Box 30

I found an article from the Ball State Daily News titled "Making Your Marks" by Renita Jones. It gives the history of tattooing, which is going to be valuable to me because I have not found any academic sources that go as far into detail as this article did. Also It relates to some of my research about how popular tattooing is getting. It relates directly to my research question by giving points of view from Ball State students. The article starts with the oldest time known about tattooing, 2 centuries ago with the Polynesians, and detailed information about the progression of tattooing to modern day. This relates to my research because I read two articles about cultures other than American tattooing. The article showed how the Polynesian culture, which was a long time ago differed from modern American tattooing culture. This goes along with my research because I read about the Cook Islands and Maori Tattooing and compared and contrasted with what I thought of modern day American culture tattooing. The article talks about what it takes to become an artist and some legality of the profession.