Girls Tattoo

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Girl Americana ExoticaTattoo Gallery Tattoo Gallery Review

If you are a girl looking for a cool girl tattoo, an excellent place to search is a tattoo gallery. You'll notice there are a few online galleries which may look very promising. So which one should you choose?

Here's my girl tattoo gallery review which will give you an idea of which one to choose for beautiful designs.

1. An Exclusive Girl Tattoo Gallery.
There are galleries online which are exclusively "girl only". That is, they cater specifically to female tattoo designs. Now while you may think that this must be the gallery for you, hold on for one moment. While, yes, you will get many girl designs, you also lose out on a lot of "gender neutral" designs which can look very beautiful as tattoos. Recently I saw a girl who just had some ink placed on. It was a tiger placed on her back, and it looked extremely sexy! Somehow it was very feminine as well. But it was the kind of ink that you likely wouldn't find in a girl tattoo only site. So if you want a smaller selection base of feminine only designs then this type of gallery might be for you. but if you want a larger selection, consider other gallery sites.

2. The Unlimited Tattoo Design Gallery.

These are galleries which have thousands of high quality designs, and are constantly being updated with new designs. While this may sound a bit overwhelming, and you start to realize that such a gallery will require a lot of time to go through, I believe in the end it really is worth it. The thing with tattoos are their permanence and the "regret factor". You definitely don't want to regret your ink, and I believe putting in your "due diligence" and going through a lot of designs to ensure you are getting the absolute best is really the way to go. Besides, it's actually fun! Once you get going on one of these sites, you really won't want to stop. It's really fun going through and bookmarking your top designs, and eventually narrowing down your decision.

Girl Americana ExoticaTattoo Gallery Tattoo Gallery Review

Lower Back Americana ExoticaTattoo Gallery Can Spark Your Creativity

If you're thinking about getting a tattoo, odds are good that you're a pretty creative person. You probably don't like to have others telling you what to think, what to wear, or how to behave. You probably like to think for yourself. But if you're stumped for tattoo ideas, there's no shame in browsing some lower back tattoo galleries to get ideas.

If you know you want your tattoo on your lower back, you've already made a smart choice. Many women choose this location because it has undeniable sex appeal - men just can't help having their eyes drawn to the curve. But it's also a great location because it is extremely versatile.

Because the skin on your lower back is some of the smoothest on your body, you won't have to worry about inconsistencies in the appearance of your tattoo. The ink should look extremely uniform as it is applied to your skin. Additionally, this smooth "canvas" will help your tattoo artist work more quickly, minimizing pain to you.

Thinking about how much pain you are comfortable with is a good factor to consider when you're browsing tattoo galleries. If you've got a high tolerance for pain, then you won't have to worry about size or complexity of the design. For example, tattoos with many colors take longer to create than monotone tattoos. Additionally, bigger tattoos take longer than smaller ones.

But even if you don't have a high pain tolerance, lower back tattoos are still a good option. You can look through galleries to find ideas for smaller tattoos with fewer colors. Maybe a simple symbol, like the increasingly-popular Chinese characters, or the outline of a butterfly or flower, would be an appealing option.

You have a number of choices when you're looking for lower back tattoos. Try using your favorite search engine to find galleries on the Internet. You will be able to look at some of the choices many other people have made and, if you don't see exactly what you want, might see something that sparks an original idea. You'll also get the benefit of seeing how these tattoos look in "real life."

If you've already made your appointment at your tattoo parlor, go a little early and browse the galleries available there. Most parlors have their artists' original artwork displayed, and you will also be able to look through catalogs that showcase some of the more popular designs. Again, you can find your ideal choice, or just get a good idea.

Lower back tattoo galleries are a great resource for finding your perfect tattoo. No matter whether you find exactly what you're looking for or have to make some modifications, whatever tattoo you choose will be uniquely you. And that's the most important thing of all.

So there you go, those are really the best selling tattoo galleries on the web. You need not look further. Others just offer the cookie cutter types of designs or low quality images that are really not tattoo material.

Lower Back Americana ExoticaTattoo Gallery Can Spark Your Creativity

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX -- IMAGINE A PAINTING

Imagine a River, 12" x 18"

Do you remember sitting before a blank piece of paper when you were a child, imagining what to put there? It was so easy to paint. Everything you put down meant something to you and it didn’t matter whether anyone else understood. Times have changed and now the strokes you put on the paper need to communicate clearly, but there are still some wonderful things you can derive from your imagination. You may be surprised to find out how much you already know.

