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Friday, September 9, 2011
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property. Graffiti is any type of public markings that may appear in the forms of simple written words to elaborate wall paintings. Graffiti has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.
In modern times, paint, particularly spray paint, and marker pens have become the most commonly used graffiti materials. In most countries, marking or painting property without the property owner's consent is considered defacement and vandalism, which is a punishable crime.
Graffiti may also express underlying social and political messages and a whole genre of artistic expression is based upon spray paint graffiti styles. Within hip hop culture, graffiti has evolved alongside hip hop music, b-boying, and other elements. Unrelated to hip-hop graffiti, gangs use their own form of graffiti to mark territory or to serve as an indicator of gang-related activities.
Controversies that surround graffiti continue to create disagreement amongst city officials/law enforcement and writers who wish to display and appreciate work in public locations. There are many different types and styles of graffiti and it is a rapidly developing art form whose value is highly contested, reviled by many authorities while also subject to protection, sometimes within the same jurisdiction.
The term graffiti referred to the inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs of Rome or at Pompeii. Usage of the word has evolved to include any graphics applied to surfaces in a manner that constitutes vandalism.
The earliest forms of graffiti date back to 30,000 BCE in the form of prehistoric cave paintings and pictographs using tools such as Animal bones and pigments. These illustrations were often placed in ceremonial and sacred locations inside of the caves. The images drawn on the walls showed scenes of animal wildlife and hunting expeditions in most circumstances.
The only known source of the Safaitic language, a form of proto-Arabic, is from graffiti: inscriptions scratched on to the surface of rocks and boulders in the predominantly basalt desert of southern Syria, eastern Jordan and northern Saudi Arabia. Safaitic dates from the 1st century BCE to the 4th century CE.
Theories on the use of graffiti by avant-garde artists have a history dating back at least to the Scandinavian Institute of Comparative Vandalism in 1961. Many contemporary analysts and even art critics have begun to see artistic value in some graffiti and to recognize it as a form of public art.
According to many art researchers, particularly in the Netherlands and in Los Angeles, that type of public art is, in fact an effective tool of social emancipation or in the achievement of a political goal.
Labels: Art, Awesome Tattoos, Back Tattoo, Creative Tattoo, Evolution, History / Culture, Informative, Trend, Unique, Urban Life
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Titanium belly button rings are well-known with entire body jewelry enthusiasts, specifically people who have a tendency to suffer from allergies. Navel piercing (along with other forms of body piercing) utilized being something of the fringe interest, but today it is a pretty mainstream practice, in particular among younger women, and there is a huge range of belly button jewelry to pick from.
About Navel Piercing
Belly button piercing is quite well-liked these days. It basically involves piercing in the skin on an upper rim from the navel, not in the belly button itself, and right away inserting a piece of 'starter' jewelry (along with stainless steel, titanium is often employed for new piercings, as it's less most likely to trigger an infection or adverse reaction than other materials).
Following the area has healed, numerous sorts of entire body jewellery can also be worn during the navel, while belly button bars are one of the most common. Healing times vary among individual, but most folks with navel piercings consume about 6 months to a year to heal completely. Care needs to be taken not to aggravate the area during the healing process.
Why Choose Titanium Navel Rings?
Titanium jewelry is always employed for navel piercings partly due to its attractive appearance, but there are numerous advantages to choosing a titanium belly button ring. One is that titanium, using a dark gray color in its natural state, can be anodized to generate a variety of stunning metallic colors, doing it really versatile. Even though titanium is a lot more expensive than some of the cheaper options, it is even now affordable for most, and it's lightweight too, weighing in at just 60% of an equivalent volume of stainless steel.
Perhaps most importantly for an area that is particularly prone to infection or irritation, titanium belly jewelry is much less possibly than most to cause allergic reactions. It is virtually free of nickel (a really well-known trigger of jewelry allergies), can be sterilized using an autoclave, and is resistant to corrosion and unlikely to react adversely once in contact with human body fluids.
Titanium Navel Piercing Styles
Titanium navel 'rings' may or may possibly not take in the type of a full ring. When buying system jewelry over an internet, you will notice that numerous if not most retailers use the term belly button 'ring' to refer towards the well-known curved barbell sort of navel jewelry.
These is also plain and effortless in form, or might be decorated with gemstones, fancy crystals and/or dangling ornaments of a number of kinds, just like stars, butterflies, gemstones, flowers, skulls, zodiac symbols, animals, logos and more. You may also get 'twists', too circular rings, some of which may have a bead attached (these are named captive bead rings, or CBR), and there is a newer sort of full belly button ring offered that has a clasp to maintain it closed.
