Hoot of Africa

Another awesome reader submission, Erica sent in this cute thing done by Ed Perdomo.

Wherever I lay my Hoot

Elmo

Hoot Surgery

And another tattooist submission, this time from Tucson, Arizona's Ed Slocum.

Hoot In Mouth

Another reader submission, this one from Danny.

BraveHoot....2

Brave cos that one had to hurt....reader submission from Benny.

In The Hoot Seat

Vince Villalvazo

Hoot Off The Presses

Kolleen sent in this wicked owl-tline. Can't wait to see the finished piece!

Hoot Fuss

Becca sent in this nice black & grey piece.

Fahrenhoot 451

The final reader submission of the day comes from Kim, who was lucky enough to have Uncle Allan do this piece at the Evian Tattoo Show 2008.

The King of Hoots

This owl comes from 'Handsome Al', done by Doc Fell at Mikes Tattoos in Carlisle, UK.

Stronghoot

Andi sent in this owltline, done by Kele Idol at Aerochild Tattoos in Birmingham, AL.

Everybody Hoots

Lastly, Ashley sent in this ace black & grey owl, called Vinny, and done at Infinate Art.

In My Hoot There Rings A Melody

DJ Kopp sent this owl in, done by Mikey Sarratt in Arizona.

Pops Hoot Stopped, In Came The Air Drop

A reader submission from the improbably monickered Gray Byrd.

Hoot Shot The Sheriff

Meg McNeil

HootOut At The OK Corral

Finally for today's submissions, Joe Glassford sent in his owl, done by artist Robert Ryan from Electric Tattoo, Bradley Beach, NJ.

Hoot Stroke

Leeza sent in this submission, and writes, 'This was done to symbolize me with my memaw who past away. She was really into owls. It was done by "Wicked Ink" in Clearwater,Fl. by an artist named Prix.'

If You Can't Take The Hoot, Get Out Of The Kitchen

Happy New Year! I've been on holiday and had a slew of owl submissions waiting for me in my inbox when i got back, so I'll be posting them in the days to come. This little fella was sent in by Megan, and done by Shane at Classic Tattoo in Las Vegas.

Body Art - Tattoos

Body art is very broad term which includes ear piercing to a funky tattoo, painting or you can say everything related to skin decoration. Today there is a craze among college students especially to get a funky tattoo done. Having a body art done is a means to express themselves and their individuality.

Besides piercing and tattooing body painting is growing in popularity as a body art form. Body art painting treats human body as a blank canvas, and beautiful crafty colorful pictures are drawn on it. Although this artistry may not be your drawing room's show case they are still splendid.

These days companies have employed a new marketing funda of using body painting as a form of advertising. Many advertisements showcase the models with company logos painted onto their bodies.

Be it a sports day at school or cricket match in the country or going in discs beautiful body art, or painting is apparent. Fans many times express their love and compassion for their favorite team by painting the team mascot or writing their favorite team's name.

Tattoo asthe popular body art

Tattoos are very old art, anciently practiced as marking to identify animals or some convicts and also as permanent ornaments to decorate the body. The word Tattoo is actually derived from a Tahitian word "Tatau." The regularly growing passion Tattoos differ in patterns between males and females. Where males prefer tribal, skull, scorpion patterns, females go for angel, sun, moon patterns.

Tattoos may be permanent or temporary. Heena or mehandi, sticker tattoo or that drawn from water colors is temporary tattoos. Permanent tattoos are much painful and costly too. Inspite of pain involved tattooing has been practiced by modern as well as tribes across the world. The procedure of making tattoos too sports a wide variety; in some cultures tattoos are formed from scaring and rubbing it with ashes or charring while pricking with thorns to insert dyes in others.

Uses of Tattoo

1. Decorative and spiritual uses of tattoos involve symbols of religious and spiritual devotion, decorations for bravery, mark of fertility, amulets and talismans for protection.
2. Now-a-days people choose to be tattooed for cosmetic and sentimental purposes. Extensive decorative tattooing is common for traditional freak shows and by performers who follow in their tradition.
3. Tattoos are a marking that gives an idea about status and rank of an individual.
4. The tattoos were carved out for identification of inmates by Nazis. Sometime a tattoo can be useful for forensic pathologists as they might help identify burned or mutilated bodies.
5. These days for the cosmetic purpose tattoos are marked as permanent eyebrows, lips liner or lipstick, eye liner and even moles.
6. A new application of tattoo is 'Medical tattoos.' Tattoos are used for in repeated radiotherapy and for breast reconstruction.

Method of Tattooing
Modern days tattoo parlors mushrooming in cities uses the electric tattoo machine which has an oscillating unit that has a mount of group of needles. These needles dipped in Azo- or Acri- dyes goes in and out of the skin around 80-150 times resulting into a gorgeous tattoo.

Things to Remember When Looking For a Girl Tattoo

Locating cool tattoos for girls should be a fun and rewarding process. It's often the opposite, though, because more and more women are bumping into the same generic designs over and over again. These three tips should help you take you time when deciding on which cool tattoos for girls to pick and where to find them.

First, you need to realize that the internet is filled with artwork for your girl tattoo. There is no need to go and settle on the first half way decent design that you see. Many females (and men) do this and then end up regretting their decision. The wished they would have taken a bit more time to truly locate what they wanted. It's doesn't make sense to settle on some cool tattoos for girls if you are not 100% sure about the design that you are looking at.

Secondly, you should not let outside influence hamper your decision of which cool tattoos for girls to pick. A lot of people want a tattoo that is "popular" or one that is in fashion, but that is usually a bad way to go about choosing a tattoo. While it is ok to get something even if it is popular, just don't pick something solely because it is popular. You always want to make sure you are completely comfortable with a design before you get it tattooed.

Lastly, make sure you have your local artist redraw any designs you choose, at least a little bit. You never know how many other people are going to have that same exact tattoo inked on their body. If you have your local artist redraw it a bit (to your liking), you are sure to have at least a somewhat original girl tattoo.

There are a lot of cool tattoos for girls on the web, but a lot of them are cookie cutter type designs that are posted on about two hundred other galleries across the web. Like I said, you just don't know how many other females picked any of those cool tattoos for girls and had them inked.