Johnny Depp has long been a fan of tattoos, since before their leap into mainstream popularity. As with all aspects of Depp, he was far ahead of his time. One of his most famous tattoos is one that once read “Winona Forever” in dedication to his girlfriend at the time, Winona Ryder. After the break up, he changed it to read “Wino Forever.”
Angelina Jolie is easily the most popular famous person who fan tattoos. She has a dozen tattoos or more, and continues adding them to her beautiful body. All of her tattoos are reflective of her exotic and dangerously sensual personality. Thanks to Jolie, the tribal dragon, which she has tattooed on her back, has become one of the most popular tattoo choices for women. In addition, her tattoos have created a strong interest in Southwest Asia traditional tattooing.
Face tattoos were first in Japan
Archaeologist believe that the first settlers in Japan, the Ainu people, were tattooed in the face. In Japanese sepulchres, Haniwai has been found, small clay figures with face tattoos, presumably aimed for social rank and to keep evil spirits away. Later face tattoos were used to punish criminals.
Basic forms of body scratching are found in all indigenous cultures. Brands, which expresses a symbolic link between the individual and the cultural community and, therefore, often involving the name. Maybe the names, as Karl Young says in his essay on tagging, played an important role in the development of the language. "Tattoos was probably one of the earliest forms of visual poetry and the body the original basis for the book."
