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I think that one of the more popular tattoos is probably the star tattoo. There are so many different variations of a star that people can dress them up as they wish, making them more personal and unique.

You will commonly find five, six, seven, eight, and nine pointed stars. The pentagram, shooting star, nautical star, and the Star of David are probably the most commonly tattooed star.

Below, you'll find several interesting star tattoos, so check them out and find ways to make your potential star tattoo more unique.

(by Brian, Capitol City Tattoo, Madison, WI)

(by Darren, Colour Works Tattoo Studio, Dublin)

(by Jack Ozimek, Blue Lotus, Madison, WI)

(by Dr Feel Good, Houston Body Art, Houston, Tx)

If you want to know the meaning of the different style star tattoos check out the following website:
Meaning of Star Tattoos & Star Tattoo Pictures

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Skull Tattoos

August 2nd 2008 00:58

It seems like skull tattoos are one of the most popular tattoo choices nowadays. The hardest thing in the world to deal with is wanting a skull tattoo but still wanting something unique. There's not really THAT many choices when it comes to skulls, you got skulls with top hats, flames, smoke, blah blah blah...all boring and done a million times before. Coming up with a unique or different design in tattoo's is one of the hardest things to do these days. Here is a picture of a tattoo that a body piercer got that i think it both unique and very cool. It's just a basic skull design but with a septum piercing, 2 eyebrow piercings and a piercing needle going through it's other eyebrow. Obviously the body piercer got it like this to show off his profession as well as make his tattoo unique.

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Eyeball Tattoo

June 23rd 2008 14:32

If the eyeball implants didn't do it for you, check this out...

Tattooing your eye is not only possible, it's actually been performed for over 2,000 years (says BME), as it became popular and common in the 19th and 20th centuries to correct defects such as scarring and leucomas. It's actually much less common these days, as contacts cover up the same defects, and they're a lot less expensive and painful.

Cosmetic corneal tattooing by Heidi Lassiter, RN

But see that's actually semi-normal, so to speak, in that it's a medical procedure to correct a defect, but you can actually get the whites of your eyes tattooed

Basically the procedure can be done by hand using a tri-beveled needle and standard drawing ink, not tattoo ink. The needle is dipped in the ink and then poked at an angle into the eye. The eye must periodically be rinsed with saline as the work area gets covered with loose ink. This method has worked for about 90% of patients, but some say that this method doesn't hold the ink too well.

Another hand method is to use a needle and syringe and draw the ink into the syringe and slowly push the ink into the eye tissues at an angle.

Some places use a specialized tattoo machine with a three-needle configuration to tattoo the eye, as they feel it allows a more uniform depth pigmentation.

When healing an eye tattoo, the eye will probably feel irritated and dry. You may feel as though there's something stuck in the eye. You'll, also, experience redness. The actual healing time is the same as regular tattoos, an averaged week.

Eye tattoos are usually performed with a cosmetic tattoo artist and a ophthalmologist.

With any tattoo, you risk infection, so when you tattoo the white of the eye, you can potentionally risk your sight if an infection sets in.

You may just want to consider a custom contact lens instead of actually tattooing your sclera.

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More Unusual Tattoos

June 13th 2008 16:10

So with my first part of Unusual Tattoos, I thumbed through pages and pages of tattoos. Well, a friend of mine sent me this lovely list of 20 worst tattoos, and I picked 6 of them that are appropriate for the title of "unusual." Check them out and let me know what you think.

When getting an “In Memoriam” tattoo, it is best not to completely disrespect that person for the remainder of your life.

There has got to be an equally bad inside joke regarding this tattoo.

“Yeah, I Am looking to get a buck-toothed naked Indian straddling a corndog….Yeah, a corndog.”

This guy’s last name better be Maytag.

Normally for Halloween this would be cool and understandable... But a tattoo, a REAL tattoo!!

Ok, this isn't the first time I've seen a tattoo of this sort, but while we're here, let's post it... You need to see it.