Mount a piece of untouched pastel paper, place it on your easel and simply look at it. Don’t think of it as a potential painting but as a window. If I ask you to imagine something through your window, the chances are you’ll think, “I don’t know what to paint!” So start by bringing to mind the subjects you’ve already painted successfully. Do you like to paint mountains and skies? Maybe you paint dogs, or figures, or the ocean or flowers. Whatever it is you know and feel comfortable painting is fine. Find an interesting composition using a subject you know well. Recall a clear picture of your most successful or most recent painting to inspire you.

Spend some time imagining your painting in different formats. Most of us think of the horizontal landscape or vertical portrait formats, but how about a painting that’s quite wide and short, or tall and thin? Perhaps this painting could be relatively small, or you may use the whole page. Format and scale play a large part in the success of a painting. Mask off the format you’ve chosen, changing the shape of your window.

Before starting to paint, think about the value structure of your painting. Far more important than color is the arrangement of tones, which you should plot out in your mind. Whatever subject you plan to paint, think about how dark or light the colors will be and locate key elements. Where do the darkest and lightest areas come closest together? Where will you place a calming neutral? Is there an interesting massing of dark, medium and light colors, as well as smaller and larger shapes? Imagine all kinds of shapes and values together.

Now think about the palette of colors you want to use. When painting a familiar subject you’ll have a suggested color scheme -- sunflowers are yellow and black, for instance. Certain color choices appeal to us, so we frequently repeat the same palette. This may not be the time to try something new but to rely on what you’ve found pleasing and successful. However, you don’t necessarily need to think of this painting as a slavish rendition of reality. You may want to make your sunflowers orange and purple, or gold and blue. The point is to summon up colors that please you, whether true to the actual subject or a departure from reality. Plan the color scheme for all the local areas in your painting, not just the subject. Decide what color the background and foreground will be, filling in the blanks in your mind like puzzle pieces. Consider how the color of the paper might factor in the finished painting. Painting on a bright color or a very dark one will change the overall look. If you plan to tone the paper, take that color choice into consideration as well.

At this point you might feel ready to begin painting, but take one more step before putting pastel to paper. Identify the movement you use in your paintings most often. Movement is the energy of a painting, the motivating factor in shifting the viewer’s eye from place to place. We tend to repeat movements that please us. Think about the successful paintings you’ve completed already and determhne whether you can find connecting threads of movement. For instance, you may be inclined to use a centered and circular motif in your still life compositions. Perhaps you use strong zigzagging diagonals in your figures, or calm horizontal movement in your landscapes. Knowing your habits will allow you to either use this inclination to its best advantage or go against the flow in your imagined painting. Plan the movement in your imagined painting by visualizing where the eye will start and the direction it will travel around the subject.

Try to visualize the painting fully, seeing it in your mind’s eye before starting. Be sure to use this mental picture only as the starting point -- an aid to help you reach a goal that’s not set in stone. Do a few thumbnail sketches to help you pinpoint the location of key elements, map the values you plan to use and find the movement that interests you. Limit these sketches to less than a minute to begin with, gradually lengthening the time until you have a small, satisfying composition.

The painting should begin to flow as a result of your visualization and planning, slowly taking shape as you paint. Be responsive to what begins to happen, allowing those pleasing incidental marks that occur to lead you. Occasionally close your eyes to envision your goal, and then refer back to your thumbnail sketch so that you don’t lose sight of that goal. Be flexible, but don’t allow the painting to overwhelm you. The excitement and energy of painting can sometimes become so absorbing that you’ll find yourself heading too far from the envisioned outcome, which can often result in a mess of colorful, fun marks that don’t communicate anything. As a child you could get away with spontaneity in place of communication, but now you must be in control, disciplining your mark-making and choosing successful, though lose and painterly strokes, that tell the story. Don’t let the joy of painting fool you into losing touch with what you’re trying to say.

Take frequent breaks to step back from your painting and look at it, remembering the vision you imagined so that you can compare the results. You may need to punch up the contrast, or change the size or scale of an element. Perhaps some accidental stroke or color combination will inspire you to change things. Whatever you see is legitimate since there’s no photograph or other record confining you. The goal, aside from a few thumbnail sketches, is all in your mind. Try several of these paintings, allowing yourself to come to trust that you are able to paint without a net, utilizing the spontaneity of a child and the discipline of an artist.