top actress illusion: Star Tattoo Stencils

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Star Tattoo Stencils

Tattoo, the body art, has been popular in all cultures since the ancient times. As a part of a tradition the Japanese Ainu, Maoris, Indians wore tattoos for identification purposes. Tattoos were also worn to mark the social status, rites of passage, spiritual devotion, mark of outcasts, slaves, convicts, as a promise of love, for symbolic reasons and as decoration for bravery and valor. In the olden days the tribals tattoos were on the face like the famous Maori Moko. The Indian culture, saw tattoos as a mark of caste, segregating them to lower or higher in the hierarchy. It was a trend among the Hindus to get young women tattooed to add to their attractiveness. Today, tattoos are etched for cosmetic reasons, which rank any other. Many lovers too get tattoos done to show a mark of love and belonging. One of the famous patterns are shooting star tattoo designs. Nautical star tattoos have their origin in with the sailors. The sailors used to wear nautical star designs as a mark of their profession. North Star in the Northern Hemisphere is the popular nautical star. Sailors got these stars done because, stars used to guide them and take them home. It was a belief among sailors that nautical star tattoos would take them home safely. Shooting star tattoo designs have always been popular amongst tattoo lover and makers. The first reason is that they are easy to draw and are the smallest designs. A star design hardly involves any intricacies and difficult graphics. Though simple, shooting star tattoos are quite striking. A shooting star tattoo mean an expression of the inner self. A shooting star tattoo means, a moment that's passed by or a dream to become a star. So some shooting star are also a connotation of romance or just a cosmetic enhancement. The heavenly bodies have always fascinated tattoo enthusiasts.