Alevels and found a huge interest in Hinduism and studied it quite thoroughly for 2 years. I absolutely love the religion. I, myself, am not religious. But the premise of Hinduism fascinates me. There is a symbol which to me depicts peace, freedom, faith, family and love. This is the 'Om' symbol. I decided that I wanted this symbol to be my first tattoo. I then had to decide where I wanted it. I thought about this really carefully, I want to be a teacher ...  Read the complete review