The word tattoo, or tattow in the 18th century, is a loanword from the Polynesian word tatau, meaning "correct, workmanlike" Fifty years ago, tattoos were the watermark of rebels and social outcasts—bikers, sailors, carnival freaks. But today, your average sorority girl probably has a unicorn on her ankle or a butterfly fluttering above her butt crack. Tattoos have been a part of the human experie
nce since the Stone Age and were present in nearly every culture across the globe, from the ancient Greeks and Romans to Africans, Native Americans, and Polynesians. Below are 10 facts about tattoos, from tramp stamps to gangsters to mummies and back again. While many people get tattoos based entirely on drunken whimsy, others are deadly serious about it, their body art fraught with meaning and symbolism. This is especially true of gang members, including those behind bars. One group particularly well known for their ink is the Japanese Yakuza, an organized crime group dating back hundreds of years. Yakuza members are known for their vast, full-body tattoos, called “irezumi.” Unlike Western tattoos, which are typically applied with an electric gun, Yakuza tattoos are applied with a single needle in the traditional fashion, an expensive, painful, and time-consuming process. "Tattooedskin" is an ever growin studio started out from Blaziingguns but needed to grow and rebrand and modernise ourselves keeping up with what people want and the way you want them, so with all that said we welcome you to get your first tattoo or 100th. We deliver all types of styles at "Tattooedskin" take art away with you not regret
