Famous people's Tattoos

A lot of famous people have a lot of different tattoos some which are meaningful and some have no meaning at all they just liked the tattoo style.

Eminem

The rapper Eminem has many different tattoos all with different meanings.

He has one tattoo on his arm saying 'Proof'' he got this for his best friend which name was Proof , when he was shot dead in 2006.

        

He also has another two tattoos one on his right arm saying 'D' and one on his left saying '12' read in conjunction it says 'D12'. The 'D' on it's own represents Detroit the place where Eminem grew up and when you put them together they represent the rap group 'D12'.

    

Websites used:

http://eminemmarshmallow.blogspot.ie/2012/05/eninems-tattoos-and-meanings.html

http://www.eminemlab.com/eminemtattoos.html

Amy Winehouse

She had 14 tattoos in total. Her tattoos were mostly Classic Americana (Old School) as shed has a bird, a pin up girl, horseshoe etc.

The first tattoo that she ever got was a picture of Betty Boop at the bottom of her back.

 

She also had a tattoo of a feather on her arm which she said symbolised courage and bravery in an interview.

Different Tattoo Needles

There are hundreds of  different types of tattoo needles but these are the four main ones. There are many different diameters in tattoo needles the main ones are 12, 10, 8 and 6. The number on a needle tells you how many needles there are together eg. 7RL there are 7 needles.

Round Tattoo Needles

They are needles that have circles tightly compacted together at the bottom of the needle this makes it very good for  small lines and very detailed work . These needles are often called 'loose needles' this is because they have a lot of flexibility in how thick the artist, wants the tattoo to be. Tattoo artists often use round needles for shading in tattoos also. Round needles are nicknamed 'RL'.

Flat Needles

These needles are crafted as a straight steel line formation. They are the most popular needles as they bring more ink to the skin, than any other needle. This also means that the lines are very dark and defined. Flat needles are nicknamed 'FL' which is a flat liner and 'FS' which is a flat shader or simply just flat with is 'F'.

Magnum Needles

Magnum needles are used for mostly shading in tattoos. They have a much longer taper (the point length on the needle) than other needles and they deliver alot more ink.  The needles are put in a 'weave like' formation and there are three different types of magnum needles. The weaved magnum, the stacked magnum and the round magnum.


 The number of needles in each formation

Websites used:
http://www.wettattoo.com/blog/complete-guide-to-tattoo-needles/
http://www.tattoomachineequipment.com/about-tattoo-needles
Video i used:
https://youtu.be/P5pTyAYc6hY


Video on the different tattoo needles there are.

Geography Of Tattoos

The word 'tattoo' came from the Polynesian word ta which means to strike something and the second part is from the Tahitian word 'tatau' which means to mark something.

Otzi

The very first tattoo was found on the frozen remains of a man who would of been alive in 3300 BC. He was from the bronze age and his body was found on the mountain border between Italy and Austria in 1991. Scientists named him Otzi. He had 61 tattoos on his body. The bottom of his back, ankles, knees, and his foot were marked with many different small lines, this was done by rubbing charcoal into  vertical cuts on his body, not by using needles. Scientists did x-rays and saw that there was bone degeneration where each tattoo was on Otzi's body, this made researchers believe that Otzi and his people used tattoos as a treatment to help reduce pain or disease. The tattoos were not done to symbolise anything but were done for medical reasons. The reason that Otzi stayed preserved was because snow fell shortly after his death and then formed into ice. This is the only way how predators did not eat him or he did not decompose. From examining his body scientists could tell that Otzi was an 45 year old man when he died, he was1.6m tall and he weighed 50kg.

Picture of Otzi's tattoos.

Picture of Otzi's body.

Websites I used:

http://www.iceman.it/en/eurac-institute

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131016-otzi-ice-man-mummy-five-facts/

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0412/online_extra.html

Introduction

Hi my name is Rachel Sullivan and my blog is on the geography and origin of tattoos. I am going to talk about where it originated from, how it started and how tattoos are done on people.