Below are a few samples of black and white tribal tattoos and lower back designs.

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Free Flying Dragon Tattoo Stencil	Free Horse Tattoo Stencil
Free Unicorn Tattoo Stencil
Free Tiger Tattoo Stencil	Free Killer Whale Tattoo Stencil
Free Flaming Skull Tattoo Stencil	Free Chinese Dragon Tattoo Stencil
Free Spider Tattoo Stencil	Free Tribal Tattoo Stencil
Free Tribal Tattoo Stencil	Free Lower Back Tattoo Stencil
Free Lower Back Tattoo Stencil	Free Lower Back Tattoo Stencil
Free Leo - Lion Tattoo Stencil	Free Fower Tattoo Stencil
Free Chinese Dragon Tattoo Stencil	Free Koi - Fish Tattoo Stencil

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Tattoos are more popular with the general public then they have ever been. As we all know, tattoos are decorative markings in the skin, such as symbols, signs, and letters that are applied by puncturing the outer layer of the skin and injecting color.

Tattoo guns are specialized instruments that usually use custom made needles to puncture the epidermis (the outer layer of your skin) and apply the tattoo ink in the top few layers of your skin.

The best tattoo artists use to make their own needles by joining one or more small needles together in the shape and the design that will be most effective for the area of the tattoo they are working on.

But the increase in popularity of tattoos has made it profitable for companies to manufacture the groups of needles pre-made, pre-packaged and sterilized. This makes it easier for the tattoo artist to change needle type at will to better match your design.

For example if they are doing a bold border from the original tattoo stencil they might use a group of five needles in a circular group that will leave a broad line in one pass instead of doing three or four passes to create the bold line. Then when it comes to the color fill for the tattoo they will switch to a group of four or five needles side by side to give the most coverage in one pass. How often the change the type of needle depends on the artist you are working with but it never hurts to ask before they start.

The average tattoo gun works at variable speeds that the tattoo artist will adjust to fit his needs and the design needs. They can usually be set to make between 50 and 3000 strikess per minute.

The depth of the needles is also adjustable by the tattoo artist but usually it just punctures the surface of the skin. This puncture isn’t that deep it might cause a little bleeding but it is more like getting a scratch from something like rubbing against tree bark then it is like being stabbed. Diabetics that have to test their blood sugar have to puncture 3 to 4 times as deep to get the single drop they need for their tests.

The tattoo artist will usually start by creating a transfer from a stencil that provides the outline and dark definition lines of the design. Then this transfer will be applied to the area that the tattoo will end up on. He will then draw in the outline with the tattoo gun.

Depending on the size of your tattoo and the artists’ personal preferences they will either start filling in the colors right after the outline is finished or they will let the outline set up for a day or two and have you come back to finish the coloring.

The tattoo guns have special tips that have special reservoirs to hold the ink. The reservoirs hold the ink and supply it evenly with each trust of the needles. The tattoo artist fills the reservoir by dipping it in the pre-mixed ink.

They will usually change the reservoir with the change of ink color to ensure the even distribution of the ink.

If you go to Google you will find tons of free tattoo designs. As a matter of fact you will find some on this site in the Free Tattoo Stencils category. We are always looking for great deals and free designs seem like a great deal.

To get a tattoo artist to create a custom image for you it can cost you $150 so if you can get one for free online, why not?

Well to start with, to get the best quality tattoo you need to have the design in two parts the stencil and a color reference.

The tattoo stencil is basically the outline and the highlights of the tattoo. This is usually turned into a transfer and applied to your skin before the tattoo is inked.

From the application on your skin the tattoo artist creates the hard lines that distinguish the tattoo and make it stand out they way it should.

After this is inked in by the tattoo artist he will use the color reference to fill in the colors for your tattoo.

Now, you might be wondering why can’t a tattoo artist create the stencil from any image you have?

The answer to that is, he can, but the odds are that he will loose definition of some of the finer lines when he tries to create it. This isn’t a fault with the artist this is because when you are working with a single image the colors tend to blend with the definition lines. This has a tendency to blur the final image that shows in your tattoo.

A lot of people will say that to get a custom tattoo created is too expensive for them. I look at it this way, this is an image you will have on you for the rest of your life, is $150 too expensive to make sure you are getting the best image you can for the next 10, 20, 30, 70 years?

There are services online that sell tattoo designs with the stencil and color reference for reasonable prices. One good example of this is Tattoo Johnny you can browse through the thousands of designs that come with both the stencil and color reference. If you can’t afford the $150 for your design you should be able to afford the $9 to $25 for a design.

I would also advise you to test your tattoo before you have it inked on you.

Now with all that said if you can get a free tattoo design that comes with separate stencils and color reference in a design you like then you are probably in good shape. The trick is to find a free one that you like. Remember this is an image that you will have for the rest of your life, don’t settle for something you aren’t in love with.