Woody Woodpecker Tattoos - Childhood Nevers Dies!

Posted on November 15, 2009
Filed Under Before You Decide, Tattoo Meanings

Woody Woodpecker Tattoos - Childhood Nevers Dies! Tattoo are has already penetrated all levels of our society. Tattoos nowadays don’t mean that their wearers are “that kind of people,” I mean having some peculiar preoccupation like sailors or have problems with law. Tattoo is an embroilment of our body, and the choice of this or that tattoo design depends on a person’s likes and dislikes, preferences, traits of character and whatever else.

Some people choose their childhood favorites like Woody Woodpecker, Mickey Mouse, unicorns to be their tattoos. These are very positive and optimistic cartoon tattoo patterns.

Woody Woodpecker tattoos stem from a “Woody Woodpecker” cartoon created by the animation studio Walter Benjamin Lantz between 1940 and 1972 and spread by Universal Pictures.

The protagonist of the cartoon was created as early as in 1940 according to a sketch drawn by Ben Hardway who also took part in the design of other eccentric characters - Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck for Warner Bros. movie company.

So who is Woody? On answering this question, we may find out what Woody Woodpecker tattoos possibly symbolize. Woody is cheerful and joyful but rather an importunate person. He a classic example of an antihero called also a screwball. By his behavior he annoys his neighbors and turns their lives into Hell, often having no particular reasons for it. Having played a trick on somebody he laughs contagiously.

But at the same time the author and the audience sympathize with Woody. He deals with his problems and threats from his antagonists with humor and inborn wit and craftiness. He has inexhaustible supplies of life energy and never loses heart.

Woody Woodpecker Tattoos - Childhood Nevers Dies!

So, Woody Woodpecker tattoos may stand for a person who doesn’t afraid of showing off, of revealing his personality though he could be misunderstood by the crowd. He is self-assured and believes in success and positive outcome of any initiative.

Or simply childhood never dies!