HeArt of Tattoo

Two Birds With One Tattoo

Bird tattoos are up there with the most popular of all tattoo designs. They can be well-suited to all locations on the body. But the favourite positioning with bird tattoo designs is most commonly on the ankle or the lower back. Just above the breast on women is also a very popular position.

When you choose a bird tattoo you have to consider firstly exactly what bird image to use, the meaning behind it, where you will have it on your body is just as important, and how you wil apply the tattoo. Today there are more bird tattoo designs to choose from than ever, and better and better ones can be found online all the time. The best can be found online, but you'll find a big selection of bird tattoo designs in any good tattoo parlour too.

You will find as many choices as there are different birds in the world, and many many more. Every different bird has its own style, its own meaning and its own posibilities for tattoo design. In every country you will see that the most common and popular bird designs tend to be the eagle, the dove, parrots and mythical Phoenix's. To read about eagle designs, go here: About Eagle Tattoos

Quite often individuals choose to go for a bird design in their tattoo because with birds you can have a dazzling array of possible colours, while birds also can have very strong symbolic meaning. All birds represent freedom, grace and independence to some degree - swallow designs represent this more than most. While the eagle is the perfect image of strength and pride. Individuals choose eagles because they want to show this quality in themselves, and to express their patriotism. Phoenix's are images of rebirth and renewal. In mythology the Phoenix dies and is reborn out of its own ashes. When a person chooses to have a Phoenix tattoo, they usually want to express a renewed phase of their own life, or bei born again in some way.

Of course the dove is a very popular bird tattoo design. Everywhere in the world people recognise that doves signify peace and love, with its grace, and the purity in its pure white feathers, and the soft sound it makes. The stork s a less common bird chosen among bird tattoo designs, but although uncommon many people around the world wear a stork tattoo to reflect good luck and new life in their own lives. It makes a good tattoo.

I have written a review on the three best and most popular online bird tattoo design collections, you can check these out here:  Online Tattoo Design NY

If you'd like to read more about the meaning of bird tattoos, you can read a more extensive article here: Bird Tattoo Designs