...TATTOO MANIA! (An A-Z of Flash Tattoos) A proposed book illustration and its promotion A Thesis presented to the College of Fine Arts and Design UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Advertising By Ma. Minerva Minnehaha V. Capco INTRODUCTION Although our country still remains conservative as compared to the West, the prevalence of Skin Art here in the Philippines is still unstoppable. Filipinos of the latest generations have gradually started opening up to embrace a whole new subculture---a subculture that is more experimental with art, music and sports. Crews and crews of Graffiti artists as well as Skaters are flourishing, Local bands are reaching new heights, and of course, the Industry of Tattooing is growing by the minute. The word tattoo was said to have two major derivations. From the Polynesian word “Ta” which means “to strike something” and from the Tahitian word “Tatau” which means “to mark something”. Archaeologists across the globe have unearthed preserved corpses and mummies that are tattooed. These mummies are said to have lived thousands of years ago, and most of the bodies bore tattoos that signify their cultures, ranks and beliefs. According to research, tattooing has been in activity to many countries such as Japan, Egypt, China, Polynesia, New Zealand, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Africa, Ancient Greece and Rome, America...
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...Tattoos 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price, so glorify God in your body.” Meaning that whatever you do, with your piercing and tattoos they should all be for the glory of God. Getting a tattoo of a skull or some weird mythical creature wouldn’t be wise because one it’s not for the glory of God and two in a few years when you have you adult mind you’ll regret it. When you’re sitting with your friends and there showing there inspiring and meaningful tattoos, you’ll be sitting there hiding yours. You’ll feel embarrassed to even mention you have a tattoo. I’ve heard a quote, “Don’t regret something...
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...“A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye.” ~V. Vale and Andrea Juno I. INTRODUCTION A Tattoo is a form of body modification, made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos have been used by most cultures for centuries and recently have become very popular with both men, women and youth. But why are tattoos so popular in today’s society? Most people who have tattoos will say that they got it for a specific time or person in their lives that they will never forget. Others say that they feel more adventurous and don’t really have a specific reason for getting their tattoo. For some people, tattoos make them feel different from other people. Some people say it is art. In an NBC News article a young man said, “Your body’s an empty canvas, so you almost want to continue to add to it.” Some don’t personally like tattoos and don’t understand them. Some understand are representation of a special someone or a specific time in ones life more than the ones that are there to show rebellness. Fads and styles come and go and we are not sure if tattoos will ever die down, but if they do, some people may regret getting tattoos. Tattooing has been practiced for centuries in many cultures and spread throughout the world. Tattooing was popular among certain ethnic groups in Southern China, Polynesia, Africa, Borneo, Cambodia, Europe, Japan, the Mentawai Islands, MesoAmerica, New Zealand, North America...
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...remains conservative as compared to the West, the prevalence of Skin Art here in the Philippines is still unstoppable. Filipinos of the latest generations have gradually started opening up to embrace a whole new subculture---a subculture that is more experimental with art, music and sports. Crews and crews of Graffiti artists as well as Skaters are flourishing, Local bands are reaching new heights, and of course, the Industry of Tattooing is growing by the minute. The word tattoo was said to have two major derivations. From the Polynesian word “Ta” which means “to strike something” and from the Tahitian word “Tatau” which means “to mark something”. Archaeologists across the globe have unearthed preserved corpses and mummies that are tattooed. These mummies are said to have lived thousands of years ago, and most of the bodies bore tattoos that signify their cultures, ranks and beliefs. According to research, tattooing has been in activity to many countries such as Japan, Egypt, China, Polynesia, New Zealand, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Africa, Ancient Greece and Rome, America, England, France, and the Middle East thousands of years ago. It is arguably claimed that tattooing has existed since 12,000 years BC and it is as diverse as the people who wear them. The purpose of tattooing varies from culture to culture and its place on the time line. Tattoos have served as rites of passage, marks of status or rank, symbols of religious and spiritual...
