Welcome to the homepage of Dermadonna
Tattooing is an art! This website provides both, information about tattoo art in general, my own work and a little piece of myself. Please take a look and learn, not only to deside whether or not you'll make it to the shop to customice your body with art but also and I think very important, to know more about it's history and means. My advice is to think twice before you'll decide to do it, after all it will be a mark for life so you'll have to be sure to want one (or two, or three...). Also take a close look and be very carefull of what to choose, tattoos are very personal and it's a shame if you'll regret your choice in the future. Therefore I think the best choice is to make your own design or let the artist design something that really fits you or your needs. This way it's most likely you still love it after some period of time or even better, your whole life! Good luck in whatever your choice will be. Memento Vivere. Peace!

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"beauty skin deep, pain straight to the bone, art you'll keep, it'll never leave you alone"

Terms
A tattoo is a mark made by inserting pigment into the skin; in technical terms, tattooing is dermal pigmentation. Tattoos may be made on human or animal skin. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification, while tattoos on animals are most commonly used for identification.

Tattooing has been practiced worldwide. The Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, wore facial tattoos. Tattooing was widespread among Polynesian peoples, and among certain tribal groups in the Philippines, Borneo, Africa, North America, South America, Mesoamerica, Europe, Japan, Cambodia and China. Despite some taboos surrounding tattooing, the art continues to be popular all over the world.

It is commonly believed that the original root word of 'tattoo' comes from the Samoan or the Tahitian word tatau, meaning to mark or strike twice (the latter referring to traditional methods of applying the designs). The first syllable "ta", meaning "hand", is repeated twice as an onomatopoeic reference to the repetitive nature of the action, and the final syllable "U" translates to "color". The instrument used to pierce the skin in Polynesian tattooing is called a hahau, the syllable "ha" meaning to "strike or pierce".

The first closest known usage of the word in English was recorded in the diary of Captain James Cook in 1769 during his voyage to the Marquesas Islands. The text reads, “...they print signs on people’s body and call this tattaw”, referring to the Polynesian customs. Sailors on the voyage later introduced both the word and the concept of tattooing to Europe.

In Japanese the word used for traditional designs or those that are applied using traditional methods is irezumi ("insertion of ink"), while "tattoo" is used for non-Japanese designs.

Tattoo enthusiasts may refer to tattoos as tats, ink, art, or work, and to tattooists as artists. The latter usage is gaining greater support, with mainstream art galleries holding exhibitions of tattoo designs and photographs of tattoos. Tattoo designs that are mass-produced and sold to tattoo artists and studios and displayed in shop are known as flash.

History
Tattooing has been a Eurasian practice at least since Neolithic times. Mummies bearing tattoos and dating from the end of the second millennium BC have been discovered at Pazyryk on the Ukok Plateau. Tattooing in Japan is thought to go back to the Paleolithic era, some ten thousand years ago. Various other cultures have had their own tattoo traditions, ranging from rubbing cuts and other wounds with ashes, to hand-pricking the skin to insert dyes.

Thanks to Wikipedia, here are some links to learn more about the
history of tattooing.

Tattooing in prehistoric times
Tattooing in the ancient world
Reintroduction in the Western world
Religious prohibitions