tattoos....

When speaking to a few of my friends, they say that their tattoos are a way of expressing themselves without saying anything. They can express themselves through tattoos, almost like an alter ego. One of my images shows this side of an alter ego.
Throughout this book i changed my mind so much on which alter egos i wanted to uncover. By the end of it, i figured out that i covered most of them... but not the obvious kinds.
i wanted to stay away from the typical Angel/Devil theme and look deeper inside. By using tattoos as tho its an alter ego is something i never even thought of before one of my friends mentioned it. looks like my research is paying off....

Tattoos can just be something pretty on the skin, however, most do have greater meanings...

A tear drop tattoo is said to have a range of different meanings, This kind of tattoo can be dated back even as early as 1940s and used by gang members. If a person is wearing a tattoo it can mostly mean either of three things. You can also check the design to have a better understanding of what the tattoo is trying to tell you. One of the meanings is that the wearer was convicted of murder or he lost someone very dear to him. Many have associated tattoos to people who were imprisoned and if you see someone from prison with a teardrop, you can make your best assumption that he killed someone. In lieu of this, the wearer who has several teardrops, one following the other, this can actually mean that he was convicted of multiple killings. For conviction of murder, you will find that the design of the teardrop tattoo is closed and colored. In one article, it said that in the 1920s, this tattoo was already existent and that the original meaning was that the wearer lost a loved one. This kind of tattoo is not colored inside. The most recent kind of teardrop tattoo is one that is half filled, this is the third meaning of the tattoo in that the wearer lost someone that he or she loved and took revenge on the person. To note, teardrop tattoos can also be a way to mark which gang you’re affiliated with.
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Art history expert, Andrea Mulder-Slater, defines a symbol as "a picture or image that tells a story without using words." It has been suggested that symbols such as cave paintings and carvings were man's earliest forms of communication.
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