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White Tiger Tattoo Designs
Posted by Printable Tattoo in Tattoo Designs on August 1st, 2009
White tiger tattoo designs are a great option if you are seeking the symbolic qualities of tigers with added feeling of exoticness.
Genetically, white tigers lack specific pigmentation that results in white fur, vertical black stripes, blue eyes, pink paws and pink noses.
In the wild, white tigers are unable to blend with their natural environments, making survival practically impossible. Their white coats hinder their ability to sneak up on prey causing many to die of starvation.
Many people who can identify with this “life-long struggle” seek white tiger tattoos while others may choose them to represent their own personal uniqueness or the fact they consider themselves special.
White tiger tattoos may also feature other artistic elements to increase the tattoo’s beauty or symbolic meaning. One such item is the tiger lily. This particular flower has been incorporated into many white tiger tattoos, as it is also known for its exotic appearance. Cherry blossoms and waterfalls are other elements that add beauty and color to many of today’s tiger tattoos.
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Dolphin Tattoos
Posted by Printable Tattoo in Tattoo Designs on July 13th, 2009
Dolphin tattoos are extremely popular today. We have always believed that dolphins carry a divine spark and intelligence, that separates them from other animals, and we feel connected to them in a special way.
Dolphins to the ancient Greek and Roman sailors were symbols of protection and guidance. It was thought that dolphins would guide lost sailors back to their home land and rescue any sailors that fell overboard.
Dolphins are also seen as a way to connect the world of humans, and the underwater world of the sea. This form of connectedness has led to great innovations between dolphins and humans such as dolphin interaction and therapy. Swimming with dolphins has helped children to cope with handicaps, overcome learning challenges and soothed the suffering of individuals with severe depression or mental anguish.
Our fascination and love of this amazing creature has created a huge popularity in dolphin tattoos. Many people view dolphins and dolphin tattoos as highly symbolic – a benevolent protector, or a symbol of the joy and abundance.
If you feel connected in some way to the ocean and have a love for these amazing creatures, a dolphin tattoo may be just for you.
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Foot Tattoo Designs
Posted by Printable Tattoo in Tattoo Designs on July 10th, 2009
Foot tattoo designs look unique and stand out and the foot is the perfect place for a tattoo as it is nice and flat. Foot tattoos are also rare and are seen as exotic.
The most popular tattoo designs on the foot are flower tattoos, letter tattoos and the star foot tattoo.
Foot tattoos are rare and some tattoo artists wont even undertake them, just like hand and face tattoos. This is because tattoos on the foot, hand and face are more painful than other tattoos, and take great skill by the tattoo artist to minimize this pain.
Basically if a tattoo is right over bone, then it will be more painful than having a tattoo over a fleshy part of the body. If you are not sure about the pain and are getting a tattoo for the first time, then choose a fleshy part of your body for your first tattoo.
A few things to be aware of if considering a tattoo on the foot include ‘ink migration’. There tends to be a greater incidence of ink migration with foot tattoo designs. This means the ink will probably spread over time, blurring your tattoo design. This can happen to any tattoo on any area of the body, but it’s more common with foot tattoos.
If you get a foot tattoo, just be aware that you may need to go back to your tattoo artist to get it re-inked. The best place to get a foot tattoo is on top of the foots as this is the place with least blurring. Just avoid the sides of your feet and toes.
Another thing to be aware of when getting a foot tattoo is the issue of healing. A new tattoo shouldn’t be rubbed against clothing while it heals which takes about 2 to 3 weeks. For most tattoos this is quite simple to manage, but with foot tattoos it’s a different matter. Depending on your tattoo designs, this may mean that you can’t wear shoes or socks for the whole time your tattoo is healing.
Besides these things, tattoo designs on the foot are exotic, rare and look stunning. But if you think it’s going to be too painful and you are unsure, just stick with a sholder or arm tattoo for now.
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Koi Fish Tattoos
Posted by Printable Tattoo in Tattoo Designs on July 9th, 2009
Koi fish are a species of carp that are specially bred to have wild, brilliant color schemes. The general symbolic meaning of koi and koi fish tattoos is good luck. The Japanese word Koi also translates to love and so Japanese Koi Fish Tattoos represent the love you have for your partner.
In Japan, the koi as a symbol is very masculine. This is because when a son is born in Japan, flags with koi fish images are displayed. Nowadays, koi tattoos are popular amongst men as well as women.
Since they are considered to be extremely energetic, koi fish tattoo designs usually have very lively colors and lots of movement. The koi fish is powerful enough to fight river currents and swim against the stream in order to reach its food sources or spawning grounds.
When used in tattoos, especially with running water, the meaning of Koi Fish Tattoos is courage and the ability to attain goals and to overcome life’s difficulties.
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Decorated Skull Tattoos
Posted by Printable Tattoo in Tattoo Designs on July 7th, 2009
If you are thinking that a skull might be good printable tattoo for you, but you don’t want to get just the skull on it’s own, you might want to consider decorated skull tattoos.
