Design Your Own Tattoo

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

Tips to Design Your Own Tattoo
I will give you some basic tips, to help you design your own tattoos.

• It is always good to have a tattoo design, which reflects your personality. At the same time it should depict who you are. Therefore, you might need some time to design your own tattoo. Be patient, remember, patience is a virtue.
• It is important, you decide what should your tattoo actually do. Do you want it to commemorate a particular event, some celebration, a person? or are you getting a tattoo made just for fun of it.
• Now sit silently and think of what images come to your mind. May be it some flower, or 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 design a tattoo with the name of the person on the petals of a flower.
• Last but not the least remember it is your tattoo, therefore very personal. Hence, you do not have to be a tattoo artist to design your tattoo.
• 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 tattoo.

Tattoo Design Ideas
Here are some tattoo design ideas, which you can utilize when you 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 heart tattoos. Select a beautiful adoring tattoo which will suit your personality well.

Tattoo Designs For Lower Back: Tattoos on your lower back are very popular because it accentuates feminine beauty, at the same time it looks 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 tattoos. These were some of the conventional designs, you can definitely come up with some whacky designs as well.

Tribal Tattoo Designs: Tribal art tattoos are very common tattoo designs. Of all the tribal tattoo designs, the tiger tattoo design is the most famous, as a tiger stands for power, beauty and 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 culture. Both men and women can get a koi fish tattoo made, as it stands for good fortune, strength in adversity, ambition, aspiration, 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: 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 carrier, Capricorn by a goat, etc. so 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 a armband tattoo you can make use of tribal or celtic tattoo design. If you are a fan of tribal tattoo designs, you can also think of getting an Hawaii armband tattoo made. These represent the Hawaiian culture and are a rage now.

Flower Tattoo Designs: Flower designs for tattoos can be seen as a connection to nature. Flowers represent fertility, procreation, 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 choice to design your own tattoo. Are you still there or have you started designing your own tattoo already?