No matter what your personal opinions on body art and enhancement happen to be, you have to agree that there is a certain artistic aspect to tattoos.  Tattoos have been around since almost 3,000 BC, as evidenced by the discovery of the “iceman” whose body was covered with artistic ink designs.  Tattoos have, since ancient times, been associated with tribal identifying markings in parts of the world as diverse as the Americas, and the Celtic lands.  In the middle of the 3rd century AD, Emperor Constantine banned tattoos, and after that they were widely viewed as something not to be done in civilized society.  

However, a resurgence in interest in the art form led to the development of professional shops and standards for tattoo artists in the 1800s, primarily in Britain and the US, and even the invention of an electronic tattoo machine.  Enjoy the infographic below:

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