Skull tattoos can be decorated with different designs, symbols and objects. Every tattoo has there own special meaning, so a skull tattoo can be designed in a way so as it tells a story about the person who’s wearing it.
Just about any theme or design can be incorporated into a skull tattoo design. By adding different elements, it makes the tattoo unique and it brings a part of oneself into the tattoo.
Flowers, wings, hearts, and stars, are all common symbols for tattoos. These four symbols are, also, not uncommonly added to skulls to enhance their look, feel and visual appeal.
Quite often people get skull tattoos with flowers incorporated into the design. Flowers can mean a lot of things to people, butmost commonly they can mean both life or death. The meaning is really up to the individual. Hence if a flower is incorporated into a skull tattoo design, it could mean death overall to one person, but to another it reinforces their meaning of a skull tattoo which could be overcoming death or a tough time and so the flower added to the design means a new beginning.
These are just a few examples of how a flower incorporated into a skull tattoo can have different meanings. Just remember there are many meanings behind tattoo designs, and it all comes down to the individuals interpretation.
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Skull Tattoo Designs
Posted by Printable Tattoo in Tattoo Designs on July 5th, 2009
Whenever we look at images of a skull tattoo designs, we associate it immediately with death. And why shouldn’t we, when we see those big empty sockets, that’s what first comes to our mind. In many cultures, the image of a skull is held up as a reminder of our own mortality, and that it is important to live life while you can.
Skulls can have a number of symbolic purposes. As just mentioned, the most common being death and mortality. But the image of a skull can be used to symbolize other things, such as:
- Protection
- Strength
- Power
- Overcoming death
- Overcoming a tough time
Even though when we look at a skull our first thoughts might be negative or some other similar image, they actually can resemble different things to different people.
Skulls can be drawn as cartoons, humorous images, demonic spirits, celebrations, and so on. Son ultimately a skull can mean a lot of different things to whom ever is wearing it.
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Hibiscus Flower Tattoo Designs
Posted by Printable Tattoo in Tattoo Designs on June 30th, 2009
Flowers are natures beauty and wonder and a woman’s body is sensual and beautiful in its own right. Both these forms of beauty are sometimes combined in the form of tattoos. Women often decide to get beautiful flower tattoos on their bodies, and hibiscus flower tattoo designs are often seen on a woman’s body.
The hibiscus flower tattoo is a form of tribal tattoos. The hibiscus flower tattoos are native to islands in the South of the Pacific Ocean. The island of Hawaii is where the hibiscus flower tattoo came from. In today’s society the hibiscus flower tattoo is seen on people all over the world, not just in Hawaii.
A flower is very pretty and bright and therefore more women get this tattoo compared to men, but if men are seen having an hibiscus flower tattoo, it is usually in the form of a tribal style tattoo.
The hibiscus flower tattoo is mostly seen in bright colors like red, yellow, orange, white and pink. Hawaiian hibiscus flower tattoos are mostly seen in bright colors like red, yellow and blue. Other colors include lavender, purple and green.
Tattoo artists make the hibiscus flower come alive by delicately tattooing its beautiful petals, leaves and stamens, and these tattoos can be combined with other tattoos of flowers, fairies or anything tropical.
The hibiscus flower as a tattoo symbolizes delicate and fragile beauty.
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Printable Tattoo – Zodiac Tattoos
Posted by Printable Tattoo in Tattoo Designs on June 29th, 2009
If you look at your horoscope regularly, then astrology might be part of your belief system, and if so, getting a tattoo that represents your zodiac sign, might be the way to go.
Zodiac signs are one of the most popular tattoo design themes that are currently popular amongst many people. There are many wonderful zodiac tattoo designs that can be created and custom made from the12 zodiac signs.
One can get a zodiac tattoo design depending on his or her zodiac sign. Each zodiac sign has a symbol that represents a set of stars and a picture. You can combine these both and have a tattoo designed for you.
The zodiac tattoo is commonly drawn on your hips, shoulder or on your arm.
Lets explore the meaning behind each zodiac sign:
Capricorn Tattoo Designs
Capricorn is represented by a goat. The color associated with this zodiac sign is brown and the flower is carnation. Hence the tattoo designs for this star sign are designed with brown ink. Capricorns are generally practical and prudent, disciplined and ambitious, careful and patient, and humorous but reserved. You could have your ink put on your shoulder, hip or chest, or use it as the centerpiece of a tribal or Celtic armband design.
Aquarius Tattoo Designs
Water carrier is the zodiac symbol of Aquarius. riendly and humanitarian outlook, honesty and loyalty, originality and inventiveness, and independence and an intellectual slant. This is a very popular tattoo and as a result you may have an easier time locating several different design variations.
