After the sailor Joe tattoos had emerged the fight to gain back the art form began to transform again. Many Hollywood actors and actresses were getting tattoos of a new kind. Many of the older designs were undesirable based on the social contracts that followed the artifacts. The move to gain a new look for the art was becoming a must.

The new tattoos emerged were that of feathers, animals, landscapes, and portraits ranging from loved ones, to lost love ones, and Hollywood stars. The most common seen is that of Clint Eastwood, often holding a cigar in his mouth, around the time of The Pale Rider.

Tattooing became popular again and began emerging throughout society. Still seen as a lesser form of art the movement crept along for years, it began to gain speed in the late 60's and early 70's with the hippie movement. The hippies often displaying this art work on their bodies, who were mostly college students protesting the Vietnam War. The same hippies would later emerge into society and shed new light on the art form.

After the war had ended and years had passed, many of the hippies who had tattooed their bodies, whether it be a small peace sign or large body work, emerged into society taking roles as college professors, business men and women, to Hollywood stars. Cher proudly discussed her tattoos for years and helped popularize the art further.

This would prove to be one of the major transformations in tattoo history, for the first time many of the mainstream crowds had tattooed a portion of their body at one time or another. Soon tattoos were showing up on just about everyone who was "anybody."

 

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