New Tattoo Designs

The hardest part about getting a tattoo is looking through the vast amounts of different tattoo designs to pick the one you think is for you.

The first question you want to ask yourself is why you want to get a tattoo. If you are getting a tattoo just because you are old enough, I encourage you to hold off until your research on the different tattoo designs.

I say this to you because I have many friends who got a tattoo as soon as they turned 18 (the legal age of consent in my country). All of them have regretted the decision because they ended up with low quality tattoos. A few of them have even had their old tattoo designs covered up by newer tattoos.

Your first tattoo should be one that you will still enjoy for the rest of your life. It should be an expression of yourself and your life experiences. Your tattoo can also be symbolic of something or someone that is important in your life.

Now after you have sat down and can say with 110% certainty that you are ready to get a tattoo, its time to do some research. First you want to find an image that you like. It can be a tattoo design that you like the look of or it can even be an image of something of great importance to you. Some great places to look for inspiration of your next tattoo are image sites such as flickr.com, tattoo galleries, online tattoo design sites (both free and paid), and books on tattoos.

Some examples of different types of popular tattoo designs are:

* Tribal Tattoos
* Angel Tattoos
* Celtic Tattoos
* Animal Tattoos
* Old English Tattoos
* Japanese Tattoos

These are just a few examples.

After you decide on which tattoo design you are going to get, you now have to consider the colors you want to use. For a general rule of thumb, the darker your skin the more difficult it will be to put lighter colors such as yellow to stick.

The best thing to do is to go to a tattoo shop and ask for their advice, since they have experience tattooing many different types of skin tones.

Once you have done this you are now ready to find you artist. Don't be lazy in researching the person who is going to tattoo you. The quality of work varies from artist to artist, so you it's in your best interest to find someone who is going to put a high quality tattoo on you.

Cute Tattoo Designs for Women and Current Trends in Women's Tattoos!

The whole field of tattoos for women is growing at a tremendous rate. If you think back even 20 years ago tattoos for women were not all that popular and most of the women getting them were keeping them covered up. However times have definitely changed and tattoo designs have really advanced at a tremendous rate. Today's tattoo have more brilliant colors and are a far cry from your grandfathers Hawaiian girl tattoo on his forearm.

It used to be that women would get an occasional rose or name tattoos on their breast or some well hidden spot. However with current fashion trends there are tons of cute tattoo designs for women out there are women are now getting tattoos at an amazing rate.
Women's tattoo designs and placement have also changed with this new growth. No longer are women getting simple tattoos that they keep well hidden. Women are now getting cute tattoo designs done and placing them in more visible places.

Some of the most popular items to get tattoos of are:

1. Shooting Star Tattoos
2. Butterfly Tattoos
3. Unicorn Tattoos
4. Angel Tattoos
5. Fairy Tattoos
6. Dragonfly tattoos
7. Flower design tattoos

The most popular places for women to get tattoos done are:

1. lower back tattoo (especially popular recently with the whole hip hugger jeans)
2. ankle tattoos
3. front side of the hips (again hip hugger jeans have made this more popular)
4. butt cheek left or right
5. Belly button area

Another thing that this trend of women getting tattoos is that women often seek out custom tattoo designs. They don't go to the local parlor and just by a tattoo flash design that is on display there. Women seem to spend a great deal more time contemplating the tattoos that they want done and tend to have more requirements about what they want. Therefore women tend to get custom tattoo designs. This allows them to get the exact look and feel they want and a custom designed tattoo is also fit to the location on the persons body so that it fits well.