Woodland Fairy Tattoos

Posted on November 9, 2009
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Woodland Fairy tattoos belong to the group of mythical tattoos as they depict creatures that possess magical powers. It is usually a young female named nymph who personifies the supernatural, is generally good, beautiful and innocent. That’s why this tattoo design is mostly typical of women.

The image of a fairy can be traced back to Celtic mythology as well as it has a Biblical background. In the latter case fairies are considered to be angels that once lived in Heaven, but when the time came they were undecided who they should stay with - Devil or God. That’s why they neither remained angels nor became demons but found their place on a sinful Earth at the same time and were going to help people using the magic they preserved. Celtic woodland fairies, on the contrary can not only fulfill the wishes but also cause harm to people they dislike. Though, such malicious nymphs occur very rarely.

There’s also an opinion that fairies live in the parallel world and if they interfere with mankind they hust do what they consider to by right. Such are Irish fairies - neither evil nor good.

Woodland fairy tattoos thus carry different symbolic meanings: for some they may represent mischief and charm of the wearer while some see fairies as a symbol of beauty, eternal youth, and natural freedom.

Such tattoos as we have already found out portray nymphs in woodland setting, on a river bank or among flowers. In general there’re no restrictions upon such tattoos, so you can fully express your individuality creating your own design. Though, some common elements are present: stars should be included into the setting and the fairy herself should fly or at lest have wings. Commonly used colors are blue and pink.

Thanks to their small size, woodland fairy tattoos can be placed everywhere, but normally they are done on the back, shoulder, calf or ankle. Fairies are the quickest to be tattooed and the very process go on less painfully.

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Tramp Stamp Tattoos

Posted on November 8, 2009
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Tramp Stamp Tattoos

Tramp stamp tattoos refer to that ones that are worn by women on their lower back. Now they are the most popular tattoo patterns among young girls. Such tattoos look cool and stylish, and they are not restricted to a certain design - tribal, flower, Celtic, and many more tattoos are possible!

Though, in the 1990s they acquired a negative meaning and up to now people might see a lower moral in them, namely a woman’s light-minded attitude towards sex. They as if invite suggestions about her private life. But nowadays women don’t bother about other people’s minds as long as they know that they are ok with their private affairs.

Nevertheless, tramp stamp tattoos are chosen by lots of women. The main reason is, though the process of tattooing the back is quite painful, that this part of body doesn’t change much with years or is, for instance, you gain or lose weight. This fact ensures that your tattoo will preserve its shape and color as years go by.

Lower back tattoos can be easily hidden if necessary and easily shown when desired. Low cut jeans and short tops that are popular nowadays make your tattoo seen when you bend over – it suggests your hidden mystery and proves that such tattoos are really feminine and sexy.

The main disadvantage that you can’t see you tattoo unless you look in the mirror!

As to tramp stamp tattoo designs there’s a lot to choose from. They usually have an oblong pattern and tattooed in the middle part of you lower back area. It you want to stand out of the crowd, you can have it to the right or to the left. The most common tattoos are tribal tattoos (some people regard only tribles to be tramp stamps) as well as Celtic tattoos. You can also make dragon, dolphin, turtle, butterfly tattoos.. Flower tattoos are often wanted due to their femininity and simple design.

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Giant Squid Tattoos

Posted on November 3, 2009
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Giant squid tattoos belong to the sea tattoo designs and look mysteriously and fascinating. Everything new is tempting, and so is squid, hiding itself in ocean depths.

There are hundreds of species of squid in seas and oceans of our planet. They are of different sizes starting from a few inches to 40 feet. Giant squid can reach even 60 feet. Squid don’t have a spine, that’s why they seem to be graceful and flexible and free in the flows of sea water. Master of camouflage, squid is a mysterious bottom-dwelling sea animal. It has a striking behavior: when it is attacked it can disappear in a moment leaving after itself a dense black cloud of ink. The peculiarities of its habits form the meaning of giant squid tattoos.

A squid tattoo stands for a relaxed state of mind or at least the necessity to achieve it, to make change in life, to get rid of old and to ready for something completely new and unexplored.

Also, it can disengage the limb that prevents it from moving away from danger and in this way survive. This could be understood symbolically that people should also give up their previous life with its unpleasant experience and move on taking with themselves only those things they really need. If a person does it, his or her life could change for the better.

It is worth mentioning that a squid can as well grow another limb instead of that left one. That’s why squid tattoos also mean regeneration, revival and continuity of life. If squid tentacles are spirulate the tattoo acquires a new meaning. Spiral means movement towards the center, development, tempo of life, cyclicity, condensed energy, transformation and change.

There can be enormous amount of giant squid tattoo patterns – they can stand alone or can be set into a colorful maritime scene. Squid bodies themselves can be colored as you like it and any color would be true to life as the creatures possess chameleon features. Its tentacles are long and one can make use of this to create an effect of wrapping. You can tattoo your squid on your arms, legs or and shoulders, as well as waists and backs.

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Forget-me-not Flower Tattoos

Posted on November 2, 2009
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Forget-me-not Flower Tattoos Flower tattoos are mostly loved by women. For them they are the most acceptable variant among all the tattoo designs as they certainly look more appealing and feminine than, for instance, tribal tattoos. Of course, a woman can wear any flower on her body, but it is much better to find out the meaning of the flower. If you know what this or that flower stands for, you can even combine different patterns to create a complex impression.

Different symbolic meanings are ascribed to flower tattoos, but they typically have a positive meaning. One of the lovely tattoo patterns if a forget-me-not flower tattoo. It is accurate, tiny and is usually tattooed on the ankle, on the coccyx and so. A forget-me-not flower generally means true love, hope, remembrance and memories.

Pretty as it is, with gentle blue, or sometimes white or pink petals and bright yellow center, a forget-me-not is one of the best embroilments of our spring. It grows in Europe, Asia, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand – practically allover the world.

A great many of beautiful legends are connected with this flower.

One of the poetic Greek tales tells about too lovers, Likas and Egle, whose love and mutual devotion were known all over the neighborhood. But one day Likas had to go home to become the owner of a mansion that his dead uncle had left to him. The poor Egle was so frightened about her future, she was afraid that when Likas became rich he would forget their love and fall after some town beauty and leave her alone. But she was undecided whether to tell Likas about her fear or not. The moment they parted she was in tears and her tears fell onto the grass and turned into blue flowers, so blue as Elge’s eyes. That was first forget-me-nots. Elge picked and the flowers and gave them to her lover. She kept silence, but Likas understood their meaning and called them: “Don’t forget me.”

The forget-me-not grows everywhere and the interesting fact is that everywhere it has the same name: in German it is Vergimeinnicht, in French - ne-m’oubliez-pas and so on, which in these languages means “don’t forget me.”

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