Archive for April, 2009

Eagle Tattoo

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 at 11:22 am

Eagle tattoo

Strong and mighty are appropriate adjectives that describe every eagle tattoo. Through the years, people have been getting tattoos to boost the ego and bolster fashion sense. In early civilizations, tattoos were symbolic of people's personalities and social status.

Now, tattoos often do not symbolize anything about the wearer. However, there are still some people who pay high regards to symbolism and representations when it comes to getting a particular tattoo design. If you are planning to get a tattoo, why not choose to have an eagle tattoo? You would surely love it, as do people who already wear one.

What is the basic symbolism of an eagle tattoo? For patriotic and nationalistic sentiments, the eagle is usually a animal representation of the United States. The eagle as you know is among the most admirable of all animals, because it is sturdy, it flies and soars higher and it is very strong.

The eyes are very much fierce, probably accounting why the eagles' eyes are used in the term 'eagle's eye view'. The wings of an eagle are so strong that it is not surprising why eagles are known to be strong and soaring high.

Personality wise, an eagle symbolizes strength, strong will and overall agility. These characteristics are very much identified with nothing else but the eagle. Eagle tattoos are usually worn by men. That is why for quite some time, an eagle tattoo is very much identified as a symbolism for masculinity.

However, these days, some women are also collecting guts to wear an eagle tattoo, but with a different design. It might be the basic symbolisms and representations of eagle tattoos that make them more appropriate for men.

An eagle tattoo can very much be located in any part of the body. Usually, men put their eagle tattoos in their chests, while others prefer to have the skin art on their arms and legs. When considering getting an eagle tattoo, it is also advisable if you would first assess and carefully think about the size.

You can have a small eagle tattoo or a big one. You can opt to have a multi-colored tattoo or a simple, uni-colored one. You can incorporate the flag's main colors on the eagle or have a close up of an eagle face as your tattoo. Whatever your choice and preference is, in the end, your eagle tattoo would very much indicate your overall sentiment in life.

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Drawings of Tattoos Crosses – All About the Cross Tattoos

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 at 2:34 am

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Nobody knows exactly when and where the drawings of tattoos crosses originated from. We only know that its basic design has been found in artefacts, like carving, painting and pottery etc, of ancient cultures. Its history stretches back to the BC era when the Egyptians and Babylonians were at the height of their civilisations. It was also used by various pagan religions to represent aspects of life.

Despite its symbolism of various religions, drawings of tattoos crosses have been and remain much sought after designs ranging from the very simple to the very ornate.

Christian or Latin Cross

The most common of all the tattoos crosses. It can be as simple as just two lines crossing each other. However, it represents a strong and personal belief for the wearer of the Christian faith.

Celtic Cross

Another highly popular and common tattoos crosses. It features more ornate and complicated design elements of loops with no end that symbolize a never ending cycle of dying and rebirth and the interlacing of the knots expressing the repeated crossing of both physical and spiritual elements.

The Gothic Cross

Thought to have German origins and very popular with people of the Gothic movements. It features design elements of knives or dagger, wrapped with barbed wire and red blood, all put together to produce a very disturbing and daring imagery.

The Tau Cross

Also known as the Egyptians cross. It is a basic cross with lines crossing each in a T-like shape. St Francis is said to have used the Tau cross as his signature.

The Ankh Cross

It is closely related to the Tau cross with the addition of a loop on the top of the T-shape. Another name for it is the Key of the Nile.

The Maltese Cross

Its design is made up of eight equal length arms moving towards and joining at the middle, making it an eight-pointed cross.

These are just some of the many variations of drawings of tattoos crosses . Many people have even incorporated design elements from the various crosses in their tattoos. Tattoo artists can easily give you an infinite combinations and designs of the various tattoos crosses.