Floral Tattoo Designs

As the popularity of tattoos has spread to include the female members of society, you can bet your bottom dollar that floral designs have always been one of the most popular choices for them. The reasons for this are absolutely obvious: floral designs are pretty; they can rely on the use of plenty of colors and they can add a tasteful and elegant definition for any woman.

The most popular species of flowers that are used in tattoo designs include the rose, orchids, lilies and daisies. These will always be able to represent a piece that is dainty and feminine and this is what definitely seems to appeal to many women.

There are definite trends wherein women seem to favor having their pieces placed. These choices allow the wearer to expose the piece when she wants to, but be able to cover it at all other times. The shoulder and lower back area are probably the most popular locations nowadays; but the underside of the wrist, lower ankle and even the foot itself are also fashionable. A quick word of warning here though, if you are looking for a tattoo to be done on the foot itself - this can be a notoriously painful location as there are a lot of small bones in this region.

It is funny to see how fashions change and adapt as far as tattoos go, as around twenty or thirty years ago, floral tattoo designs were quite restricted for men. Of course, you had the ever popular and 'old school' choice of a rose with the name of a loved one associated with it, but today floral tattoos are becoming increasingly popular among the guys.

In fact, men think nothing of opting for quite feminine-looking designs and will even go as far as full sleeves worth of this body art. The youngest generation to come onto the tattoo scene are especially keen on this style.

Floral designs can come in any form you choose. In fact, they can even be a part of a very masculine piece if the surrounding artwork is able to tone the flower's beauty right down. A good example of what I mean here would be Japanese water flowers that are incorporated into awesome large pieces that scream masculinity, but include these flowers amazingly well.

Eye Tattoos

The "Eye of Horus" also known as the "Udjat" or "Eye of Ra" is one of the most popular Egyptian tattoos that are being shown today. It not only looks great, but also has many different meanings and symbology.

The eye of Horus is represented in 7 different hieroglyphs and means, "to make" or "one who does" and in Egyptian belief the eye was not really an instrument to see but an agent of action, protection and wrath. In fact it was such a symbol of protection that sailors would paint the eye onto their ships to have a safe travel on the seas. As a tattoo it makes sense that this symbol should provide you with protection and strength. It is actually present on the American dollar bill as a sign of strength.

This Egyptian eye was also a measurement system where the eye was actually divided into six pieces with a different measurement.

1/2 was represented by smell.

1/4 was represented by sight.

1/8 was represented by thought.

1/16 was represented by hearing.

1/32 was represented by taste.

1/64 was represented by touch.

If you wanted to get creative with your tattoo you could look further into these representations.

As you can see the Egyptian eye represents many different things but it is suitable if you want to tattoo a symbol of strength and protection, there is definitely potential for a lot of small talk if someone is to ask you why you got this particular tattoo.