Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Free Tattoo Designs To Print

Many people do not want to look at the tattoo design catalogue that the local tattoo artist provides. Most probably, the design you want, may not be featured there. This then raises the question:  How can we find the “best free tattoo designs to print” that suit us? 
The answer to this question is both easy and hard at the same time. Searching the internet for royalty free photos of tattoos is the way to go. The wide variety of designs featured on various websites will only make it even harder for you to choose your perfect design. Searching the internet for works released as free to share and modify are the safest bets. Many artistes release a few samples of their work for free, simply to boost the popularity of their store or website.

Another way of course is to use the image search features that various search engines provide. This method is probably the best way of getting new ideas for your tattoo designs. Bear in mind though that not all of the results will be royalty free and reproduction of such images may amount to violation of copyrights.
As a general rule of thumb, most of the simple tattoo designs are usually free to print as they involve very little skill. You can then use your own ingenuity and skills to create a complex design yourself. 

Here are a few websites that have free tattoo that can be printed (or are free to view):
1)      www.tribalshapes.com: As its name implies, this site specializes in providing tribal types of tattoos for free. As an added bonus this site also has a decent collection of Japanese Kanji symbols and phrases. Each type of tattoo is grouped by the body area on which they can be applied.
2)      www.tattoosbydesign.com: Another good site that hosts a decent collection of free tattoos of varying sizes. The tattoos on this site are grouped by design and can be freely viewed.
Unlike some other sites, the above mentioned sites do not require you to register to view their full catalogue. If you want to contribute to these sites however, you must first become a member. There is an unspoken rule in the tattooing industry that dictates that an artist should create his/her own design. Blindly copying the work of others is not considered a good practice. You may however use design elements from any of the tattoo designs available to you as you like. To sum up the best free tattoo designs to print are usually the design elements that make up a larger and complex tattoo.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Baseball Tattoos - Read This Now While It's Not To Late

Sporting tattoos are a great way to show your love for the game. Just like when choosing any other tattoo design, a baseball tattoo should be chosen in such a way that it suits you and your personal sporting preferences in the game. Don’t choose a particular type of tattoo just because some hard-core baseball fan has inscribed it on his body. Your tattoo should be chosen by you only.


Here are some cool ideas to help you get started on what sort of baseball themed tattoo you can adorn on your body and the purposes that these tattoos will serve:

Tattoo about your favorite team:  Be it the Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds or Texas Rangers if you want to show everybody how much you love your favorite team, inscribe a tattoo whose theme is based on your favorite team.  For Ex: you can adorn a tattoo of a ranger’s hat (Texas Rangers) or a tiger based tattoo (Detroit Tigers) to support these teams.  You may also inscribe a quote from these players or the general motto of the team on the appropriate places. The team’s mascot is another object which can be used in tattoo designs.

 Tattoo based on the team’s home ground: Every baseball stadium and its governing body have a rich history of great players and home grown cultures and trends. Some stadiums have a distinctive design and/or are a tourist destination in themselves. A tattoo sporting your favorite stadium or your teams home ground or something that depicts its culture is a great way to show your love for the stadium and its culture. 

Baseball equipment tattoos: A simple bat or ball or the gloves and other gear can be used as abstract art forms in themselves.

Baseball tattoos featuring portraits of the players: Your favorite player’s portrait on an appropriate place on your body, what more does player want from a die-hard fan?

Love for the game: All of the rest including the ones mentioned above can be clubbed here. If you are inscribing a baseball themed tattoo, you already love the game.

These are just a sample of the wide varieties of options available to fans. Like every art form, this too is limited by your own imagination. As most probably, you would be sporting your tattoos in public or on live TV (chances are), care should be taken that proper standards of decency are maintained.