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...Tattoos Past and Present Debra Eng/101 9/15/11 Kimberly Stanley Tattoos Past and Present Some people may have tattoos and others may find them ugly or despise them but one thing is true, tattoos are a part of the past and understanding where they came from can give us a greater appreciation for them today. The Egyptians, the Japanese, the Chinese, and more all have elaborate art histories whether it is buried in the pyramids, the temples, the sculptures, or caves but how has our history books in school forgotten to mention the important history hidden in tattoos? Tattoos have many meanings, and they are different all over the world and there past leads directly to the present and if history repeats itself it may even tell us something about our future. In this essay creating a timeline to conclusively draw a line through history too today and understand the many traditions our culture still possesses. Tattoos are a common part of our life because of recent discoveries we can give tattoos a past that leads to the present. Iceman 3200 B.C. Tattoos are part of our life but we forget that they are not new, in fact tattoos have been around longer than we can significantly date. According to Lineberry, (n.d) the ”oldest man to this date found is believed to have lived 5,200 years ago and possessed about 57 tattoos all over his body in dot like formations, scientists believe because of the placement of the tattoos...
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...Read the Business Decision Case Stink Over Ink? Victims of Tattoo Layoffs, found on page 349 in your text. Answer questions 1-5 and submit as an attachment. Be sure to cite any additional resources you use. 1. Yes they should be protected under nation’s employment laws because they are human just like everyone else. Just because you have tattoos don’t mean you shouldn’t have a job. 2. Employee’s may choose to have a dress code that requires that body art be covered because some tattoo’s display religious choices and derogatory things and everyone shouldn’t have to be subjected to that some tattoo’s may be offensive so you should cover them up to not offend anyone. The only jobs that should allow tattoo’s to be visible is a job that is not dealing with the public. 3. Yes because if he had the tattoos when he was hired and he didn’t acquire any new tattoos I don’t see what the problem was there wasn’t a problem when he was hired so what changed and he was covering them up so I don’t think it was because of customer complaints so on what merit did they have for firing him and why was he the only one targeted out, there was others with tattoos why weren’t they fired as well. No tattoos are all the same no matter if it’s on a man or a woman. Woman tattoos can be just as offensive as men sometimes even worse. 4. Yes I’ve worked with several people with piercings and body art and they are perceived just like any other person. They just are outwardly expressive and there’s...
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...Company Overview Eikon Device was founded in 1994, by three young and dynamic partners: Dean Byrnes, his wife Monika Stengele and their friend Bill Baker, a tattoo artist. The company entered the market at a time when the industry was just coming out of the shadow. The equipment was rudimentary, tattoo artists were building their own machines from DIY kits, relied on needles designed for other applications and had a hard time trusting any company entering the market. However, Eikon Device managed to gain credibility as co-founder Bill Baker belonged to the community. Entering a market where everything remained to be done, Eikon invested heavily in R&D and published its findings to keep its customers on top of new trends. These early days remain inked in the company’s DNA: Eikon exists to provide the tattoo industry with solutions tailored to its needs and outstanding customer service. In 2012, the company had revenues of CAD10M of which 65% were made online. The company’s international sales are mainly made in the US (27% of 2012 revenues). Medical grade consumables accounted for 70% of sales but generated very low margins, while power supplies and tattoo machines, which accounted for less than 20% of sales, generate margins of c.300%. Current situation Eikon Device has managed to secure a leading position in the tattoo equipment market. For almost two decades, the company has been following the market without defining a clear strategic framework but it is now at a turning...
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...March 21, 2010 Comfort Ugwuh Historical Body of Art "Tattooing" In 1936, Life Magazine provided information from an independent study showing approximately 6% of the nation's population had a tattoo; the Harris Poll conducted in 2003 showed that approximately 15% of the population had acquired tattoos (Swan, 2006). A similar study in 2005 revealed approximately 24% of the population then had at least one tattoo (Ford, 2010). Those two studies revealed statistics that illustrate the number of people in the United States with tattoos increasing astronomically. In 67 years the number of people with tattoos increased 9%, in just two years between 2003 and 2005 the United Stated witnessed the number of individuals with tattoos increase another 9%. Tattoos are still gaining acknowledgment in society today; the number of people with tattoos is increasing exponentially with athletes, musicians, and actors ushering a wave of acceptance. Figure 1 Tattoos have been evident in societies and the human race for thousands of years. Scientists have uncovered Egyptian mummies evidently preserved in the period as early as 2000 BC, analysis revealed evidence of tattooing and other forms of body art on their mummified bodies. The Egyptian tattooing thought to be one of the earliest appearances of tattoos came into question in 1991 with the discovery of Iceman (Lineberry, 2007). A pair of hikers in the Austrian Otztal Alps stumbled across the frozen tattooed corpse. Using modern carbon dating technology...