Most starter rings are in simple bar form, but once your very first piercing has healed, you will have a wider choice of titanium ring and bar navel jewelry to pick from. Plain titanium is a slightly dull silver color in appearance, that is certainly very appealing inside a minimalist way, but one in the great benefits of titanium physique jewelry is that it can be colored, and you are able to select from a large number of single color or rainbow hued rings and bars.
Labels: Aftercare, Body Jewelry, Body Piercing, Informative, Trend
Monday, August 22, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Lip piercings have become very popular with the younger set in recent years. In addition to a traditional lip piercing, many people also prefer the look of a stretched piercing with a larger gauge, or metal bar in the lip. While it is uncomfortable and must be done gradually, you can stretch your lip piercing yourself if you are extremely careful about it. Be sure to give yourself plenty of time to heal before moving on to the next size.
Wait for your lip piercing to heal completely. Body Manipulations, a piercing studio in San Francisco, estimates that it can take from 9 to 12 weeks for a lip piercing to heal.
2) Multiply the time it took for your lip ring to heal by three. If it took 12 weeks for your piercing to heal, you should wait an additional 24 months to begin the stretching process.
3) Purchase a lip ring one gauge higher than the gauge you are currently wearing. If you are unsure what gauge you are wearing, go to a local piercing studio and inquire.
4) Remove your current lip ring.
5) Soak the taper in your liquid soap and place it into the lip hole until it becomes difficult to do so.
6) Push the rest of the taper through until there is only a small bit (about 1/4 of an inch) sticking out of the piercing site. This should be a bit uncomfortable and even slightly painful. However, if the pain is excruciating, discontinue immediately.
7) Lubricate the end of your new jewelry with a moderate amount of soap and push the taper through your lip, followed immediately by the new jewelry.
8) Wash the outside of your piercing with liquid soap, and rinse your mouth out with a salt water solution twice a day to prevent infection.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
After a mastectomy, women want nothing more than to regain their identity and self-image. Following reconstruction, let our Areola MicroPigmentation permanent tattoo makeup restore the hue, shape, and texture to your areola. It’s one of the great last steps to restoring what was once a lost part of yourself.
After a mastectomy, women frequently have breast reconstruction or Areola MicroPigmentation. Breast reconstruction alleviates the deformity of the breast and constructs breasts that meet the patient’s expectations aesthetically and psychologically.
Areola MicroPigmentation enhances the hue and provides a natural appearance for the breast that has undergone reconstruction. The appearance of natural looking nipples and areola is achieved by skillfully blending pigments to enhance or recreate your skin's natural colors.
Areola Micro Pigmentation Procedure - Many women opt for Breast Restoration after mastectomy and as part of this process choose to have the nipple and areola created to complete the breast restoration process. Our permanent Areola MicroPigmentation techniques involve implanting custom color pigment into the dermal layer of the skin as a way to restore the natural beauty of your breasts. Areola Micro Pigmentation provides color and definition - essentially a tattooing of the area - in order to simulate a nipple and areola.
This process improves the appearance of post-surgical scarring around the circumference of the areola, due to Nipple Restoration or breast uplift surgery. Prior to the Micro pigmentation procedure a consultation will determine the most pleasing color, position, form and size for the nipple and the areola.
If only one breast has been reconstructed - pigments are custom blended, to create the most natural looking result to match the existing nipple and areola.
For men and women who have areolas that are too small, asymmetrical, and too pale or without definition, cosmetic tattooing can achieve a balanced shape, even coloring and clarity. Permanent cosmetic tattooing is a simple, non-surgical procedure that when performed properly, is safe and effective. It’s an excellent way to enhance your natural appearance and possibly eliminate the need for traditional makeup.
Areola MicroPigementation is a permanent cosmetic technique great not only for cancer survivors, but for men and women longing to enlarge the areola or define and smooth the nipple.
Areola MicroPigmentation Process - Topical anesthetics are applied prior to the medical tattooing process to reduce the pricking sensation. However, in many of the cases full sensation may not have been restored following the reconstructive surgery and hence the patient feels very little. The nipple and areola are created initially on the breast mound using a surgical marker, and only when the patient indicates that she is content with the position and form will the medical tattooing procedure begin. The pigment infusion process normally takes 60 to 90 minutes and does not require admission to a hospital.
Areola MicroPigmentation Post Procedure care is simple. A patient will need to apply an antiseptic cream twice a day and keep the nipple and areola covered with sterile gauze for two days. A follow up procedure is normally required after four to six weeks, in order to allow final adjustments to be made to the shape and color of the nipple and areola.
