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Style & Beauty > Tattoos & Piercings Tattoos: The ancient history of body art: 2 of 7

The question of "How old is the art of tattooing?" and "When and where did it begin?" are seemingly impossible questions to answer. As many times as man can uncover yet an older mummy compared to the latest find, they have as well uncovered more and more dated proof of mankind's affinity towards tattoos and other forms of anc... More..
Style & Beauty > Tattoos & Piercings How to become a tattoo artist: 2 of 5
It was told to me by my teacher over 16 years ago, A man by the name of Bill Cotteral who was otherwise known as "Beachcomber Bill", that you don't choose to be a tattoo artist yet one is "chosen" by the art tattooing. When I was apprenticed it was not only 5 years earlier that the entire tattoo industry first figured out tha... More..
Arts & Humanities > Making Art How to overcome artist's block: 20 of 41
So you have a bad case of artist's block....Huh?Well a few years back, on a very creative day I developed a technique for beating the block senseless, as I knew that the "block" was lurking in the shadows of my creativity! Allow me to share... Have you ever woken up one morning, the need for creation is nipping at your brain ... More..
Style & Beauty > Tattoos & Piercings Tattoo shop etiquette: 1 of 1
Shop etiquetteThe days of dunk people getting tattoos and even sometimes drunker artists doing tattoos is over my friends! Finally!From the days of an industry mainly supported by drunken sailors, bad ass bikers and crooks and "lady's of the night" has finally blossomed into something beautiful, an art form that is now widely... More..
Style & Beauty > Tattoos & Piercings Tattoo history: The Middle East and Borneo: 1 of 1
History of Tattooing: Middle East and BorneoEgyptA little known fact about the Egyptian Culture and Tattooing is that oddly enough that tattoos were worn by only the Egyptian females! Of course in the future, it may be possible that archaeologists may unearth new mummies with proof of tattooed male Egyptian mummies, but to da... More..
Style & Beauty > Tattoos & Piercings Tattoos: The pain factor: 5 of 9
Of course it hurts! Isn't anything in life that is worth having going to hurt a bit in one way or another? Pain is just a small fraction of the equation though. The best way I have heard it explained it like something scratching a mild sunburn. I know this doesn't sound very pleasant but believe me when I say that stubbing yo... More..
Sciences > Astronomy UFO contact: Are we ready?: 29 of 48
I was walking home one night, in a town where I had lived for more than 25 years, a street two blocks long and as straight as a new steel ruler. I had walked this very street perhaps tens of thousands of times, growing up as a child this very street was the route to and from my junior school, where I had attended a student fo... More..
Style & Beauty > Skin & Body (Other) Body art essentials: 7 of 8
Body Art EssentialsTattoo Machines * Ancient forms of the tattoo tool were fashioned by sharpening animal bones, ivory and or various types of antlers into needles, resembling a hair comb, they were then tied to the end of a long stick or piece of bamboo. This tool was placed in ink and "tapped" into the skin, by rhythmically... More..
Style & Beauty > Tattoos & Piercings Tattoo shops: Evaluating the 'no children allowed' policy: 3 of 3

If you were booked for an operation, would you have your child right next to the operating table? If you were going to a bar or a club, where the potential for semi-nudity and "adult-like" atmosphere....would you have your child with you for the several hours you will be in this environment? And most importantly, knowing how ... More..