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The Hottest Tattoo Quotes, Ideas, & Word Designs For 2010
Posted by Metro in Uncategorized on March 13, 2012
The year has just started but obviously one of the biggest trends in tattoo designs is going to be word, literary and written tattoos of popular and cool quotes or sayings. There are many different names for these styles of tattoos but essential they all feature one major growing trend in tattoo designs and that is the trend of the written word.
Of course word tattoos have always been around. A tattoo that features some lettering artwork is often less expensive and pretty easily done and therefore it has always been a pretty popular option. However, words were typically used as an embellishment to the main course so to speak. in other words (pun intended) the graphic artwork of the tattoo design always took the center stage in the past. the only real exception to this rule was a memorial or gang related design. other than those two usually the words were simply to convey the meaning of the picture or the design of the tattoo and the words were never really thought of as the design itself.
However, over the last two or so years this has really changed and now literary tattoos that feature fancy scripts, cursive writing and beautifully embellished fonts are the main part of the design. Some people might choose to give the words or written design a bit of artwork to go with it but it is only meant to enhance the overall design. It seems these days people are fascinated with logos, sayings, words and song lyrics in just about any language. Japanese kanji tattoos, Arabic and Hindi designs as well as Celtic saying and olde English verses has all become very popular.
Popular Locations For Women
This trend has been picked up by men and women alike. just as many women are getting their tattoo quotes as men. Some of the more popular locations for women to get such designs are a bit different than men.
Ankle – the ankle is a pretty small canvas for a tattoo and therefore lends itself to smaller and cute female tattoo designs such as words. Also they can naturally curve around the ankle making a beautiful and ornate looking bracelet yet one with deep and rich meaning.
Wrist – the wrist is pretty much like the ankle a great place for a delicate design that is femeinine and sexy at the same time. thus the words or saying can easily wrap around the wrist. we have all seen the mass of celebrities getting the now famous under wrist tattoo. Typically a one or two word saying that is packed with meaning for the person.
Hip – the hip is the new lower back tattoo design. It is the new location for any sexy tattoo design and so why not but some beautifully embellished writing smack on the hip area.
Rib cage and Side – this has always been a location more reserved for the seriously committed tattoo fans as the rib cage can be one of the more painful areas to get tattoo designs done on. However, these days with so many people getting tattoos it can be hard to come up with original and unique ideas. thus has lead many women to go with the rib cage tattoo.
Popular Locations For Men
Shoulder – the shoulder area has always been one of the most popular places for a tattoo design. It is easily covered and a great place for a first timer.
Upper Back – A upper back tattoo is a great location since it is a big canvas. this is also a pretty popular place for guys to get a written tattoo. Typically guys go for a one word design instead of a saying but it is really up to your own tastes and what you want to get done.
Rib Cage – As mentioned above this was always the area for hardcore tattoo enthusiast as it can be a pretty painful tattoo. However, it sure give you great bragging rights with your buddies when you can sport the cool ambigram tattoo design on your rib cage area. Nice and big to get the full effect. just remember when you buddies ask it wasn’t that painful right?
Forearm – the forearm is one of the more usually but quickly growing areas to get a tattoo done one. since guys like to often get the one word tattoo the shape of the forearm a long rectangle is perfect for one of these designs.
As you can see these are just some of the location for getting a great looking tattoo quotes design. There are many sayings, words and designs out there so spend you time looking carefully and pick something that is going to be important and meaningful to you.
The Hottest Tattoo Quotes, Ideas, & Word Designs For 2010
Tattoo Websites – Finding the Best Tattoo Design Sites Online
Posted by Metro in Uncategorized on March 10, 2012
When choosing a tattoo which is going to be on your body for the rest of your life, you should not rush the process of finding the design you ‘think’ you want. there are some tattoo websites out there which are free but they contain very generic tattoo designs that you have probably already seen a million times on other people or just by simply browsing through Google images.
If you are serious about getting a tattoo, then you should consider getting a membership to a tattoo design website. When you have access to one of these reputable sites, you will have 1,000s of quality, unique designs to browse through.
Not only will you be able to browse through these tattoo websites, but you’ll be joining a community of 10s of thousands of people in the same boat as you, with forums and galleries of other members who want to show off their latest tattoos by uploading pictures, making you feel confident about whatever ink you decide on.