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...narrative. Through contrasting characters, symbolism, and allusions, O’Connor communicates a deeper message of redemption to her readers as she explores God’s calling of even the most distant and hostile individuals. Straight from the start of the story O’Connor begins to contrast her two main characters. Sarah Ruth is described as “plain, plain,” with skin “drawn as tight as the skin on an onion” and eyes “grey and sharp like the points of two icepicks” (219). This description evidences the lifelessness and harsh unforgiving nature of Sarah Ruth. Parker is less directly characterized but it is revealed that he is an open sinner – admitting to fornication, gambling, and swearing – and was almost entirely covered in extraordinarily colorful tattoos. Sarah Ruth proudly owns up to the Old Testament roots of her name while Parker chooses to go by his last name rather than use his given name, Obadiah Elihue. The reader recognizes that Parker is running from God while Sarah Ruth is living a Pharisaical life of rules and judgments. Sarah is by all indications the best person to lead Parker to God but in the end is unable to recognize Him when Parker finally does. O’Connor’s writing is heavy with Biblical and Christian symbolism. When Parker was a young teenager he saw a man tattooed with “a single intricate design of brilliant color [... forming an] arabesque of men and beasts and flowers” and was captivated by this image of the Garden of Eden, of what mankind could be (O’Connor 223)....
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...The word tattoo is said to has two major derivations- from the polynesian word ‘ta’ which means striking something and the tahitian word ‘tatau’ which means ‘to mark something.Tattoos have been marked onto the bodies of human- beings for thousands of years. They are permanent designs that carry true meaning and have been looked at as status symbols, signs of religion, declaration of love, belief and even forms of punishment. Tattooing has been observed on Egyptian wall painting and also on Mummies themselves. The earliest tattoos found were over 5,000 years old. In 1991, a 5,300- year- old mummy was discovered in The Alps. He had over 50 tattoos on various parts of his body, and he is the oldest human ever found to have tattoos. Tattooing has been practiced in Japan and also other Asian countries for thousands of years. The first written record of tattooing in Japan was found in a history of the Chinese Dynasty from the year 297 A.D. Today in Japan, tattooing is considered taboo because many of the Yakuza, the Japanese mafia, wear tattoos. Some people believe that the practice of tattooing may even date as many as 10,000 years into the past! What's This? Have you ever wondered how people tattoo their bodies when they don’t have access to a tattoo gun or a professional tattoo artist? You may be surprised to learn that many people have tattooed their skin using Indian ink, a sewing needle and a few lengths of the thread. India ink (or Indian ink in British English...
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...with the smell of Henna. Every time my mom sees my hair falling out and getting thin she will put some henna on it and it goes back to normal and even better. Henna means to me a lot, it reminds me of my childhood. GTQ#2 The popularity of Henna is changing the formula to a harmful substance. According to the New York Times, "Henna tattoos are widely available and usually harmless" (Bakalar). It is becoming more popular in the US because it is a temporary design and alternative to the real tattoos. As Henna becomes more popular, people are adding chemicals to the original formula. "Henna is a vegetable dye that can be brown, red or green, and it wears off in a matter of days. But to produce a darker color, some tattoo artists added a chemical called Paraphenylenediamine, or PPD”(Bakalar). Henna is a natural plant but adding chemicals to the original formula made it very harmful. Adding chemicals to Henna burned and blistered a”a 19-year-old woman who had a temporary tattoo applied at a wedding”(Bakalar). The Kuwaiti woman was one of the people who got affected by the PPD. Henna changed from a harmless temporary tattoo to a very harmful substance. GTQ#3 Henna matters to the people around the world because it is a cultural tradition in the Muslim religion. Henna is “one of the oldest-known hair dyes, Henna is still used worldwide”(Lerner). Henna is an ancient natural hair dye that has been used by a lot people worldwide. Arabic “women in Muslim...
