Full Body Tattoo
Your body could be but a canvas
What happens when a tattoo artist uses human body as a canvas? That is correct a full body tattoo. This procedure is generally planned from scratch to bottom ñ meaning a whole map of drawings are initially defined and planned on paper, they go in certain places and together they become a whole network of meaningful ornaments and even scenes and pictures. The other way of getting full body tattoo is to have a never-ending passion for body art and eventually run out of usable skin.
Both versions are common yet traditionally the idea was to define a clan membership. Some Mexican gangs have the necessity of tattoos even on the entire face ñ cheeks and forehead. This serves as a constant reminder of one’s identity and purpose in life. In Japan, a full body tattoo is immediately linked with the Yakuza. In prisons, hardcore inmates are also fully covered and instantly recognized among the member of their own and rival gangs.
Generally, the face, the neck and the hands can be left alone and if the rest of the body is covered – it is still a full body tattoo. If your skin turns out to be too sensitive or it rejects tattoo paint ñ you will know it after the making of your first few tattoos. A more important fact is the irreversibility and permanency of tattooing.
To remove a full body tattoo can be an uncomfortable process and sometimes it is impossible to do so. One should always try the temporary version to get an idea, before putting a tattoo onto her/his skin for good.
Naturally, if your body has already a large number of separate arts, it is not impossible to make them all look common to each other and filled with meaning. Great artist can add a suitable background, along with supporting elements that will ease the transition between various themes and elements. Practice shows that this may require covering some of your existing tattoos but the result can really compensate for that small sacrifice. That is, if you want your full body tattoo to be thematically symmetrical.
One of the most common reasons that work against the decision of a full body tattoo is the amounts of pain involved. Your body is covered with skin which differs in thickness and resistance to pain depending on where it is situated and how close it is to a bone. Basically, low fat skin is more sensitive towards the needle. Tattoos made on such areas take a lot more time to be made because of the many breaks needed to be taken during the work.
Genitals and the area around the rib cage are generally avoided by most people for they are hypersensitive, yet a full body tattoo naturally includes them. There is no predefined pain tolerance level so each individual decides on how much skin stress is enough for a given session.
Full body artwork takes a lot of time and money. Pain is not the only thing that comes in massive amounts, please be aware of that. For that matter, one should carefully choose an artist one is totally comfortable working with, for there is a lot of time to be spend on the chair.
