Tattoo Aftercare
Your tattoo artist will cover your new tattoo with a non porous material such as saran wrap or a non absorbent gauze bandage right after the tattoo has been applied. This is done to promote faster healing by creating a “second skin” and to keep the tattoo from forming any scabs.Portrait Tattoo Gallery Florida Portrait Artist
This tattoo gallery features portrait tattoos by Florida artist Jesse Britten.
Let a classically trained artist celebrate your loved ones with a portrait tattoo. Included in this gallery are portraits of children, pets, rock icons, super stars as well as memorial mages.
Please bring at least two pictures of your loved one, taken from diffrent perspectives
Custom Tattoo Photo Gallery
This slide show features custom tats by St. Augustine, Florida tattoo artist Jesse Britten. Jesse specializes in realistic tattoo & portrait tattoo. Be sure to see the new portrait gallery.
Tattoo appointments available Monday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday at Ms. Deborah's Fountain of Youth Tattoo in St. Augustine, Florida.
Original Tattoo Designs
This tattoo gallery features pictures of original tattoo designs by North East Florida artist Jesse Britten.
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