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Labels: Creative Tattoo, Informative, Inspirational, Trend
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
This new technology is based on ultrathin electronics, which can then be placed on a person’s skin. Think of it as being similar to the temporary sticker tattoos that even children can use. The big difference is, obviously, an electronic tattoo is technology advanced and has other purposes.
The new breed of tattoos is the handiwork of John Rogers of Urbana-Champaign (in collaboration with other institutions in the United States, Singapore, and China). As you can see in a video showcasing how an electronic tattoo can be applied, you simply need to place the material on your skin, rub it in with some water, and you have a temporary tattoo of a different kind!
Being a new technology, the use and development of electronic tattoos are still being studied. However, the researchers have high hopes for these wearable circuits in the medical field. For example, they can be used to monitor heart and brain activity. In the future, you might even find yourself using an electronic tattoo as a portable computer of sorts.
The sensor attaches to human skin just like a temporary tattoo and can move, wrinkle and stretch without breaking.
Researchers hope it could replace bulky equipment currently used in hospitals.
A mass of cables, wires, gel-coated sticky pads and monitors are currently needed to keep track of a patient's vital signs.
Scientists say this can be "distressing", such as when a patient with heart problems has to wear a bulky monitor for a month "in order to capture abnormal but rare cardiac events".
Solar cells
With the tattoo, all the electronic parts are built out of wavy, snake-like components, which mean they can cope with being stretched and squeezed.
There are also tiny solar cells which can generate power or get energy from electromagnetic radiation.
The device is small, less than 50 micrometres thick - less than the diameter of a human hair.
The sensor is mounted on to a water-soluble sheet of plastic, so is attached to the body by brushing with water, just like a temporary tattoo.
It sticks on due to weak forces of attraction between the skin and a polyester layer at the base of the sensor, which is the same force which sticks geckos to walls.
In the study, the tattoo was used to measure electrical activity in the leg, heart and brain. It found that the "measurements agree remarkably well" with those taken by traditional methods.
The sensor moves with the skin
Researchers believe the technology could be used to replace traditional wires and cables.
Smaller, less invasive, sensors could be especially useful for monitoring premature babies or for studying patients with sleep apnoea without them wearing wires through the night, researchers say.
Prof Todd Coleman, from the University of Illinois, said: "If we want to understand brain function in a natural environment, that's completely incompatible with studies in a laboratory.
"The best way to do this is to record neural signals in natural settings, with devices that are invisible to the user."
The device was worn for up to 24 hours without loss of function or skin irritation.
However, there are problems with longer-term use, as the skin constantly produces new cells, while those at the surface die and are brushed off, meaning a new sensor would need to be attached at least every fortnight.
'Electronic skin'
When the tattoo was attached to the throat, it was able to detect differences in words such as up, down, left, right, go and stop.
The researchers managed to use this to control a simple computer game.
John Rogers, professor in material science and engineering at the University of Illinois, said: "Our goal was to develop an electronic technology that could integrate with the skin in a way that is invisible to the user.
"It's a technology that blurs the distinction between electronics and biology."
Prof Zhenqiang Ma, an electrical and computer engineer at the University of Wisconsin, argued that the technology could overcome issues with bulky sensors.
"An electronic skin will help solve these problems and allow monitoring to be simpler, more reliable and uninterrupted.
"It has proved to be viable and low-cost in this demonstration which will greatly facilitate the practical clinical use of the electronic skin."
Labels: Informative, Trend
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Religious tattoos can take many forms, including images of saints, religious symbols and figures, scenes of religious history and quotations from ancient texts. In many ways, the tattoos are a form of identity used in this case they are used to display and affirm their religious beliefs. Below is some information about the prospects for religious tattoos and how they allow people to give a certain image of themselves and their spirituality.
A common choice for those with Religion is a religious symbol of a strong sense for them to choose. Religion plays an important role in the lives of believers. For this reason, many of them choose a religious symbol or a figure for a tattoo. Some opt for pictures of people, like the Virgin Mary or Buddha, while others choose symbols like the cross, a Star of David or other image that they find persuasive. Other select pieces of text, such as verses from the basic text of their religion, as the Bible, the Koran, the sutras, or other religious text.
No matter how it is shown that religion is often used in the art of tattooing. Some people think it is very important to them and if they show their religiosity on their bodies. In a way, the body is a vehicle for religious ideologies.
Some may be from the perspective of religious tattoo evangelize through their tattoos, while others are present, the tattoos remain a tool of inspiration to focus on what is most important to them. It is not only a permanent marker to show commitment to their bodies, their faith, but it can be seen by others and show their beliefs as part of their identity.
This tattoo religious perspectives offer people a means by which they can foster a distinctive identity as a pious person. This is very important for believers, religion serves as a central element in what they are.