With tattoo websites, all your tattoo needs will be far exceeded. If you want to browse google images until you find a cliche design that lots of people already have, then by all means..go ahead, but if you want to find something much more classy and unique, then spending the extra few bucks on a tattoo website membership is definitely the way to go. where else can you go and simply pick a category and be instantly provided with pages and pages of the best designs available?
On top of all these features, you will have access to a directory of over 10,000 tattoo studios in 38 countries. Find a studio closest to your location and make your appointment, it’s as easy as that. in addition, you’ll be able to read other users reviews on tattoo studios that your considering. you can even watch videos of people getting their tattoos done at different studios if you need to build up your courage a little more
If you plan on getting some ink soon, then a tattoo website should be a must. the support and usefulness is really incomparable to that of any one time deal you can find for free. you will always have access to 1,000s of designs in every category imaginable, you’ll have a network of people to share your experience with, you can watch videos, get inspired by others, and even find the best tattoo studio near you
Tattoo Websites – Finding the Best Tattoo Design Sites Online
Japanese Symbol For Family and Other Popular Japanese Tattoo Symbols
Posted by Metro in Uncategorized on March 4, 2012
Choosing a Japanese symbol for a tattoo design can be a difficult decision. there are so many characters to choose from, it is worth taking the time to research and understand all of the options. there are a number of tattoo designs that are ever popular, including the Japanese symbol for family. Read on to find out more about this popular tattoo design.
The Japanese symbol for family is usually written in Kanji. there are three alphabets in Japanese, called hiragana, katakana and kanji. Most tattoo design will either use katakana, if it is for a name or kanji if it is for a word or concept. Kanji is the name in Japanese given to the chinese characters that are used in the Japanese language and were originally adapted from Chinese.
The Japanese word for family is ka-zoku. it is actually made up of two characters. the first character has the sound ka and means ‘house’ or ‘home’. the second character is read zoku and has the meaning of ‘group’, ‘clan’ or ‘family’. Together the two characters form the meaning ‘family’ and it is pronounced kazoku.
Some of the other Japanese symbols that are always popular for tattoos are also related to the family theme. These include father, mother, daughter, sister and brother. If you have looked at all of the Japanese symbols related to family and still can’t decide, then you could always go for a universally popular character, the character for love. in Japanese the word for love is ‘ai’ and is only one character of 13 strokes, which makes it a good choice if you are looking for a symbol with a strong meaning in one character.
Japanese Symbol For Family and Other Popular Japanese Tattoo Symbols
Suns’ Markieff Morris’ path diverges from brother Marcus
Posted by Metro in Uncategorized on March 4, 2012
For 21 years, Markieff and Marcus Morris were more like conjoined twins.
Their mother says they are fraternal but they seem identical. They lived virtually inseparable lives as a pair that is also one of a kind. They went everywhere together, ordered the same food, got the same tattoos, like the same music, took the same classes and got the same haircuts.
They stopped dressing the same in middle school, but Markieff just found out that he bought the same jacket in Phoenix as Marcus did in Houston a week earlier.
This brotherly love from Philadelphia did not need separation to know its depths. it took the NBA dream to pry them apart, and the Morrises have had to figure out how to coexist while apart, sending daily texts and talking regularly while they experience very different rookie seasons.
Asked separately what it has been like to be apart for the first time the past two months, Markieff said, “It feels like 90 years.”
Said Marcus: “It feels like a lifetime.”
Markieff is ahead of Marcus, just as he was in birth by seven minutes and the NBA draft by one place. Markieff is arguably the NBA’s top rookie big man, playing about 20 minutes per game for the Suns and establishing himself as a boost to the Suns’ defense and rebounding while ranking among the league’s better 3-point shooters.
Marcus is making the transition to small forward. He lost out on a chance at a role to second-round pick Chandler Parsons.
Marcus spent time in the D-League, sprained an ankle and then was sent again to D-League on Friday morning, spoiling his chance to watch Markieff playing Houston on Friday night or to be with Houston at Phoenix this Thursday.
“We were always together when we were young,” said Markieff, who shared a meal with Marcus for the first time this winter on Thursday night before Marcus left for Rio Grande Valley (Hidalgo, Texas). “You couldn’t separate us. That’s how we were so close when we got older.”
It is hard to differentiate between the two in person until they speak. Markieff speaks at a lower level and is shorter on words than the more outgoing Marcus, who is an inch shorter and a tad more slender.
