Tribal Tattoo Triball: 2009

LL Cool J Tattoos

LL Cool J (Ladies Love Cool James) is a tremendously talented rapper and actor, who has been tearing up the music charts since 1985 with his debut album, Radio.

LL Cool J definitely has a passion for tattoo artwork, and has a handful of tattoo designs.

On his right arm is a microphone with a kings crown on top, and the name "Mr. Smith" across the handle, the cord of the microphone is quite long and wraps down and around his entire right arm.

On his upper left arm he has a large tattoo which says "Respect" written in a tribal style lettering.

He has seven spiritual symbols from Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire cultures, which run down his left leg. The first symbol stands for "presence of God and protection".

And finally, he has a small script tattoo on his lower stomach, a possible tribute of sorts, however its not clear.

Checkout these pictures of LL Cool J and his tattoos.

Lenny Kravitz Tattoos

Lenny Kravitz is a tremendously talented singer-songwriter and record producer.

Lenny has four tattoos which we known of, including a large Japanese style dragon which spans across the left side of his chest, shoulder and upper left arm area, the ink colors include, black grey and red.

He has a rather large flower patch tattoo on his left forearm, which appears to contain several lilies and daisies among other types of flowers.

Plus an interesting style of cross with little triangles on his right bicep and an autograph script tattoo on his right forearm. Lenny is also rumored to have a new tattoo across the top of his back.

Feast your eyes on these pictures of Lenny Kravitz and his tattoo designs.

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What to Look For in the Artwork You See

There are a lot of truly good printable tattoo designs out there. There is also a boat load of terribly generic stuff out there, which drastically reduces your chances of finding the places that have the good artwork. Here's how you can tell if you're in some half generic gallery, or at a website that take pride in having original, high quality printable tattoo designs.

The very first thing you should do is take a look at their information page, or their about us page. You need to see if they are actually labeling their artists names, or at list listing them. If a gallery isn't afraid to tell you who the actual artists are, that means they will have mostly original, top notch printable tattoo designs. On the flip side of this, if they don't list artists, that gallery probably just steals generic artwork from anywhere they can get it and plops it on their pages.

Next, pull up one page of their artwork. Is it all flash designs? Flash looks very pretty and people can make some amazing looking designs in this format. The truth is that flash very rarely looks anything like what you see on paper. Once you ink a flash design on your skin, it will look completely different than what you see on paper, which is not a good thing. 95% of the time, it will look drastically worse than what you imagined it would. You don't want to mess around with those types of printable tattoo designs, unless you have an artist redraw it.

Hand or computer drawn artwork is always the way to go. Real artists know how to make a design that will look the same once it's tattooed onto someone's skin. That's the type of artwork you want to pick from. If the gallery lists the artists on their site, you can grab those names and do some quick research to see where else they've submitted artwork, which is an awesome way to gather even more printable tattoo designs. You won't believe how many sensational galleries you can find this way.

By Adam Woodham

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LeBron James Tattoos

LeBron James is the extremely talented MVP caliber, NBA basketball player who is also known as, King James.

LeBron has quite a few tattoos on his body, mainly concentrated on his arms and shoulders.

The tattoos on his right arm include, a large lion head on his bicep with the words, "King James", a crown with the name of his mother "Gloria" with a star, plus some flame tattoos on his forearm with the numbers "303" which is his hometown area code.

On his left arm he has a tattoo which reads "Beast" along side "Hold my Own" with a ring of stars, plus a cute portrait of his son LeBron Jr with the words "Prince James" as well as his second sons name "Bryce Maximus" on his forearm.

LeBron also has a large lion with wings on his chest, and the word "Family" running down the right side of his stomach.

Some of his other tattoos include, "L" and "J" on his triceps, "Witness" on his right leg, and perhaps his most famous tattoo is on his back, which read "Chosen1".

Checkout these great pictures of LeBron James and his tattoo designs.

Kobe Bryant Tattoos

Kobe Bryant is a professional NBA basketball player, who has won 4 NBA championships, and was also elected league MVP for the 2007-08 season.

Kobe Bryant has a few tattoos, all of which are on his right arm, including a crown with a butterfly on his upper shoulder, a halo with the hair of his wife Vanessa, along with her name, just below the crown tattoo.

He also has a tattoo of both his daughters names on his right wrist, Gianna and Natalia.

Checkout these pictures of Kobe Bryant and his tattoo designs.

PictureTattoo Shading

The Key Secret To Great Tattoos!

Tattooing is a booming industry and growing every single day. Now there are even TV shows dedicated to the art that are catching fire. When you look around, tattoos are everywhere! Now you see them on people you know, see them in advertisements, and even on famous celebrities. So what makes a great tattoo? Of course it is great design, but there is one very big component that is critical to a really stunning and beautiful tattoo.

What is this component to a great tattoo?

Tattoo shading is the part of the tattoo where a two dimensional tattoo becomes a three dimensional tattoo. It is the part of the tattoo where flat lines take shape and holds a certain degree of depth to make the tattoo "pop" out. There is even a whole style of tattoo shading now that focuses only on black and grey tattoos...no color, just black and white.

If a tattoo artist does not learn the technical yet critical aspect of tattoo shading, then a tattoo just falls flat. It is as simple as that. This one aspect of tattooing can be learned but it takes some real practice and some technical skill. Mastering tattoo shading and becoming known for doing great black and grey tattoos can really boost a tattoo artists reputation in the tattoo industry. Those who have mastered tattoo shading at an expert level are very well revered and respected.

Now there are great information resources online to help aspiring tattoo artists. Of course, the best way to really learn the skills is through an apprenticeship, but gaining the basic knowledge is first and foremost of importance. Learning all you can about tattoo shading and other steps in the tattoo process are key and luckily information is gaining in popularity. An example of a great source or brand for tattoo information is "The Ultimate Tattoo Guide" series. These guides help budding tattoo artists get the basic tattoo knowledge needed to start tattooing including aspects like tattoo shading, etc.

So if you want to break into doing great tattoos that will get make people turn their heads, it is CRITICAL to master the art of tattoo shading. Without it, a tattoo is just not a real tattoo...a piece of real art.

By Stephen Brown

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Kenyon Martin Tattoos

Kenyon Martin plays professional basketball in the NBA for the Denver Nuggets.

Kenyon has some rather interesting tattoos on his body, including a tattoo of his girlfriends (Trina) lips, on the right side of his neck behind the ear.

He has a cute portrait of his baby son, on his right arm, and then a tattoo of the grim reaper on his left arm.

Plus he has a huge back piece tattoo, of a cross with the words, "I Shall Fear No Man, But God".

See some pictures of Kenyon Martin's tattoo designs below.

Sexy tattoo designs is really get the juices flowing for the opposite sex.

It's hard for a lower back tattoo not to be sexy on a girl. Their placement makes it the perfect sexy tattoo, but there are some sexy tattoo designs that really get the juices flowing for the opposite sex.

If you're considering a back tattoo and don't want them to be too cutesy, there are designs out there for you that will really stand out when you want them to. Just be aware that these tattoos are visible whenever you bend over in most casual outfits so dress appropriately when you don't want to be the center of attention.