Studio Ghibli is one of the best loved animation studios in Japan and home to some of animated film's most highly regarded titles. The studio's film portfolio makes for great tattoo designs. Under the stewardship of acclaimed director and animator Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli film is responsible for the 2002 Academy Award Winning Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro (Japan loves...
Once upon a time witches were burnt at the stake. Now the mysterious icons of the Wiccan religion and their accoutrements make great choices for tattoo art. Almost exclusively the domain of female collectors, witchy tattoo ideas come in a variety of descriptions linked to Wicca and the arcane or macabre, including cats, moons, the triple goddess, and pentagram symbols....
Yellow rose tattoo ideas are fantastic symbolic depictions of joy, friendship, and caring for others. Often, color variations, style switches, and placement choices create nuanced symbolic meanings or technical interpretations of the classic rose tattoo idea that means love and beauty. Yellow roses are becoming an increasingly popular contemporary design for tattoo lovers looking for more brightly colored ink that...
Pinup girl tattoos are some of the oldest images used to represent how women are constantly in men’s thoughts. Sailors and armed servicemen during WWII and the Korean War used tattoo images of the early film stars of Hollywood to show how much they thought of women while away from home. Pinup girl tattoos were crucial to the great tattooists...
Santa Muerte is the personification of death associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery into the afterlife. More than five million Mexicans and a similar amount of Mexican Americans worship the saint, leading to an explosion of Chicano tattoos. Many believe Santa Muerte helps them survive among the criminals, gives strength and opportunity to support their family, and treats all...
The pain of losing a baby to a miscarriage is hard to deal with, whether it’s during the early stages of pregnancy or closer to term as both approaches. Would-be parents (especially those moms who go through such a significant body transformation) often get memorial and symbolic tattoos to help them grieve the loss of an unborn child. These ink...
The artwork of Sui Ishida’s dark fantasy manga series Tokyo Ghoul is a popular topic for tattoo designs. Tokyo Ghoul’s titular characters live amongst men and need to eat human flesh to survive, with the series main protagonist Ken Kaneki becoming a half-ghoul straddling the world of humans and flesh eaters. It’s dark and interesting, and as is the way...
Quetzalcoatl is the Aztec version of the Feathered Serpent and makes a brilliant symbolic tattoo motif for Mexican and other Latin American people. The Feathered Serpent is a prominent god found in many Mesoamerican religions. Quetzalcoatl was known as the deity of wind and rain, the bringer of knowledge, and the inventor of books. The Aztecs operated under a system...
Feet aren't necessarily the most attractive part of the body, so a cool foot tattoo provides an opportunity to make them look nicer. Body art for the feet has existed for over 50,00 years and has one of the biggest varieties of styles due to the diversity of different linked cultures, and the tastes of men and women’s ink. From...
A bluebird tattoo most often symbolizes good luck, positivity, happiness, and innocence. With so many tattoo designs associated with nautical themes and sailors, the bluebird is a favored design in American and Neo-Traditional tattooing, used to represent good fortune, sweet seas, and bright blue skies. While the bluebird is occasionally confused with swallows and sparrows - they are often depicted...
