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  2. Whang-od - Wikipedia

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    Ever since, the tattoo was passed on through the generations. [27] Fatok is the term used for tattooing women to show beauty and wealth. [28] When a woman's arm is tattooed just like Whang-od's own tattoos, the family of the woman is obliged to pay the tattoo artist a piglet or a bundle of harvested rice (locally called as dalan). [28]

  3. Trash polka - Wikipedia

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    Trash polka is a mixed media form of tattooing that is created with various, non-limited components. [5] Detailed photo-realistic portraits can be displayed in conjunction with graphic elements such as large black areas, brush strokes, and geometric or abstract shapes. [6] [7] The tattoos are traditionally in black and red, but other colors can ...

  4. Irezumi - Wikipedia

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    Irezumi (入れ墨, lit. ' inserting ink ') (also spelled 入墨 or sometimes 刺青) is the Japanese word for tattoo, and is used in English to refer to a distinctive style of Japanese tattooing, though it is also used as a blanket term to describe a number of tattoo styles originating in Japan, including tattooing traditions from both the Ainu people and the Ryukyuan Kingdom.

  5. Sailor Jerry - Wikipedia

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    Sailor Jerry made significant contributions to the art of tattooing. He expanded the array of tattoo ink colors available by developing his own pigments. He created custom needle formations that embedded pigment with much less trauma to the skin. He became one of the first artists to utilize single-use needles.

  6. History of tattooing - Wikipedia

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    Between 1603 and 1868, Japanese tattooing was only practiced by the ukiyo (floating world) subculture. Generally firemen, manual workers and prostitutes wore tattoos to communicate their status. [citation needed] By the early 17th century, criminals were widely being tattooed as a visible mark of punishment.

  7. List of tattoo artists - Wikipedia

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    Florida based tattoo artist, featured on TLC's Miami Ink. Don Ed Hardy: b. 1945 American Known as "the godfather of modern tattoo." [7] Hardy trained under Sailor Jerry and Japanese masters, Hardy is a noted proponent of the use of Japanese tattoo designs and techniques in American work. He founded Tattootime.

  8. Tattooing in China - Wikipedia

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    The character 文; wén is a pictogram, the oldest of the six categories of Chinese characters (六书; 六書; liùshū; 'Six Writings').The character was first seen in oracle bone script, where it resembles a standing human figure: the top end is the head, below the head are the arms extending to the left and right, and at the bottom are the two legs.

  9. List of typefaces - Wikipedia

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    Kurinto Font Folio (open source , pan-Unicode, 21 typefaces, 506 fonts; v2.196 (July 26, 2020) has coverage of most of Unicode v12.1 plus many auxiliary scripts including the UCSUR) LastResort (fallback font covering all 17 Unicode planes, included with Mac OS 8.5 and up) Lucida Grande (Unicode font included with macOS; includes 1,266 glyphs)*