Tattoos in different periods of the history of mankind performed various functions and had many meanings. Note that there were no great geographical discoveries, traditions of decorating the body with tattoos.
For the first time, the word "tattoo" in his report was used by the explorer James Cook. So it was fixed to indicate the pattern on the body.
For Polynesian and Native American tribes, tattoos emphasized the special status in the society of leaders and shamans. In Europe, the first who began to make meaningful tattoos were sailors, after talking with the population of the Pacific Islands and South America. Although recent archaeological research confirms that tattoos on the European continent have been used before.
Tattoos are actively used in the criminal world. And in the youth environment they act as a means of self-expression.
Today we can talk about tattoos, as a separate form of art. From this angle, and consider the most beautiful tattoos. With the modern technique of performance, some of them can rightfully be entered into works of art.
Let's look at some interesting tattoos that deserve special attention. Also, the article can help you find the right ideas for a tattoo for you, if you have not yet decided which tattoo to make.
The most interesting tattoo ideas:
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Coffee lover
A unique tattoo in the form of the evolution of a coffee tree. Separately, in the lower part of the hand is the process of plant growth, starting with coffee beans. And a branch with green leaves, flowers and berries wraps the whole arm around it.
Yes, the love of coffee for the wearer of such a tattoo is forever.
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Journey
You can express your love of travel in a very original way with the help of such a tattoo on the body.
The coordinates of the places visited on the planet, combined with tickets and attractions. With such a tattoo you will never forget where you have been, and you will never lose it like a photo card.
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Technics
For adventurers and treasures, a beautiful tattoo in the form of an old compass and pirate treasure chests.
In addition to the romance of travel, airplanes, steam locomotives and sailboats of past centuries are inflicted.
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Skateboarding
Cheerful youth tattoo with various types of skateboarding.
Mass culture is actively penetrating the youth environment, and its new, fashionable manifestations are displayed, including in tattoos on the bodies of young people.
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Musical instruments
Another manifestation of youth subculture, tattoos depicting musical instruments.
Realistic images and style emphasize the beauty and harmony of music. Watching such tattoos, it seems that you really hear the melodies.
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Paintings
As an option to save money on trips to the museum, you can put a picture of a famous painter on your body.
These are the “Sunflowers” and “Irises” blossomed under the “Starry Night” by the Dutchman Van Gogh on the young girl’s hand. By the way, there is a very interesting article about the most famous works of Van Gogh on most-beauty.ru.
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Angel
The most beautiful tattoos for girls have long gone beyond the banal inscriptions of the Gothic "Together forever" or pretty roses.
Such works of art can be found on the graceful snow-white backs of the fairer sex. Here in front of us is a girl in the image of an Angel, cautiously stepping through the clouds.
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Ferocious Dragon
But this woman applied an aggressive tattoo in the form of a fabulous, fierce dragon.
The tattoo master did his best, using the anatomical features of the human body. Note that the owner of such a tattoo took 23 times to visit the workshop of the tattoo artist.
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Lisa Frank's Drawings
Pretty and cheerful tattoos with drawings by the cult American designer Lisa Frank.
Bright colors emphasize the cheerfulness and carefree young age and cheer up not only the owner of the original tattoo.
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Watercolor tattoo
A tattoo in the form of a seemingly carelessly executed watercolor drawing conveys the character of the owner.
Perhaps the loving mother transferred the picturesque masterpieces of her child to the body in the form of an original tattoo.
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Space
Distant and alluring human galaxies are beautifully located on the arm. It is not surprising that the most beautiful tattoos for men have a space theme.
The mysterious and mysterious world of Cosmos is becoming popular in the art of tattoos. You can always add new open space objects.
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Earth in space
A tattoo with philosophical significance that man and our beloved planet Earth is only part of a vast and infinite Cosmos.
The original tattoo once again emphasizes the eternal desire of Mankind to go to distant worlds.
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Wolf
Among modern youth of both sexes, recently, the Wolf tattoo has become very popular.
As a way of self-expression, the wolf in the tattoo symbolizes independence, strength, endurance and devotion.
