| Ireland is the home of the Celtic people. This warrior | | | | accomplished in one or two. The extra effort and skill |
| nation excelled in combat against such nations as | | | | it takes to get a Celtic tattoo also requires the |
| Rome and Gaul. Sometimes the lost and sometimes | | | | monetary application that fits that skill. Celtic tattoos |
| they won, but they left a legacy that has | | | | can run from two hundred dollars all the way up to |
| transcended to modern times. These warriors were | | | | five thousand dollars. Some traditionalists will t ravel |
| proud of their clan and practiced Celtic tattooing or | | | | to Ireland, Scotland, or Wales to have the tattoo |
| body art as a form of expression that showed their | | | | applied by one of the descendents of the Celtic clans. |
| loyalty and promoted the clan in which they belonged. | | | | If you travel to some of these destinations to have |
| Recently Celtic tattoos are becoming popular as a | | | | your tattoo drawn, be prepared to be turned down |
| way to signify a purpose or statement. Even more | | | | by some artists because you are not of Celtic |
| common is that a person picks out their Celtic tattoo | | | | ancestry. |
| for aesthetic purposes only. | | | | The popular areas of the body where a Celtic tattoo |
| The Celtic tattoo patterns are found in the 'The | | | | can be drawn are usually around the bicep or calve |
| Book of Kells' which is a pictorial display of Celtic | | | | muscles. These tattoos not only draw notice to |
| tradition and heritage. Used by tattoo artist around | | | | these areas but on most people it gives a sense of |
| the world the Celtic tattoo is the most recognizable | | | | beauty. Weight lifters and other athletic people that |
| among the tribal tattoo genre. Taken from the | | | | have large muscles in this area of the body choose |
| metalwork that resembled the tattoo and the tattoo | | | | to put their Celtic tattoos there to give that area |
| themselves, the artwork and intricacy of each tattoo | | | | more notice. There are some cases, with especially |
| shows labor and faith put into its creation. The talent | | | | women, the Celtic tattoo is extended and drawn |
| of the original artist should be sought in the tattoo | | | | around their waist curving toward sensual places of |
| artist that you choose. The process is labor intensive | | | | their body. This alluring tattoo will carry the same |
| because of the intricate pattern and could be | | | | Celtic design but will alter to place emphasis on the |
| expensive, but you will come out with a tattoo that | | | | curve of the body and the amount of exotic design |
| any person of Celtic descent would recognize with | | | | the customer wants. The extreme body art |
| honor. | | | | enthusiast has been known to have a Celtic tattoo |
| Known as the hardest designs in the world by tattoo | | | | around their neck or across their forehead. These |
| artists, the Celtic tattoo session can take up to | | | | areas of the body are for experienced tattoo |
| several hours were a simple tattoo can be | | | | wearers who consider their entire canvas for the art. |