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Expressions of pain take over J. Kyle Wyatt ' s, freshman in English, face as the artist at Fine Line Tattoos in Topeka creates the tattoo. Wyatt said getting the tattoo hurt. Sometimes It did, other times it felt like he was rubbing sandpaper on my back. Before the process began, Wyatt said he watched the artist wash his hands and put on fresh surgical gloves, change the ink and get out sterilized needles. (Photo by DavidMayes) Tattoos represent various meanings to the owner. Wyatt ' s tattoo symbolized the history of his ancestors. The picture stood for protection against evil and the words sinn fein translated to ourselves alone. ltwillproclaira my feelings for my ancestry and my friend for the rest of my life, Wyatt said of his friend David Mayes, senior in history, who accomp- anied Wyatt to Fine Line. It symbolizes the friendship between Dave and me. It is a friendship that is as permanent as my new tattoo. (Photoby David Mena) 8 in TATTOOS
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Wyatt stands looking at the rows of books. Fine Line tattoo studio offered thousands of tattoo patterns, but some people designed their own. 1 asked Jon (the tattoo artist) who he tattoos now. 1 had always stereotyped people who get tattoos asHarley riders, Wyansaid. Mystercotype wasnot accurate. He said most of his customers are college students getting their greek letters on their ankles. (Photo by Datid Mayes) fad of the ' 90s made a more permanent fixture of itself than the Chia Pet and the per rock. Planted under the skin at the depth of a dime, tattoos were there to stay. The tattoo craze ran full•force, and the reasonsfor the increase inpopu- larity were varied. ' Tattoos have been much more mainstream in the last couple of years, especially with students. It ' s just more socially acceptable now, said Teddie Fischer, tattoo artist at Fine Line tattoo studio in Topeka. ' People are just now feeling that it ' s OK to have one. A wide variety of people de- cided to sit under the needle. In our Junction City parlor, we get military personnel. However, most of our customers are just aver- age everyday people. About half are men and half are women, Fischer said. In the last two years or so, we have seen more college students. In fact,fratemitiesancl sororities will often have their letters placed on their ankles. Many tattoo de- signs were offered. Cartoon characters such as Ban Simpson, Calvin and Hobbes and theTasmanian Devil were popular choices. But many people designed their own. A lot of people don ' t know what to expect when they come in, Fischer said.“They don ' t think that we ' ll have that many designs, but we have thousands on file to choose from. However, many do choose to design their own? John Berberich, freshman in arts and sciences, got his tattoo at Fine Line. Berberich picked his tattoo in memory ofone of his friends who had died. I got a joker on a p ole, he said. It was the one my friend was going to get before he died. The average tattoo design took about45minutestoapply,butsome designs took up to three hours. The amount of pain experienced de- pended on the tattoo ' s location. Asfaras the pain, it is tolerable. It ' s not something you would sit still for under normal circum- stances, said Scott Schafer, tattoo artist at Fine Line. ' The rib cage and the tailbone are the most pain- ful spots. There are a lot of nerve endings in these places. Mast people put a lot of thought into it before they come in, and are committed to the process. MattJames, sophomore in jour- nalism and mass communications, said he wasn ' t prepared for the pro- cedure to b e so painful. Some people were worried about the risk of AIDS involved in get- ting a tattoo, but Fine Line used steam to sterilize the equipment, the same procedure used in steriliz- ing surgical equipment. The tattoo parlorabofollowedother rults,such as refusing to tattoo anyone under the age of 18 without parental con- sent, or anyone intoxicated. Fadornot,the tattoos were there to stay. Fischer said the increased popularity oftattoos made promot- ing them unnecessary. We don ' t sell tattoos, Fischer said, tattoos sell themselves. It was excrutiating, ridiculous and miserable, James said. Everybody told me it wouldn ' t hurt. They lied. BY TED KADAU AND STEPHANIE HOELZEL TATTOOS M 9
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