Rose Tattoo Designs

Here is a bunch of rose tattoos for you to take a look at. There are so many combinations of roses that you could spend an entire day looking through galleries of this type of tattoo design. People get this tattoo on their arms, legs, backs, lower backs and almost anywhere else. They even add other features like crosses, skulls or thorns to their designs.

rose tattoo designs

rose tattoos

rose tattoos

rose tattoos

rose tattoo

Rose Tattoo

My favorite rose tattoo is the one with the thorns and makes a cross; it's a black and white picture which makes the rose stand out better. I also like the color of the forearm rose tattoos as the colors blend together and does not over power the arm but makes the roses look nice. As you can see there are many different types of these tattoos to choose from, many different colors and styles so take your time!

Rose Tattoos

Roses originated in ancient Persia and were historically viewed as a masculine flower, however several thousand years of cultivation produced many exquisite and beautiful variations associating it with females and love.

Greeks mythology described roses as being white until the goddess Aphrodite pricked herself on the thorns, and her blood drops turned the blossoms red. Even today people attach meaning and emotional qualities to roses.

Rose tattoo

Rose tattoo

Rose tattoo

Rose tattoo

Rose tattoo

Skull Tattoo Designs

Today skulls are starting to also be associated with life in a way. If a skull represents death then it can also be a reminder to us that life is short and to live each day to it's fullest a sort of symbolic "Carpe Diem".Now there are still those of course that get skull tattoo just to look tough and menacing but the number has definitely changed in the last few years. Those that want to look thought and menacing get tattoos like the Grim Reaper. The Grim Reaper is an depiction or a figure of death the one who comes and gets you at the end of your time. He wears black robes and has no face but carries a big farming sickle.

Skull Tattoos

Skull Tattoos

Skull Tattoos

Skull Tattoos

Skull Tattoos

Skull Tattoos

Skull Tattoos

Skull Tattoos

Tiger Tattoos

Tigers are the largest and most powerful of all living cat species and easily camouflage themselves to their environment. Strong swimmers and feared by most other living things, the tiger is nothing if not a massive creature with great beauty and strength. As a result, tiger tattoos are among the most popular requests of tattoo lovers.

On males, the most common placement for tiger tattoos is on the upper arm, chest and back. Women generally prefer tattoos be placed on the shoulder, lower back or ankle. In order to recreate the animal in colorful detail, most tiger tattoos are medium to large in size. It may be possible to purchase smaller tiger tattoos if you prefer to only have a portrait-style tattoo of the face of a tiger. The cost of tiger tattoos will be largely dependent upon their size. As a general rule, larger tattoos are more expensive than smaller ones due to the fact that there is more work and ink involved in the process.

The best way to capture a unique image for tiger tattoos is to browse through wildlife magazines, photography books and/or internet photo galleries. By studying real life photos, you will have the opportunity to provide an image to the tattoo artist that is unlike the typical work that they do. Every tattoo parlor has sample tattoos for customers to choose from, but many prefer to select their images in different ways. By researching actual photos and poses of this impressive creature, individuals will be able to recreate tiger tattoos that are unlike the cookie cutter designs available at some parlors.

Tiger Tattoo Designs

Tiger Tattoo Designs

Tiger Tattoo Designs

Tiger Tattoo Designs

Tiger Tattoo Designs

Johnny Depp Tattoo Designs

The egyptians believe the sparrow could deliver the souls of the dead to heaven. Another meaning would be for freedom, as some prisoners had sparrow tattoos.It was made popular when Captain Jack from Pirates of the Caribbean has a sparrow tattooed onto his arm with the name "jack". The actor Johnny Depp himself also has one.

Johnny Depp Tattoo

Johnny Depp Tattoo

Johnny Depp Tattoo

Johnny Depp Tattoo

Johnny Depp Tattoo

Johnny Depp Tattoo

Dolphin Tattoos

Dolphins are a very popular tattoo design. Dolphins made as dolphin tribal tattoos or dolphin Celtic tattoos are also very popular.

Dolphin tattoos can be tattooed as armbands / arm bands, lowerback / lower back pieces, on ankles, shoulders, the upperback area, chest. . . just about anywhere as body art.

People now commonly search online using the internet for dolphin tattoo flash (tattoo art / tattoo pictures) and this is a great source to find dolphin tattoos. First instinct is to find free dolphin tattoo designs, but the quality of these designs is generally pretty poor (you get what you pay for, of course).

Dolphins are a very popular tattoo design. Dolphins made as dolphin tribal tattoos or dolphin Celtic tattoos are also very popular.

Dolphin tattoos can be tattooed as armbands / arm bands, lowerback / lower back pieces, on ankles, shoulders, the upperback area, chest. . . just about anywhere as body art.

People now commonly search online using the internet for dolphin tattoo flash (tattoo art / tattoo pictures) and this is a great source to find dolphin tattoos. First instinct is to find free dolphin tattoo designs, but the quality of these designs is generally pretty poor (you get what you pay for, of course).

Tattoo Artists who create our tattoo flash get paid a royalty, so your purchase goes to support the flash artists to create more top quality tattoo artwork!

Dolphin tattoos

Dolphin tattoos

Dolphin tattoos

Maori Tattoo Designs

Maori tattooing would usually start at adolescence, and was used to celebrate important events throughout life. The first tattoo marks the transition from childhood to adulthood and was done during a series of rites and rituals. Tattoo art was an important part of the Maori culture – in fact, people without tattoos were considered to be without status or worth.

Needless to say, tattooing by making incisions with a chisel was a painful process, but traditional Maori tattoos were meant to be more than decorative – they were a show of strength, courage and status. Both men and women were tattooed, though women substantially less (maybe because there was less of a need for them to show courage) and on other places (usually the lips and chin).

The process of Maori tattooing was a ritual, with music, chant and fasting – in fact, fasting was more or less a necessity, because the face would swell up from the wounds caused by the tattooing process!

The tattoo specialists in the Maori culture were usually men, although there are some women who also were tohunga ta moko (moko specialists).

Maori tattoos

Maori tattoos

Maori tattoos