Read photos and descriptions of the most beautiful types of wolves in one of our articles.
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Russia
The Arab traveler Ibn Fadlan, describing the Rus, also wrote about tattoos on their bodies.
Today, many public organizations, in the current political situation, are calling for a return to Slavic roots, to original paganism.
Tattoos of Slavic themes on the body have become very popular among residents of Slavic countries.
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Russian motives
Tattoos containing pages of great Russian history are very popular and beautiful.
Here, for example, the monk Peresvet on the Kulikovo field. A majestic monumental tattoo, more like a painting.
Russian heroes - a symbol of strength, courage and heroism of these tattoos are perfectly combined with the need to protect their native expanses.
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Russian tales
Tattoos with heroes and characters of Russian fairy tales look great on the body.
The most popular fairy-tale creature in such tattoos is the Firebird. The tree of rejuvenating apples looks beautifully on the female thigh.
There are also tattoos with Vasilisa the Beautiful.
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Buddha
At all times, but especially recently, tattoos of divine themes have become popular.
Religion firmly enters the life of a person and with the help of images on the body of divine symbols, a person tries to protect himself from troubles and adversities.
Here, for example, a male and female version of a tattoo with a symbol of Buddhism.
We highly recommend that you read an article about the ten most ridiculous UFO religions.
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Ganesha
A popular tattoo was the image of the Hindu god Ganesha.
Mysterious India has always attracted adventurers. In this way, with the help of a tattoo, such aspirations are realized.
A God with a full human body and the head of an elephant, sitting on his wahan, looks beautiful on both female and male bodies.
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Japanese motives
The Japanese style of body art, called iredzumi, became popular at the end of the 19th century, when Europeans began to discover this distant country.
The harmonious combination of floral ornaments with mythical motifs creates an original unique style of Japanese tattoos. But in Japan itself, any tattoos are negative, because for the Japanese people they are associated with the mafia.
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Sakura branch
The tattoo with the image of the symbol of Japan looks beautiful on the body.
The fragile and delicate sakura branch becomes a romantic addition to a beautiful, snow-white female body.
Often against the background of Japanese cherry, the image of a beautiful woman in a kimono is pricked.
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Geisha
Separately, in the Japanese style of tattoos, a tattoo with geisha should be noted.
Realistic tattoos of graceful Japanese women have become very common in the world of tattoos.
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The Dragon
Continuing the oriental theme of the Dragon Tattoo. Such tattoos are popular among both men and women.
Aggressive, bold tattoos convey the beauty and power of this winged, fire-breathing mythical creature.
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Birds
Original and beautiful tattoos are obtained with the image of birds.
Owls are usually pricked as a symbol of wisdom, but more in the meaning of an aggressive nocturnal predator.
But eagles rightfully hold the championship among birds. Different configurations - crucified, in flight, sitting quietly, all of them symbolize strength and love of freedom.
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Religion. Jesus
Often in tattoos there are also Christian symbols. The image of Jesus or Our Lady is especially popular.
There are tattoos with the image of God himself, always accompanied by sunbeams.
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Thor's Hammer
The Thor's Hammer becomes a beautiful and mythical element of the tattoo.
This weapon of the Scandinavian God is pricked both separately and in combination with other objects. And sometimes on tattoos there are whole battle scenes.
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Scandinavian motives
An interesting and heroic history of the Vikings found its reflection in body tattoos.
A beautiful combination of powerful warriors and Scandinavian ornaments will become a magnificent decoration of any body. The strength and courage of the Vikings tattoo artists perfectly convey in body art.
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Ancient egyptian motifs
Original tattoos with the image of the Egyptian gods are obtained.
Of the variety of deities of Ancient Egypt, Seth, Mountain is stuffed. There are tattoos with the image of the pharaohs.
It would seem that the male motifs of the Egyptian gods are found on female bodies.
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Anubis
Ancient Egyptian symbols were then borrowed by Masonic organizations.
Such tattoos carry a large semantic load, unusual and mysterious. Here, with the Egyptian cross and all-seeing eye, the God of the dead Anubis is depicted.
