Amazing Tattoos
evawhite on September 29th, 2008
Tattoos are a form of body art that has been around for ages; they are a permanent marking made by inserting ink into the layers of skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. Other reasons include reasons like identification, for instance in India, in some remote areas, a few numbers of the population have their names tattooed on their hands of an easily visible part of the body such as the forearm, for purposes of identification; because of illiteracy and the fact that they cannot write their own names. Tattoos also have religious and ritualistic connotations, with many tribal tattooing customs marking rites of passage.
Today, people choose to be tattooed for cosmetic, sentimental/memorial, religious, and magical reasons, or to symbolize their affiliation to a gang or similar group. Tattooing also includes permanent make up and are also used to disguise birthmarks or skin discolorations as well.
Tattoos are a real style statement these days and very popular among celebs too. It was found that among the top 20 sexiest women in the world according to FHM’s poll, some 16 have tattoos. For the list, look here. One very famous example of a celeb tattoo is that of Angelina Jolie from before she started to date Brad Pitt. That one said Billy Bob, not Brad Pitt, and the tattoo of a former lover can be a difficult presence in a marital bed I would imagine?
Johnny Depp is another celeb who is famous for his tattoos which started a bit of a trend, not just among the hoi polloi but also among the stars themselves:
David Beckham is one more international celeb who is known for several things: his athletic prowess, his wife, and his amazing good looks and also … his tattoos. That is Victoria tattooed in the Hindi (Devnagri) script on his left forearm:
Colin Farrell is also one celeb well known for his body art:
And here is some pretty amazing (or weird depending how you look at it) tattoos on some people and a pig as well….
October 11th, 2008 at 2:52
Love the angel on beckhams back
October 19th, 2008 at 2:52
Oh my gosh, Look at the tattoo at the pigs back