You may not have a great opinion about celebrities, their life style, their I.Q. - but I think nobody can deny the most beautiful tattoos are inked on their bodies. Maybe it's easier (and much more pleasant) for a tattoo artist to draw a nice tattoo designs on Angelina Jolie or Megan Fox' back than on mine. Or maybe those tattoos are not a bit better than mine, they just look better because of their wonderful backgrounds such as Megan Fox shoulders or Britney Spears lower back. Anyhow, I have just noticed that we all know a lot about celebrity tattoos and their wonderful design, but we usually know nothing about the artists. Who did them? Who created such wonderful (sometimes horrible or just funny) tattoo designs?
The most famous and most successful among tattoo artists nowadays is known as Mr. Cartoon. Mark Machado (this is his real name) is a Mexican American tattoo and graffiti artist based in Los Angeles. He has become one of the most sought after tattoo artists on the planet. He is the creator of some of the most beautiful tattoo designs you can admire on some of our favourite Stars: Eminem, Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé, just to name the most famous ones. But he is not just a tattooist. You can also recognize his style in some works used by Nike, Toyota and the videogame Grand Theft Auto. He has also written comic-books and graphic novels and created a brand called Joker to sell T-shirts and baseball caps with his tattoo designs style.
Another well known artist at the moment is Kat von D. I don't know if she is better known for her art or her appearance, but she has also worked for many celebrities like Kirk Hammett (Metallica), the Green Day and Jenna Jameson (who has a nice tattoo on her back explaining why she does what she does for a living: "I was born to do it").
Louis Molloy is another one of celebrities' favourite tattoo artists. He did the most of David Beckham Body-art works, drawing some of the most amazing religious tattoo designs on his back. I also heard an interesting rumour about Molloy copyright claims on David Beckham's tattoos. But that is another story.
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The last Celebrity Tattoo Artist I would like to talk about is Kevin Quinn. Not only because I love his style but also because he was the one who inked my all favourite Hollywood Star, Julia Roberts. She wears a little tattoo on her lower back with the names of her kids. Kevin Quinn's tattoo designs are also to be seen on some of the best Rock Bands of all times - like Guns n' Roses for example - and some Pop music stars like Mel C.
These are the most famous tattoo artist around at the moment. You may think it is easy to get nice tattoo designs if you can afford to pay the best tattooist on the market, but it is not always that easy. Money does not always guarantee you the best result of a tattoo session. Megan Fox, for example, did once get an awful tribal tattoo design on her wrist. She says her tattooist was drunk that day. Well, what can we say: shit happens - even to celebrities!
think one of the reasons that tribal shoulder blade tattoo designs have become so popular over the past couple of years is just the simple fact that they are totally black in color and they are seen as very mysterious.Most of the time men go for arm tattoos and women for the waist or ankle, but I think the shoulder blade is the perfect place and for a great example of this have a look for David Beckham's tattoos.
These type of shoulder blade tattoos come in all shapes and size from Maori spirals and symbols to the more classical celtic designs.
HISTORY OF SHOULDER BLADE TATTOO DESIGNS.
These tattoos were first seen many hundreds of years ago probably starting with the Maori and American Indian tribes who used them in many different rituals to distinguish between each other.
It was also believed in some tribes that you could transfer the power of the design in to your soul. So if you were to get a wolf design it was believed that you would possess the power of the wolf.
The shoulder blade tattoos are best placed right across your back and as long as you are happy with the design the big and more striking the better.
If you are a woman you might opt for something a little smaller and more intricate with symbols of motherhood and fertility
FINDING THE RIGHT TATTOO
By far the best place to get ideas for your tat is Google images. Just jump on the search engine and type: "shoulder blade tattoo designs"
You will be presented with many thousands of ideas and then you can just add a unique twist and bring it to your artist.
David Beckham is a well known soccer player who recently made the move from the United Kingdom to Los Angeles. A family man with a wife and three children, he likes to tell the story of his life by the tattoos he wears on his athletic body. He is well known for the large number of tattoos he wears. He actually has had all of them done by a tattoo artist in Manchester, England. This well known illustrator, who has gone to other countries to follow Beckham and do the work for him, is famous for his ability to respect the privacy of his clients as much as for his great artistic ability. The David Beckham tattoos show his history, particularly that of his family.
The David Beckham tattoos that are the most famous--though not necessarily the largest--are the ones that represent his family. He has had the name of each of his children tattooed somewhere on his back to mark their births. The name of his first born, Brooklyn, is on his lower back. His second son, Romeo, had his name tattooed slightly below the base of Beckham's neck and Cruz, his youngest son, has his name just below the guardian angel that sits on the upper half of Beckham's back. The guardian angel is there to look after his sons.
