The Celtic Lady - original Celtic tattoos and Celtic symbols

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CELTIC, TRIBAL & FANTASY TATTOO ART

The CelticLady's™ prepares each design with the idea that the Art will be used for Tattoos.
Tattoo Art (called "flash") has certain requirements so that a quality design is acheived.
Not all artwork found on the Internet translates into a nice, clean tattoo.
It is also important to select a qualified tattoo artist - ask to see examples of his/her work.

Each tattoo flash art is inked in black and while (line out style)
- the line work is clean, the design is original and the work is intricate - insuring a quality tattoo design
A color idea is included with most designs to give an idea of what the final tattoo may look like
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Celtic Tattoo History
Pre-Christian Celts as well as central and northern European tribes were often heavily tattooed, according to surviving accounts. A Celtic tribe in central & northern Scotland, the Picts, used Celtic tattoos with elaborate dark blue woad (or possibly copper for the blue tone) designs, in fact, the Latin word Picti is taken to mean painted or tattooed people.

Celtic Knot Meanings

Unfortunately the people of the ancient world did not write down the meanings of most knotwork. And it is possible that the knots do not have a meaning or symbol associated with them. During our modern period some of the Celtic knots have been associated with certain symbolic meanings. When enough people recognize a design as standing for something - a symbol is born. This happened thousands of years ago among different tribes. Today symbols are born when a group decides one design shall represent a special meaning to them. Thus new symbols are born out of ancient motifs blended with modern views.

Celtic Symbol Designs

Celtic Tattoo from The CelticLady's™'s Art

To aid you in your research The CelticLady's™ has created her List of Celtic Symbol Designs for Tattoos These designs were created after extensive research using archeological sources, art history books, historical records and a variety of other well respected sources. Included in this historical research were medieval Irish manuscripts, Scottish stones, British tribes and Central European ancient cultures.

Research
The Celtic Lady's™ advises that YOU DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH when choosing a Celtic knot for personal use - ask yourself what it means to you. In this way you have created the symbolic meaning of the design. In way you have empowered that design and thus have created a wonderful story to tell others when they comment on your tattoo.

KNOTWORK
Hearts
Butterflies
Protection
Luck
Renewal
Family

List of Symbols

IRISH
Claddaghs
Dance --- Shoes
Shamrocks --- Harp
ANIMALS
Dolphins--- Dragons
Dogs -- Horses
Cat - Tiger
Book of Kells
Christian/pagan
Crosses
Pentacles
Angels
Armband Styles
TV & MoviesDesigns
TRIBAL
AMERCIAN
Eagle
Liberty
Irish/Scottish

Tattoo Letter Art Designs

Wedding Art

BOOKS

Tattoo --- Celtic

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How to tell if a design is Celtic or not !

Guide to Celtic Motifs

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CUSTOMIZING A DESIGN
(requesting a Custom Tattoo Design)

The Celtic Lady's™ often gets requests to modified an existing design

- it is recommends that you take the design to your tattoo artist.
Remember the 2nd word in tattoo artist is "artist" and working directly with them will produce a more desirable design. Plus you will be able to give them personal input and guide any changes or additions - thus ensuring a design that you made personal and unique. When one sits down with a tattoo artist in person you can see the design develop and quickly decide if it is what you had in mind - and usually minor changes are made without any extra fees added to the whole process. Good luck,

Customers' Comments

"I used the pattern I got from you and my tattoo is beautiful .
Thank you !! I have been looking for years for the right design that would mean alot to me" - Mike P.

"Wanted to let you know that I got my first tattoo (the irish claddagh that I had just previously purchased from your site). It looks great, & everyone wants to know where I got it!...... I'll let them know!" - Shannon M

VIRUSES AND WORMS

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One of the best sites to evaluate these programs is the magazine PCWorld.

Some viruses and worms can raid email addresses in the computer's Address book or email program. OUTLOOK or OUTLOOK EXPRESS programs are prone to viruses or worms which can get onto a computer unknowingly. Email addresses can then be "hijacked" from programs like OUTLOOK and turn around to send out bogus emails. These emails will look like they come from a friend or company you have already received email from. BUT the emails contain damaging attachments or links to entice you to click on the link. It may then send you to a page that looks like a legitimate company. This page may ask you to "re-enter" your personal information. Attachments now come in a variety of forms with extensions such as .exe (executable files), .zip, .txt, .doc. Other file types are being added monthly. So do NOT open an attachment unless you were expecting one.

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CUSTOM WORK REQUESTS
Presently, it is not possible to accept requests for custom work.
Thank you for thinking of The Celtic Lady's™ for a custom design - she is quite flattered that you would consider her.
Remember that the 2nd word in Tattoo Artist is artist and many are quite talented.
Gather several designs you like and take them to your favorite tattoo artist for custom and personal design.

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Last updated: Saturday, October 31, 2009
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~~~ A Word of Caution on Symbols ~~~ Many sites offer "meanings" for a variety of Celtic knots - unfortunately the people of the ancient world did not write down those meanings and it is possible that many knots do not have a meaning or symbol associated with them. Other designs may have developed as the Celtic tribes interacted with other cultures and wished to demonstrate the power of their gods and goddess, thus creating or assigning a symbolic to the gods or to actions or important parts of their culture. During our modern period some of the Celtic knots have been associated with certain symbolic meanings. When enough people recognize a design as standing for something - a symbol is born. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH When choosing a Celtic knot for personal use - ask yourself what it means to you. A variety of retail items claim to be "the symbol for ..... " - proceed with caution here - this could just be selling tool. The Celtic Lady's™ offers this advice after learning of a friend of her daughter who had a Chinese symbol tattooed on her thigh. She was told the symbol was for "Nurse" or "Healing". Well, she lives in San Francisco - a wonderful city full of many Chinese transplants. At her hospital she ran into a doctor from China who said that the tattoo meant something totally different from what she was told. She now has a very permanent reminder of her mistake in rushing into a decision without doing her research.

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