Pisces Tattoo Designs
Two fishes swimming in the opposite direction from each other is the zodiac symbol. The traditional color of the Pisces is soft sea color, so keep that in mind when getting the tattoo. Pisceans generally share the following strengths: sensitivity and imagination, compassion and kindness, a selfless and unworldly nature, and they have strong senses of intuition and often sympathetic.
Aries Tattoo Designs
A ram is the zodiac symbol of Aries. It is ruled by mars and the color is red. So if you are an Arian, have a tattoo drawn with a red ink. Those under the sign of Aries are often adventurous and energetic, pioneering and courageous, confident and enthusiastic, and dynamic and quick-witted
Taurus Tattoo Designs
A bull represents this zodiac sign. The color of this sign is light pink and the planet Venus rules it. Common strengths of Taurus’s include patience and reliability, loving warm-heartedness, persistence and determination.
Gemini Tattoo Designs
A pair of twins represents this zodiac sign. This sign is ruled by Mercury and is represented by the color green. Gemini’s share some of these common strong points: versatility and adaptability, communicative and witty, eloquent and intellectual, and youthfulness and liveliness.
Cancer Tattoo Designs
The traditional color of this zodiac sign is silver and it is ruled by moon. The zodiac symbol is crab. Some traditional Cancer positive traits are being emotional and loving, intuition and imagination, shrewdness and caution and being protective and sympathetic. If you aren’t thrilled by the idea of having a crab tattoo design, you could chose to have a pearl design, since that is the sunstone of the sign.
Leo Tattoo Designs
A lion represents this zodiac sign and it is ruled by the sun. The two colors that are associated with this zodiac sign are ruby and gold. enerous, warm hearted and free; creative and enthusiastic; broad-minded and expansive; and faithful and loving, Leo’s are generally born leaders.
Virgo Tattoo Designs
Virgo the virgin is represent by a woman. This zodiac sign has the traditional color dark brown or green. odest and shy, meticulous and reliable, practical and diligent, and intelligent and analytical Virgos of both sexes can be quite charming.
Libra Tattoo Designs
A pair of balance scales represents Libra. The color associated with this zodiac sign is blue. Libra’s exhibit balance in their own lives. Diplomatic, romantic, easygoing and idealistic, Libras have in innate sense of right and justice.
Scorpio Tattoo Designs
Scorpio is represented by scorpions and ruled by Pluto. The tattoo designers use the color yellow and flower peony because these represent the color and the flower of Scorpio zodiac sign. Common strong points are determination, strong emotion and intuition, power and passion and also excitement and magnetism.
Sagittarius Tattoo Designs
Sagittarians are symbolized by a centaur archer and ruled by the planet Jupiter. Sagittarians are optimistic and freedom-loving, jovial, straightforward and have an intellectual or philosophical lean. Your sings animal, the centaur symbolizes mankind’s dual nature as an intellectual creature (the human half) which was also a physical animal (the horse half), and makes a great statement as a tattoo design.
Whatever your sign is, there is an unlimited potential for finding a great zodiac tattoo design.
You can always stylize your zodiac tattoo to be tribal or celtic. You might want an armband or a tailbone tattoo with your astrological symbol.
No matter when you were born each of the zodiac signs can make for a unique and personal tattoo.
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Arm Sleeve Tattoo Designs
Posted by Printable Tattoo in Tattoo Designs on June 27th, 2009
Arm sleeve tattoo designs are amazing works of art. They are a tattoo or a series of tattoos that wrap completely around the arm. Some sleeves only cover a portion of the arm, but a full tattoo sleeve covers the entire arm from shoulder to wrist.
Getting a tattoo sleeve is an ongoing process that can be continued over several days, weeks, months or even longer. It’s like an artwork in progress.
People who wind up with full tattoo sleeves don’t plan to cover the entire arm, but after getting their first tattoo, they enjoy the experience and so their desire to build on the design is irresistible.
Once a decision has been made to keep on building on the initial tattoo, some tattoo lovers take great care in planning their sleeve so the theme stays the same throughout the design. Others just keep on getting a series of individual tattoos until they eventually fill the whole arm.
People may have their favorite artist or a few different artists enhance or build on the existing design. Over time they keep on getting tattoos until the entire area is filled in and the arm sleeve tattoo is complete. This artwork is extremely fascinating as it may represent the wearers life experiences as well has having deep meaning around events in their life.
Sometimes a certain style or theme of work is the inspiration behind creating the sleeve. Here are some themes below:
Celtic Tattoos: the never-ending knot patterns lend themselves perfectly to sleeve design.
Tribal Designs: also make terrific looking sleeves and are selected quite often for this type of work.
Floral Work: makes exceptionally beautiful sleeves when filled with bold colors.
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Looking for inspiration for your next tattoo? Want a tattoo that has both meaning to you and reflects your personality?
If you want access to 1000's of tattoo designs to choose from, check out Chopper Tattoo!