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...A tattoo is a marking made by inserting indelible ink into the layers of skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. Tattoos on humans are a type of decorative body modification, while tattoos on animals are most commonly used for identification or branding. (wikipedia) The oldest mummy every found - dated back to the Bronze Age of Europe - is also the oldest example of tattooing. The mummy had 59 tattoos, including stripes, lines and cruciform marks on various parts of his body, and thus began the history of tattoos. No one is sure of the meaning of the tattoos. Some may have been marking from his tribe, others may have been from rituals or even from medical procedures. Speculation abounds, but true reasons will be difficult to determine unless new evidence is found. (tattooslovetoknow) Women (and only women) were tattooed in Egypt in 1550 BC. While tattooing seems to have been around in Egypt before this time, this is when the simple dot and dash designs began to morph into recognizable forms, although most were still largely stick figures. In 316 A.D., the first known written ban on tattooing is found. Constantine, recently converted to Christianity, prohibited tattooing on the face as it was disfiguring that "which had been fashioned in the likeness of divine beauty." (tattooslovetoknow) Much of the tattooing done during this time period was often to identify tribes or families, mark criminals and spies, ward off illness or injury...
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...currently work in the business field, but I have been doing a great deal of business research on tattoo shops. The reason that I have been doing so much research is because my husband and I are planning on opening our own tattoo shop when I complete my schooling, so that I am able to run the business. In the research that we have done we have been comparing the way that the shops are set up and how things are being run. Once we get things set up for our shop we want to be able to guarantee that we have the most comfortable and relaxed shop in town as well as the lowest prices in town. We have been spending a lot of time going into shops and asking questions about the way that they run things. We have only found one shop that was not willing to talk to us and explain how the shops are run. As long as we explained to them that we are going to be opening a shop in a few years and are just wondering if we could get some tips on how to make our business successful, they have no problem with it. The main thing that also helps is that we are not planning on opening the shop where we currently live. Once I am finished with school we are moving back to my husbands’ home town. While we have been asking our questions about the business side it gives us a chance to check out the set up inside the studio. Some of the more popular shops have more comfortable waiting areas, and even the tattoo chairs are more comfortable than the chairs in less popular studios. One of the things that...
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...Elizabeth Meushaw English 101 Prof. Wert 3-29-2012 A Simple Ouch Will Suffice Tattoos and piercings are simply very silly. People who have known me for a long time know that I would never ever get any tattoos or piercings other than on my ears. I just saw very little point in ruining one’s body for a “look.” So why, you may ask, am I sitting here with my tongue the size of a golf ball? Well, I have a story to tell I just hope any questions you have will be answered, after I inform you of my experience with my piercing. It all started when I was 8 my sister decided to get her seventh tattoo and brought me along so my parents wouldn’t suspect anything, and instead they simply assumed we were taking a stroll on the boardwalk. As I watched my older sister get some stupid spider forever imbedded into her hip for no apparent reason I questioned her sanity. Everyone was so excited about this and I couldn’t see why it was cool, and I couldn’t see why my parents were so furious about it either. This gave me a terrible brilliant idea. Being the snack lover everyone knows and loves today I always tried to scam my classmates’ lunch money from them; this silly tattoo thing seemed perfect. As soon as I got back to school I started “Elizabeth’s tattoo station” 25 cents a tat! Business was booming I had my sharpie all ready and I was getting everyone, yet I still couldn’t wrap my head around why these stupid kids would pay me to scribble sharpie on their arm, but hey don’t question a working...
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...It was the title of this article that caught my eyes at first place. Along with the content develops, however, I feel like I want to change the “Nonconformity is Skin Deep” to “Conformity is Skin Deep”. But I guess this is exactly why I am into this piece. This article is brief, sharp, and ironic. We know that in the past, people would feel ashamed of talking about wearing tattoos. The way that people tried to avoid getting connected with tattoo in the past hardly makes people believe that today tattoo has developed a prosperous market worldwide. When we think of tattoo, it’s not hard for us to think of the pain when people etched images into their skin. For those of people who want tattoos, they have to experience it and this process does not change over time. Also, the way people wear tattoos slightly varies. From your neck to toes, places of your body that can add images are always there. So generally speaking, nothing about the tattoo itself is distinct. What has changed and made tattoo matters nowadays are the perceptions of people toward wearing tattoos. Some people tattooed because they want to memorize their loved ones, living or dead. Some tattooed because they want to tell the story behind the symbol and they expect people come and ask them question about the arts made on their skin. Some tattooed simply because they want to express themselves and mark themselves as nonconformity. But the thing is, do people really need to mark themselves to remember...
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