If you think Marcus might have been upset for the less accomplished Markieff to be drafted ahead of him or jealous that Markieff has found a better NBA situation, you have the wrong twins. They celebrate each other’s success and are driven by it. Nothing tells a twin more about his capabilities than seeing the other succeed.
For the Morrises, or Morrii as they were called at Kansas, it is “family over everything.” They have “F.O.E.” as part of the mirror-image tattoo collection, which started with one that says “Twin Towers” and has them pictured in front of a Philadelphia skyline with “Morris Brothers, est. 1989.”
“I thought he was going to go top 10 in the draft,” Marcus, the 14th pick, said of Markieff, the 13th pick. “Kieff is a legit four (power forward). in this draft, there are not too many legit fours who are even playing. I thought he was going to go to Cleveland (with the fourth pick). Kieff is going to be a 17-year veteran in this league just because he knows how to do what he does. He has a knack for rebounding. He’s a defender and he shoots 3s.”
Marcus calls Markieff “Ol’ Head” because he is like a veteran. Marcus has gone through his own frustrations with D-League duty and three weeks of ankle rehabilitation but has been kept up by watching every game Markieff plays, live or recorded.
Their single mother, Angel, kept them together constantly when they were young, and they became best friends who don’t argue.
Part of that bond was basketball, a love formed by cutting the bottom out of a crate and putting it on a light pole by their north Philadelphia home to play.
Last week, Markieff sent Marcus a text reminding him of a handshake they did when they were 5 years old.
“It’s different being a twin,” Markieff said. “It’s harder to tell you than to know it in our position. It’s the weirdest (common) stuff that you wouldn’t ever believe.
“But the difference in personality is that he’s meaner. He has that fire in him. I’m more of a laid-back guy, but you can bring that fire out of me.”
The Morris twins had the same car in college and again in the NBA, buying the same model of Mercedes in the same color.
On draft night, the Suns explored the possibility of trading for Houston’s no. 14 pick to draft Marcus as well as Markieff. The cost of a future first-round pick was too much.
“Man, what would’ve that been like?” Marcus said.
“I assumed we’d been on different teams. Us together, we’d take down the whole world. two people who understand how to play basketball together. Steve Nash and (Marcin) Gortat play really good together, but there’s nobody in the league who has played together as long as we have and know each other’s best moves and where each other are going to be. down the road, it may be a dream come true.”
The Top Word Tattoos For Best Friends
Posted by Metro in Uncategorized on February 28, 2012
Word tattoos for you and your best friend can be a great idea. however, before you get a tattoo with your friend there are some very important things to consider. we will cover those here. also you will learn the top word tattoos for best friends.
If you and a close friend are thinking of getting a tattoo together there are a few things you must consider beforehand.
First, as hard as this may sound to do, keep in mind when selecting your tattoo that the relationship may not last forever. If that happens, you probably don’t want a tattoo that reminds you of that person every time you look at it for the rest of your life. so when you select, choose carefully. Pick a tattoo that works well on its own as well as with your friend.
Keep in mind that any word tattoo you choose needs to be short like these offered here. there aren’t many places on the body where lengthy words tattoos work.
Also it is a good idea to find a tattoo artist that specializes in doing tattoo words. that is a lot different than drawing pictures. You want the letters to be done very clear so as you age they do not easily run together and become hard to read.
In the past many people were selecting picture tattoos for best friends, but word tattoos are become very popular today. Here are the top word tattoos for best friends.
Friendship is one mind in two bodies
With a true friend you know each other so well that even though you have two separate bodies you do many things as one. For instance you may think alike, have the same desires or similar feelings. As well, you may not even need to speak words to communicate your thoughts.
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but a true friend will leave footprints in your heart
As we go through life we will have many acquaintances and friends. but you will only have one true friend that pierces your soul and touches your heart. that is someone that leaves a very favorable impression and changes your life forever.
Side by side or miles apart best friends are always together if only by heart
Situations happen in life where friends get separated because of jobs or family or circumstances. Most friendships will eventually fall apart. but if the friendship is strong enough it will survive and friends will remain close even though the distance separates them.
A true friend is like a four leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have
It is not easy, even lucky some may say, to be fortunate enough to have a really true friend. If you have a friend like this cherish the relationship and never takes it for granted, because it is rare.