Religious tattoos show identity and show others that they believe in a particular religious system, whatever it be. Some people get tattooed by devotion, a saint or deity, often painful process of tattooing as a sacrifice in honor of the saint or deity can be used.
Some people tattoo themselves with religious imagery to get them, how they want to live their lives to remember. Whatever the reasons, the prospects for religious tattoo a popular phenomenon.
Even people without religion can take over her life for inspiration a religious figure, and the feeling that a tattoo is permanent features of his art and help them stay by the figure or symbol inspired.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Most people do not really take zodiac signs seriously but there are those who do. Scorpion tattoo designs are quite common and popular among crowds. This is one of the best ways to express one’s personality and show certain characteristics. Zodiac tattoos such as this one go even further with expression.
The scorpion is the symbol of the zodiac Scorpio which is the astrological sign for people born between the 23rd of October and the 21st of November. Astrologers say that people born on this sign are determined, intuitive, passionate and powerful. On the flip side, they are also resentful, compulsive, secretive and obstinate.
People who bear the Scorpio zodiac sign tend to excel in leadership. Their sheer determination also makes failure an unacceptable outcome as well. Keeping secrets from them seems futile because of their intuition. They are also creative thinkers able to think outside the box. A scorpion’s sting is deadly and the same goes true with Scorpios.
It takes a lot for these people to get mad but when they do, they hit back pretty hard. Scorpios are also known to give everything when it comes to relationships. Getting a scorpion tattoo is a great way to tell people how you really are.Staunch believers of astrology would find it great news that they can articulate their belief with zodiac tattoos. Fortunately, there are plenty of tattoo artists who would willingly ink scorpion tattoo designs.
You will not run out of options with designs as well. Of course you may always ask a tattoo artist to create one for you or do it yourself. This tattoo design can be just about anything you want. It may bear slight realism or be more imaginative in its artistic presentation. It can be in any size and pose that you find best. The tattoo may be in black ink or with color added for a unique look.
Scorpion tattoo designs may be tattooed on any part of your body for both guys and girls. The most common places for this tattoo are the upper and forearms, the shoulders, chest, abdomen and back. Where it is placed is entirely up to you and will look great anywhere. If you are the type of person who likes excitement and danger, a scorpion tattoo would be a great choice for you.
With plenty of designs to choose from, you have all the freedom you need to express yourself. Scorpion tattoo designs are one of the best ways to express your individuality. Choose one that best reflects the true you to make it more of your own. Wear it proud and declare your boldness with this attention-grabbing piece. Just be sure that you can handle the attention that goes with it.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Star tattoos are one of the hottest design motifs or themes within the world of tattoo. In fact star tattoos are sought after more then any other type of design.
This is based on monthly keyword search volume on the internet so the statistics could be a little off but overall star tattoo designs are incredibly popular.
Please be forewarned just because something is popular especially a certain tattoo design does not mean you should run out and get one. These are the types of tattoos you will regret later in life when they are no longer popular or the in thing.
Instead you should always get any permanent tattoo or piercing because you feel a deep connection and the tattoo or piercing holds some significant meaning for you other then it was popular or I saw it on a famous celebrity. If you already feel a connection with the star as a tattoo symbol then by all means express yourself and go for it.
So why are star tattoo designs so amazingly popular? There are probably a wide variety of reasons and here are some of the things that customers have told us.
1. Unisex design- star tattoos are really a unisex design. This means that any type of star tattoo design be it a nautical star, or a stary night tattoo it really doesn’t matter stars are such a universal theme that they will fit well for both sexes.
2. Bold and Strong – Star tattoo designs are often very bold and strong. The thick lines or solid shapes make a bold tattoo that really stands out and can be seen from a distance.
3. Variety of Colors – Star tattoo designs can be done in a variety of colors and you are really not limited to anything specific. For example a pink colored star works just as well as a deep blue or a red star tattoo. So you can use a meaningful color scheme that enhances your overall design.
4. Affordable Designs – another reason they are so popular is star tattoos can often be designed either by hand or even done free hand by the tattoo artist. They are easy to design, change and adapt.
5. Variety of Sizes – Stars can be done in a wide variety of sizes and tweaked in many different ways to fit the space or location on the body where the person wants the tattoo.
6. Symbolic Meaning – there are deep meaning behind stars and yet they are sort of up to personal interpretation also.
There is also a large variety of different star types to chose from. For example there is the historic nautical star tattoo that was an important good luck symbol to sailors. There are shooting stars, and star and moon clusters just to name a few of the variations. There are really a lot of different options with start between, size, color, location and type of star the tattoo can have a very different and original feeling.












































