Incredible Tattoo Designs and Body Art to Inspire You
Tattoo: A marking made by inserting dark, indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. The term “tattoo” or from Tahiti, “Tatau” is first referred to by Joseph Banks, the naturalist aboard Cook’s ship the “Endeavour” in 1769 where he mentions it in his journal. Tattooing has been a Eurasian practice at least since around Neolithic times. Other mummies bearing tattoos and dating from the end of the second millennium BC have been discovered. Tattooing in recent times has been beyong Identification, Cosmetic, Medical, Decorative and spiritual uses; and also has become a huge style statement in the glamour world. Parallel to the design/ arts stream we bring you some of the Most Incredible Examples of Tattoo Art, design inspiration for Illustrators.
warhammer back piece by ~optimuspint
japanese dragon front by ~mojoncio
Unusual ink by =UniqueNudes
Photography by Ashley. by ~LepaDinis
Silhouette of a Small Murder by ~pootpuzo
i’m written underneath. by *midnightINK
sakura by ~Cocktailshaker
Ganesh tattoo by ~cencored
5.2. Tattoos – French Sisters by =hoshq
Green Snake 2 by *gmesh
not so new tattoo – Linda by ~ismellsickness
sweet little thing by ~slawekmyskow
GasMaskbeautiful by =glittersniffer
Henna-Inspired Tattoo by ~Liz1ttrstudio
Biomech 6 by ~DarkSunTattoo
The softest canvas by =UniqueNudes
Old school stuff by ~johnfuller
tatoo 2 by ~morenica
Marissa’s Tattoo by *jbaxt3d
Hands – Skull and Rose by *Spoonford
Finland Babe 2 by ~MissAminaMunster
roses and diamonds by ~mojoncio
my neck by ~oldschool-sinner
Heart Skull Armsleeve prog.13 by *2Face-Tattoo
Misguided Ghost by ~misssmess
tattoo here tattoo there by !MaaariK
Crazy Skull behind the ear tat by *2Face-Tattoo
focus with photographs by =elize
BioAnatomy by ~VictorPortugal
great sword by ~seanspoison
Phoenix by ~thingthatcandoit
“Cardinal filigree” by *BloodIronRose
Baby. by *clyme
Darth Vader by ~brandonbond
tattoo 1 by ~br3w0k
tattoo twins by ~organ-splitter
rat by ~CraftzBerlin
Passion by ~Bellefast
my tattoo by ~mohicanjenn
tree tattoo with birds by *hatefulss
Tattoo by ~miss-o-photography
Tattoo by ~bielgrimalt
elephant tattoo finished by ~asuss06
Feather and Bird Tattoo by ~sheishere
Raven coverup on Bart by ~claudiatat2
Tattoo pioeuvre by *BenoitPaille
in memoriam of his fatherr by ~eminimal
Phoenix Tattoo – Female Canvas by ~PaigeKay
Tattoo – fin by ~bikuki
frannie the kitty by ~tat2istcecil
My finished tattoo by ~RomainD
The Used – tree tattoo by ~allentattoo
tattoo 56 by ~cebecizade
Siamese Twins by `PorcelainPoet
maori backpiece by ~nakedarttattoo
Applied Tattoo by ~SimpleSkye
Tattoo Edward Scissorshands by ~jbecerra
Philadelphias Finest by ~annielicious
Tattoo by =Offering
helene’s plants by ~freddysweet
tree tattoo backpiece by ~LaughingTree
geisha tattoo 13 by ~mojoncio
tree1 by *Doctah-Jones
Tattoo Pioeuvre 8 by *BenoitPaille
Compatible by =Korialtaz
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8 Comments
Sudha
06.30.2010
Beautiful tattoos! Liked the 'My Tattoo by Mohicanjann' very elegant and stylish! and also 'sakura by cocktailshaker':)
Canvas Fan
07.06.2010
I really love B&W tatoos but the one of the hands looks really great! I believe it because of the tones of the photography. Nice inspirational post, thanks.
Lori
07.10.2010
this is one of the most beautiful collections of tats i've seen. thank you!
Michelle Lucas
07.11.2010
awesome work! two really stood out to me as I scrolled down, first 'Biomech 6 by ~DarkSunTattoo' and then 'in memoriam of his fatherr by ~eminimal'. thanks for sharing
modelsupplies
07.14.2010
I love the feather falling into tiny, distant birds. So many of these are just so incredible~! Edward Scissorhands is so life-like~! I think tattoo artists are operating in a whole other art world – this, coming from someone who would "never" have a tattoo
(First, parents, then industry dictating not to). It's like the internet screen just continues onto their bodies… Very cool!
x0x
Anita @ModelSupplies
Mary
08.28.2010
to inspire us to what xD ?
Tattoo Newcastle
09.12.2011
To inspire us to draw!! These are really great especially for a tattoo designer like myself! The tree design is brilliant and is the Warhammer one for real! I just recently completed a St. George design for a customer http://darkdesigngraphics.co.uk/?p=980 it is inspiration like this which helps me to make my designs a bit different!
eminimal
02.05.2012
thank you for publishing my work. eMINIMAL (Emilija Pendeva)
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