Coolest Tattoo Pictures and Designs!
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This lens features the best in tattoo design pictures. Check out the hottest star, lower back, arm, Japanese koi, butterfly and wing tattoo designs. See some fantastic photo galleries of the latest in tattoo designs and get some ideas for your own tattoos!
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In the last twenty years, tattoos have gone from outsider culture to the top of the mainstream pursuits. You'll even see advertising that riffs on the ideas of tattoos for things like home mortgages or insurance.
Shown here is the forearm portion of a full sleeve tattoo, featuring a Japanese-style design of a dragon and wind with a fantastic elbow spiral. Photo by Relache.
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Before you get down to looking at all the hot tattoo designs, I've love if you could tell me what brings you here, thanks! (it really helps me make this lens better)
Star Tattoos
single points of light or whole galaxies
Stars are really hot in the tattoo design world right now. They fit in great if you're into the retro tattoo look and wear 40s and 50s style tats, but they also go great with tribal tattooing or as a stand-alone design. They also have a strong presence in the punk/DIY subculture.
Fun Temporary Tattoos
Temporary Tattoos
Japanese Koi Tattoos
love banners and symbols of devotion
These brightly-colored fish have been a long-time staple of Japanese tattooing and are very popular with non-Japanese fans of that style. Read more about the history and symbolism of Japanese Koi Tattoos
Airbrush Tattoo Systems
Lower Back Tattoos
The lower back seems like it's getting kinda trendy right now, but in fact, this area has been really popular for a long time, especially as a location for a woman to be tattooed. The area is easily covered by clothing and offers a large flat area for a bigger piece of art. Women were often tattooed in this spot by the many cultures that regularly practiced tattooing (the Japanese, the Hawaiians, the Tahitians, and the Marquesans).
The idea of a lower back tattoo being a "trampstamp" is just a joke from the movie "The Wedding Crashers" but it set off a trend of perception, much like how a character in the movie "Sideways" remarked about disliking Merlot, and then suddenly Merlot wine sales dropped.
Tribal Tattoo Clothing
something to wear over your own ink
Tattooed Wings
Fly like an eagle or an angel
As you can see from these pictures, the only limit to what your tattooed wings might look like is your own imagination and the artistic drawing skill of your tattoo artist. Some people have chosen small wings, others have committed their entire backs. Are you a butterfly? An angel? A demon?
“The tattoo attracts and also repels precisely because it is different. ~ Margo DeMello”
Tattooed Arms
Arm tattoos can be single designs, armbands that wrap all the way around a bicep, or full-color sleeves that go from shoulder to wrist. The inside of the upper arm, around the elbow and around the wrist are the most sensitive areas of the arms, so think carefully before getting those areas heavily tattooed.
Fake Sleeve Tattoos
Butterfly Tattoos
Butterflies have been incredibly popular in American tattoo culture, and are most often worn by women. You might like to have a realistic butterfly tattooed on you, or instead invent your own fantasy species.
Tattoo Design Message Board
Got anything special you're looking for? Leave a question, comment or feedback.
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jimmyworldstar
Dec 10, 2011 @ 12:17 pm | delete
- I feel like if you're going to get a unique tattoo, don't get a Chinese symbol, skull, cross, or tribal tattoo. Those are very overdone. There's plenty of unique things such as quotes or certain animals like tigers or snakes. Those aren't the most original but there's less of those around.
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TattooTed Jun 22, 2010 @ 5:36 am | delete
- very nice lens, love the designs 5*
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dEEDs
Apr 13, 2009 @ 1:12 pm | delete
- hey there, just checkin out tats becasue ive alwasy wanted one! my friend gave me one when i was 13 or something but i was looking for for frog coming out of a leaf of some sort but i havent been able to fnd that yet, i love frogs.
danielle,.
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DongMei
Feb 23, 2009 @ 2:44 pm | delete
- This is great lens. I'm new to the Squidoo world and your lens shows a wonderful balance of authenticity and information that will help me develop my own lenses.
Thanks.
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Inkredible
Feb 4, 2009 @ 3:17 am | delete
- Great lens with lots of pictures and inspiration. Thanks!
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