Tips for Designing Your Own Tattoo


Finally you have decided to ink yourself. Are you wondering what kind of tattoo to get inked with? There are many designs available all around you. I will, however, suggest that you design your tattoo yourself to bring uniqueness to it.

Tips for Designing Your Tattoo Yourself
I will give you some basic tips to help you design your own tattoo.
  • It is always good to have a tattoo design which reflects your personality and who you are. Therefore, you might need some time decide the design for your tattoo.
  • It is important that you decide what your tattoo should stand for. Do you want it to commemorate a particular event? Some celebration? A special person, perhaps? Or are you getting a tattoo made just for the fun of it?
  • Now, sit silently and think of what images come to your mind. It may be some flower, some leaves, may be just petals of some flower or may be you want to tattoo initials of your beloved or your own initials? If you want to commemorate the death of a person, a suggestion would be to design a tattoo with the name of the person on the petals of a flower.
  • After your tattoo design has been finalized, you can get a temporary tattoo made so that you know if your tattoo design is good enough to be made into a permanent motif on your skin.
Tattoo Design Ideas
Here are some tattoo design ideas which you can utilize to design your own tattoo.

Feminine Tattoo Designs: Since time immemorial, 'delicateness' has been attributed to women. Some of the tattoo designs for girls are flowers, fairies, butterflies, dolphins and hearts. Select a beautiful, adorable tattoo which will suit your personality well.

Tattoo Designs For Lower Back: Lower back tattoos are very popular because it accentuates feminine beauty and, at the same time, they look sensuous. You can choose to combine a number of designs to make a tattoo design for the lower back. Here are some suggestions for lower back tattoos. You can make use of Celtic tattoo designs, flowers, Celtic butterfly tattoos and tribal patterns. These were some of the conventional designs. You can definitely come up with some whacky designs as well.

Tribal Tattoo Designs: Tribal art motifs double up as popular tattoo designs. Of all the tribal tattoo, tiger is the most famous as a tiger stands for power, beauty, grace, speed and demeanor. The butterfly tattoo design is a favorite among women. Tribal dragons are used to symbolize various things. In the olden days, dragon tattoos were used by the kings to protect their wealth. Dragons also represent the four elements; air, water, fire and earth. Roman and Greek warriors used it as a symbol of terror.

Koi Fish Tattoo Designs: This is a tattoo very widely used in the Japanese and Chinese cultures. Both men and women can get a koi fish tattoo made as it stands for good fortune, strength in adversity, ambition, aspiration and determination. These tattoos are often made on the back and shoulders. These tattoos are usually made with some colorful background.

Shooting Star Tattoo Designs: Sailors often got a star tattooed on themselves in honor of the North Star. It was supposed to guide and take them home safely. This star is also known as the nautical star. If you like celestial bodies you can get a single star, cluster of stars, stars along with flames or comets and stars.

Tattoo Designs of Zodiac Signs: Each of the twelve zodiac signs have a symbol which represents each one of them. Each zodiac sign has a combination of stars and pictures. So, you can choose to ink yourself either with stars or with pictures. For example, Aquarius is presented by a water bearer, Capricorn by a goat, etc. Accordingly, you can choose the picture of your zodiac sign and get a tattoo made. Astronomical symbols, also, can be used for a tattoo. You can even choose to have colors for your zodiac tattoo. The color which is predominant for that zodiac sign can be used.

Armband Tattoo Designs: To get yourself an armband tattoo, you can make use of tribal or Celtic tattoo designs. If you are a fan of tribal tattoo designs, you can also think of getting a Hawaii armband tattoo made. These represent the Hawaiian culture and are a rage nowadays.

Flower Tattoo Designs: Flower designs for tattoos can be seen as a connection to nature. Flowers represent fertility, procreation and the unending cycle of birth and death. Some of the flowers which are used as designs for tattoos are rose, hibiscus, lily, daisy, lotus, sunflower and daffodils.

Now you have a wide spectrum of choices from which to select a tattoo design for yourself. Are you still there or have you started designing your own tattoo already?

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