The other David Beckham tattoos that can be seen are his wife's name, which is tattooed in Hindi on his left forearm. One of the questions that this has caused is how wise is it to use a language that is not your own when writing on your body. This came up when someone claimed that the name is spelled wrong on his arm. Under that tattoo is a phrase in Latin that means "so that I love and cherish." He also has a roman numeral on his right arm that stands for the number seven, which was the number he wore when he was still playing for Manchester. Directly under that he has another Latin phrase. This one means "spiritual perfection." In this last year, he has added some sleeve work as well as another phrase in Latin. Many of his fans, and his detractors, feel that these tattoos take away from his appearance, but others say as long as he plays well, who cares how he chooses to express himself?
As Chinese tattoo is gaining an ever increasing popularity, more tattoo lovers are starting to give this cool type of skin art a try, including celebrities. Yet, getting a nice Chinese tattoo requires a lot more than money alone. It needs creative ideas. As it turns out, while many celebrities tragically ink inappropriate, weird, or even dull Chinese words onto their bodies, some are fortunately enough to be wearing inspiring, cool, and smart Chinese characters tattoos. Among them, football star David Beckham surely can be proud of his unique Chinese tattoo on the left side of his body.
The ink on David's body says "Sheng Si You Ming, Fu Gui Zai Tian", which means: "Life and death are decided by fate, wealth and honor are held by heaven." Sounds cool, doesn't it? In fact, this is a well-known saying originating from the Analects, a brilliant book noting the remarks of Confucius, and a crucial piece of the Chinese culture puzzle.
The thing is, even David Beckham is a nobody, inking this classic and thought-provoking saying will help him stand way out of the tattoo crowd. So, what can we learn from David's ink, in addition to knowing that it's a cool, smart, and unique tattoo that rocks?
Here's the deal, if you really want your Chinese tattoo to shine of personality, never trust any type of "Chinese tattoo translation", which refers to the process of translating the English word you desire for ink into a Chinese word. Rather than that, the right way of doing this is that you should first go out into the Chinese field, and actually find a word, phrase, or saying that fits your attitude or value, with the help of a dictionary or any kind of tools that translates what you find.
The caveat here is that the sequence should not be reversed. The right path to getting a nice Chinese tattoo should always be "Chinese then English", not the otherwise. So, now the question becomes: why?
Well, culture is the only reason that makes all these differences. The fact is, when you translate an English word into Chinese, you risk exposing the huge cultural gaps between these two wildly different cultures, which often leads to a poor translation, and a bad Chinese tattoo. By saying this, it's not suggesting that translation never works, it simply says given the fact that when it comes to tattooing, being concise in the translation is fairly important. Yet, this would be a difficult task. Therefore, the odds of translating a English word correctly, properly and concisely, while taking care of the cultural gaps on the side, are just too low.
On the other hand, it makes very sense to find your tattoo word directly from Chinese language, which is all likelihood, will to an ideal and favorable tattoo idea. Still, culture is what comes into play in this. When you look for your tattoo word straightly in the huge room of Chinese language, you are breathing the air of Chinese culture, even when you aren't aware. In this way, you avoid all the potential cultural gaps that could do you damage, by plunging into the sea of Chinese culture right from the beginning.
The thing to remember from this, is that "Chinese tattoo translation" doesn't necessarily work. And its chance of ruining your tattoo word is just much higher than you can imagine. Change a route, and start seeking your unique tattoo word directly from the Chinese classics, you will be amazed how many fantastic words, phrases, and sayings are out there for you to discover.
It is very familiar to see a celebrity wearing a tattoo. For others, it may symbolize their personality and an expression of their characteristic or may be it represents something or someone that is very important to them. David Beckham got a great brushed Chinese tattoo. He is one of the celebrities who starred at sports, particularly, in the field of soccer.
He admits that he is addicted to tattoos. That is why even his expression of great love to his wife, Victoria - one of the Spice Girls' stars - which is written in Hindi and the name of his 3 sons had also been inked into his body. Because, according to him, he wanted that his family is always with him and he sees his tattoos as himself.
On the other hand, regardless of his all 14 other tattoos on his body, his Chinese tattoo is located at his torso inked into his left rib-cage downwards. It is written in traditional mandarin Chinese, with eight Chinese symbols which denotes a Chinese proverb, saying, "Death and Life have determined appointments. Riches and Honor depend upon heaven" It was confirmed by his spokesperson and also added that he always wanted to have this kind of a brush-like tattoo and Victoria as well.
It is unique from all other tattoos because it is said that this tattoo underwent a complex method of tattooing. It looks like a real brushed-up Chinese symbols. Its strokes are tattooed as if they were written using a brush and fabric and it is solely from Hong Kong. Its grass style of strokes is very difficult to be tattooed because of its complexities. He got the tattoo during the team Los Angeles Galaxy had a tour at the Far East. He gives more accents in the word Life, compared to the word death, which is tattooed smaller.
His tattoo signifies more of his love of his family, her wife Victoria and his three boys, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz and also for him self as a representation of his principles and reputation.
A tattoo is all about individualism. Take that away and you just have ink. That's why you want a tattoo design that looks amazing now and in the future.
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