Peace Tattoos

Tattoos is a great medium to express individuality and choice. Nothing really beats peace tattoos in their appeal and popularity. The peace sign is seen all around us, including T-shirts, posters, bumper stickers, from key chains, to tattoos. The meaning attached to such tattoos has transcended to mean many more things, than just the original symbolism of peace. It has also gone to become an emblem for anti-war, it is also an association with the hippie culture, etc. Given all the appreciation and acclaim peace sign has received, it is not really surprising, that in modern-day, peace symbol tattoos have gone onto become one of the most popular tattoo designs.

Peace Tattoo Designs

The common peace sign tattoos have the peace symbol in its very basic form. It is normally just a simple black circle, along with a downward facing, three-pronged fork. Although numerous people like to stick to the traditional and simple design, there are other peace tattoo ideas, which may be appealing to you. A simple 'V' sign made with fingers is also seen as a sign of peace and is often used to make a tattoo design. However, there is limited creativity, as far as that tattoo design goes.

Peace tattoos can be made more colorful and bold, than the traditional simple tattoo design. One of the option is to make the peace tattoo with melting rainbow colors. It can also be made with a raised 3-D effect or it can simply have sparks of color throughout a black body. The other option is to make peace tattoo combined with other symbols. Rose vine wrapping around the prongs of the peace symbol with blossoms at random spots. The entire peace sign can also be made only with vines or the other option is with sprouting thorns. A peace tattoo made with sprouting thorns symbolizes guarded peace. One very popular peace tattoo design is to make the peace sign on the back of a tortoise-shell. This combination of symbols is eye-catching and expresses a feeling of serenity within the confines of one's own shell.

A white dove also has been a sign of peace for a very long time. When Noah dispatched birds to seek news of the flood's end, it was the dove, who returned with an olive branch in its beak. The olive branch from then has gone to become a covenant between Man and God. In modern-day times, it was artist Pablo Picasso, who reestablished the icon dove as a peace symbol, when he designed a lithograph for the Peace Congress to be held in Paris in 1949. This lithograph is a simple line drawing, which makes for a simply yet elegant tattoo design. Dove tattoos is one of the popular peace sign tattoo designs.

Olive branch or olive leaf also have a long tradition of peace. In the Greek mythology, olive branch and leaf symbolized peaceful intentions. The meaning associated with 'to extend an olive branch' holds true to this day. The peaceful connotations attached to olive branch, date back to the competition between Athena and Poseidon to see, which God knew the gift that was most useful to mortals. Athena trumped Poseidon by gifting an olive tree, which had number of associations with peace and harmony. On the other hand in Asia, it is the white crane, that has long been associated with peace, which comes from prosperity and friendship. In the years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it became a symbol of peace. If you are fond of tribal tattoos, then you may want to opt for a tribal peace tattoo. A variation can also be to get a peace tattoo made on the lines of Celtic tattoos.

There is a wide array of peace tattoos available, so deciding which one is the right one for you can be a difficult task. You can talk to your tattoo artist, so that it is easier for you to choose the right design for you.