I really do wish I could have posted a few others that were on the top 20 list of worst and odd tattoos, but they just are appropriate for young viewers.. So sorry guys... At least the 2 girls, 1 cup wasn't that bad. Some of the ones on the list were pretty explicit. I mean do you really want a naked lady belly up on your stomach with her vagina as your belly button and a hungry wolf standing behind her with a fork and knife on your body for hte rest of your life? Ok well, it doesn't sound that bad, but... Oh forget it.. here it is.

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How Much Do Tattoos Cost?

June 9th 2008 15:19

This is one of the more popular questions I see on various forums and websites, such as Yahoo Answers. I'm actually pretty sick of seeing people ask other random people how much a tattoo is going to cost, especially when most of the time the person has no clue what they want just a size and maybe a general idea of the design.

The only person that can truly answer how much your tattoo is going to cost is a tattoo artist.

TwitterBoy and SqirlyGirl on the internet isn't going to be the ones tattooing you, so it's going to be pretty hard for them to tell you how much you're going to be charged.

The basic elements that determine the price of a tattoo include:
* Size
* Number of colors
* Which colors
* Placement
* Shop's minimum cost
* The tattoo artist, himself

Different tattoo artists will charge different prices for the exact same tattoo. This is why you need to "shop" around a bit. But at the same time, you don't want to stop at the cheapest price.

You need to look at the tattoo artist's portfolio, so that you can get a good idea of the quality that you're going to receive.

You don't always want to pay the highest cost; just because one guy charges the most, it doesn't mean that the quality is going to be the best. Same with the guy that charges the least; his quality may not be the worst.

Remember to tip the tattoo artist after each session.

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Lip Tattoos

June 2nd 2008 16:13

Lip tattoos are generall on the inside of the bottom lip, but occassionally on the inside upper lip. These tattoos are pretty unique and unusual, and for the most part people who get inner lip tattoos, want to have one word, very small phrase, or a few numbers tattooed in a fairly hidden area. Many people categorize lip tattoos as "hardcore" tattoo, but personally, it's just another tattoo.

Usually those who want inner lip tattoos get very personal or highly offensive words tattooed. For the most part, you probably won't see to many "sweet" or "cool." Most people tend to get words that they don't want to advertise to the general public. Another common reason that people get lip tattoos is for pure ego; to go to a friend and say, "hey dude I got a lip tattoo. Wanna see?" makes you "cool" because you got a tattoo in a very unusual spot

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Free Tattoo Designs

May 23rd 2008 15:44

Before getting a new tattoo, you may have an idea in mind, but aren't quite sure how you want the tattoo drawn and designed. Looking at flashes can help you figure out how you want your tattoo to look, but another option is to look at free online tattoo galleries. Although, these galleries are not always the best option for ideas, they should give you a great place to start.

Other places to get ideas for a new tattoo, include browsing your tattoo artist's portfolio and talking to your tattoo artist about what you would like to see in your upcoming tattoo. As an artist of the field, your tattooist should be able to give you tons of ideas to help you figure out what you want in your tattoo

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Unusual Tattoo Designs

May 21st 2008 14:37

I'm not going to necessarily go into bad tattoos and tattoo designs, because the look and feel of a tattoo is going to have differing opinions. IE you may find a tattoo of an arm chair atrocious, the person who paid an artist to tattoo that arm chair may love it; the tattoo itself may have some significance to the person. Plus, bad tattoos are generally those of poor quality. So, instead of showing pictures of tattoos that I find are bad and ugly, I'll show unusual tattoos.

These tattoos are not necessarily bad, just different. I'll be saving the most unusual tattoo for last... And trust me... You won't believe what someone actually had tattooed on their body

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4 Stages in The Life of An Average Tattoo: Getting a New Tattoo

May 19th 2008 17:33

Many people have tattoos these days- young and old alike- that the process is pretty simple and well-known at this point.

1. Choosing the tattoo
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