Back Tattoos
Back Tattoos are popular with both men and women, and provide a variety of options for getting inked. The back is a large area, providing a big potential canvas for single or multiple tattoo designs. Often, people choose a particular area of the back to site their tattoo, rather than covering the whole back with a huge design, although this is of course an option for hardcore tattoo fans.
The shoulder is a very popular site for back tattoos. Both small and large tattoos look great on the shoulder as standalone designs, and can also be extended further down the back, or up and over the shoulder to the upper arm area. Popular shoulder tattoo designs for men include tribal, celtic, star, dragon, cross, scorpion, tiger, and writing (particularly in Asian characters) designs. Shoulder tattoos incorporating tribal, star, celtic, flower, heart, butterfly, bird, dolphin and writing designs are the most popular design styles with girls. Another quite striking design that has become popular is a pair of angel wings inked on the shoulder blades.
The shoulder is not a particularly painful area of the body to get a tattoo, although it will be a bit more painful than the more muscular areas such as the upper arm. Costs will vary depending upon the size, complexity and colour scheme of the design that you choose, as well as the quality of the artist that inks you. For people whose employers do not allow tattoos in the workplace, shoulder tattoos can be completely hidden away with a short or long sleeve shirt. Showing off shoulder tattoo designs generally requires men to take off their shirts completely, while girls can expose their shoulder tattoos while wearing a bikini top. For this reason, shoulder tattoos are most commonly seen at the beach and in the park during the summer time, although some men often go topless when working out in the gym year round.
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Out of all the possible body areas for inking tattoos, lower back tattoos have become probably the most popular type of tattoo for girls. These tattoos tend to be located in the centre of the lower back and are usually at the small end of the size spectrum. Lower back tattoos are fantastically sexy and elegant. Lower back tattoos really draw the eyes to the natural curves of a girl’s body, highlighting this highly seductive and feminine body region. For this reason, lower back tattoos on girls really drive men wild with excitement and arousal. Popular lower back tattoo designs include tribal, celtic, star, flower, heart, butterfly, bird, and dolphin designs, as well as writing, such as a meaningful phrase, or the name of a loved one, often written in Asian characters.
The lower back is a reasonably painful area to get inked, although the small size of most lower back tattoos means that the associated pain is not endured for very long. The relatively small size of lower back tattoos tends to make them reasonably cheap to get inked, although costs will vary with design intricacy and colours chosen.
Lower back tattoos are fairly easy to cover up for the workplace if necessary. Wearing a longer shirt or tucking your top in to your skirt or trousers will ensure that your lower back tattoo doesn’t make an undesired appearance in the workplace. Outside of work, wearing shorter length tops with jeans will expose your lower back tattoo to the world. During the summer, a bikini will really draw attention to your lower back tattoo while at the beach or sunbathing in the park.
Back tattoos provide some great options for getting inked. Once you have decided that a back tattoo is what you really want, the next step is to start thinking about what designs you like. I recommend that you browse the various categories in the Tattoo Designs section of this website for inspiration and ideas. I also thoroughly recommend joining the Chopper Tattoo and Tattoo Me Now online tattoo galleries. These galleries are packed full with thousands of premium quality tattoo designs and will save you hours of trawling the internet wasting your precious time looking at poor quality cookie cutter designs. The back tattoo design that you end up inking will also be far superior if chosen from either the Chopper Tattoo or Tattoo Me Now gallery, as opposed to a free image found on the web. Remember, a tattoo is for life. Really take your time choosing which back tattoo design you want. If you rush in and get the first design you see you will likely regret your decision in the future. Instead, ask yourself the following question: will I still love this tattoo in 20 years time? If you think the answer might be no, keep looking through premium design galleries until you find your dream tattoo. It really is worth investing a little extra time and money to get a back tattoo that you will love forever.