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Time
Many lovers of decorating their body with tattoos prefer tattoos with philosophical overtones.
These can be fully considered a tattoo with the image of a clock, symbolizing the transience of time.
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Odyssey
And here a man decided to immortalize ancient Greek motives on his body.
The journey of the legendary Odyssey from Homer’s imperishable poem is skillfully placed on the hand of man.
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Greek gods
The diverse world of tattoos did not pass by the pantheon of the ancient Greek gods living on Olympus.
The most popular in tattoos of this type are the god Zeus and Poseidon, as the most powerful and powerful.
But there is also a feminine Aphrodite.
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Nature
The beauty of nature is often expressed in tattoos. The image of wildlife is portrayed realistically or as an image of a beautiful girl surrounded by birds and plants.
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Music
Fans of tattoos and music perfectly combine images of beloved performers and musical works, as well as musical attributes, in wearable images.
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Pirates
Pirates have not plowed the sea for a long time, but the romance of gentlemen of fortune has survived to this day.
Pirate tattoo motifs are not only popular, but also look great on the body. And if earlier these were separate elements in the form of an anchor, a helm, a mermaid. Modern pirate tattoos are a synthesis of beautiful drawings, interweaving of various elements.
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Fear. Mystic
Volumetric tattoos have become real masterpieces of wearable images.
Most often, mystical motives of human vices or feelings can be traced in voluminous tattoos.
Human fear is realistically conveyed here.
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Horror films
Recently, plots from famous films have become more and more popular. Usually choose mystical stories or science fiction.
This lover of tattoos is most likely attracted to horror films, which is reflected on her body.
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Salvador Dali
Pictures of this unique artist are difficult to place on the body (although there are some), but the portrait of the master of abstraction looks great on different parts of the body.
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Horses
The technique of tattoos and a graceful animal touched. Horses perfectly convey expression and movement.
Like many tattoo motifs, these beautiful and majestic animals have become popular with both men and women.
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Harry Potter
Religious works of art and films shot based on their motives are immediately reflected in popular culture, including tattoos.
Here is a tattoo of fans of the famous literary work, but the images are taken from the movie.
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Batman
Continuing the theme of movies. Beautiful and original look on the arms and tattoos with Batman.
Fashion for films will pass, and a tattoo in memory of the wonderful moments of youth spent in theaters will remain.
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Skull
Probably the most popular image found in tattoos around the world.
The skull since the discovery of America's Kolub was the most common tattoo among sailors. The skull is of great importance in the criminal world. In young people it is applied as a way of self-affirmation, aggression.
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Marine motives
Tattoos of the deep sea look magnificent and luxurious on the body.
Romantic and mysterious drawings convey the beauty of the underwater kingdom, as well as the rebellious soul of a traveler.
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Lettering
Original look on body parts and inscriptions. Such tattoos represent a particular moment in a person’s life or principles.
Most likely, the tradition of inscribing on the body dates back to the Middle Ages, when knights put their mottos on shields. And at tournaments they said beautiful short phrases in honor of beautiful ladies.
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Women tattoos
We conclude our excursion into the world of tattoos with purely female tattoos.
Be that as it may, girls prefer floral motifs, bizarre ornaments or adorn their bodies with cute animals.
There are more aggressive tattoos, more inflicted by the weaker sex, as a means of self-affirmation in the modern world.
A popular image among beautiful girls is a butterfly and Chinese characters, although the latter, according to the editors of most-beauty.ru, today are a sign of bad taste.
Looking at women's tattoos, we can conclude that all of them, in fact, are associated with a great human feeling - Love.
Conclusion
As we see most often the most beautiful tattoo on the arm, as part of the body that can be flaunted. The remaining places are covered with tattoos, already more for yourself and a loved one.
Indeed, tattoos have become a kind of work of art. Photos and descriptions of these beautiful and amazing tattoos can motivate someone to run to the tattoo parlor. But remember that a tattoo is forever!
We are waiting for your comments. Write if you have tattoos. If so, what is depicted on them. And if not, are you planning on stuffing yourself in the future?