The essential guide to entering the tattoo industry. Learn the cool tattoo designs.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Step 1-Understanding your Tools
Step 2: Learning the Tattoo Machine
Step 3: Understanding How to Properly Use Needles
Step 4: Learning about Tattoo Inks
Step 5: Getting Organized
Step 6: Working with Tattoo practice “skins”
Step 7: Preparing Yourself and the Client to Tattoo
Step 8: Making and Applying Tattoo Stencils
Step 9: Outlining
Step 10: Shadowing and Shading
Step 11: What You Need To Do After the Tattoo Session
Step 12: Setting up your Own Tattoo Shop

Getting Inked! answers your questions about the tattoo process.

Table of Contents
Note from the Compiler 3
Distribution Notice 4
Photography Credits 5
Introduction 6
Picking out a Tattoo Studio 6
Choosing the Artist 8
Picking out the Right Image For You! 9
Common Types of Tattoos People Get 9
Some Examples 10
Tattoo Galleries and Resources for Your Perusal 11
Alas, Where to Put It… 14
Is It Going to Cost Me An Arm and A Leg? 14
The Tattoo Process In A Nutshell 16
After Care 16
One Last Piece of Advice and Some Closing
Thoughts
17

This book is packed full of articles and nearly 500 tattoo designs. The designs cover all the major categories with two expanded bonus sections about tribal tattoos and Japanese characters and Kanji symbols.

Tattoo Categories

• Alien Tattoos
• Angel Tattoos
  
• Animal Tattoos
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• Asian Tattoos
• Butterfly Tattoos
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• Cartoon Tattoos
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• Celtic Tattoos
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• Clown Tattoos
• Cross Tattoos
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• Demon Tattoos
• Devil Tattoos
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• Dragon Tattoos
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• Fairy Tattoos
• Flower Tattoos
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• Monster Tattoos
• Native American Tattoos
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• Pinup Tattoos
• Religious Tattoos
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• Skeleton Tattoos
• Sun and Star Tattoos
• Symbol Tattoos
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Valuable Answers to your questions

Getting a Tattoo
1.1 Does it hurt?
1.2 What about anaesthetic?
1.3 Should i get a tattoo in the first place?
1.4 *Why* do I want one?
1.5 Religious (Christian) arguments
1.6 A temporary alternative?
1.7 The decision process — making the big plunge: where can I find
a good artist, and what should I look for in tattoo artist?
1.8 What images do you think of when you think of a tattoo?
1.9 What kind of colors can i get?
1.10 How to look around in the shop?
1.11 Asking to see their portfolio
1.12 What to look for in their portfolio?
1.13 What kind of questions to ask?
1.14 What sorts of things to look for in shop
1.15 R-E-S-P-E-C-T: What to ask from artists?
1.16 Re tattoo shops insured?
1.17 How much does it cost to get a tattoo?
1.18 How should i act when I get in that chair?
1.19 Where on my body should I get a tattoo?

Sanitation
1.1 Can I get infectious diseases from tattoo needles?
1.2 What to look for in a sanitary shop environment.
1.3 Can I get AIDS from tattooing?
1.4 Can my tattoos get infected?
1.5 How to look for sterilization
1.6 Are there any medical conditions that will preclude me from getting a tattoo?
1.7 What is the Alliance of Professional Tattooists?
1.8 Should I get a vaccination shot against hepatitis?

Care of new Tattoos
1.1 General Advice From A Medical Doctor
1.2 Common Misconceptions With No Basis In Reality
1.3 What Are Some Bad Things For My New Tattoo?
1.4 It Is True That Suntanning To A Considerable Extent Not Only
Damages Your Skin But Fades The Tattoos?
1.5 How Do I Care For My New Tattoo?
1.6 Minimal Moisturizer Method Ancient Art Tattoo, (Orlando, FLA)
1.7 Pat-With-Listerine Method From Tattoos Unlimited (London, Canada)
1.8 The Wait-24-Hours-To-Take-Off-Dressing Method From Joker’s Wild
(London, Canada)
1.9 The Coconut-Oil-Itch-Relief Method From Blue Dragon Tattoos
(London, Canada)
1.10 The Huck Spalding Method From Huck Spalding`s “Tattooing
A To Z”
1.11 The Noxzema Method From Lance Bailey

Tribal Tattoo Bonus Section

Over 150 Tribal Tattoos, Tribal Rings & Tribal Dragons

Over 90 of the most popular Kanji Symbols with meanings

Gambler

Good Luck

Invincible

Tattoos Unlimited contains hundreds of tattoo designs ready to print and bring to the tattoo parlor . From Tribal to Celtic to Floral and Butterflies, this book contains the right tattoo design for you.

Table of Contents
Beginners Guide to Getting a Tattoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Tattoo Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Choosing a Tattoo Parlor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Tattoo Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
History of Tattoos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tribal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Celtic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Decorative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Dragons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Assorted Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Butterflies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Floral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Patriotic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Zodiac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Chinese Zodiac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Chinese Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

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Table of Contents
From the Publisher………………………………………………………2
Master Resell Rights License……………………………………..3
Recommended Resources…………………………………………4
Legal Notices………………………………………………………………5
Table of Contents………………………………………………………..6
Chapter 1: The History of Tattoos………………………………..7
Chapter 2: Information to Know Before Getting a Tattoo9
Chapter 3: Choosing Your Tattoo Parlor……………………11
Chapter 4: The Cost of Tattoos………………………………….13
Chapter 5: Pros and Cons of Tattoos………………………..15
Chapter 6: Tattoo Safety…………………………………………….17
Chapter 7: Application Techniques of Tattoos…………..19
Chapter 8: Minimizing the Pain of Tattoos…………………21
Chapter 9: Picking Your Dream Design…………………….23
Chapter 10: Popular Tattoo Designs…………………………25
Chapter 11: Innovative Tribal Tattoo Designs………………………27
Chapter 12: Celtic Tattoos Designs…………………………………………28
Chapter 13: The Meanings of Flower Tattoos…………..30
Chapter 14: Free Tattoo Designs……………………………..32
Chapter 15: Tongue Tattoos……………………………………..35
Chapter 16: Caring for a New Tattoo………………………..36
Chapter 17: Time and Tattoos………………………………….38
Chapter 18: Things to Expect From Tattoo Removal..40
Chapter 19: Tattoo Removal Options……………………….42
Chapter 20: Summary………………………………………………44