Star Tattoo Designs
Star tattoo designs are one of the most popular gender neutral tattoo design styles around. Their massive popularity stems from a number of factors including their symbolic meaning to a number of different cultural groups, as well as their flexibility and suitability for newbie’s planning their first tattoo.
There are a number of different star design styles available, each having its own history and associated symbolic meaning. For example, pentagrams have symbolic meaning for a wide range of spiritual and religious groups. A pentagram is a five pointed star drawn with straight lines. This particular type of star symbol is used as a symbol of faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Mormonism, and is also a prominent symbol within Pagan faiths, Taoism, and among Freemason groups.
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Nautical star designs are another incredibly popular style with a unique history. Nautical stars have a long association with tattooing. Sailors first popularised the practice of tattooing during the great voyages of discovery through the Pacific in the 18th century. On these voyages the explorers encountered numerous tribal societies who practiced the art of hand poked tattooing. Tribe members were adorned with a host of tattooed iconography and patterns that all held different social and spiritual meanings. The stars were of immense importance to the sailors, who relied on them for celestial navigation on their journeys across the vastness of the oceans. The nautical star therefore became the tattoo design of choice among sailors, who began copying the tattooing techniques that they encountered on islands such as Tahiti. Thus nautical star tattoos became a symbol of luck and safe passage to sailors, many of whom still ink nautical star designs to this day. For many other tattoo enthusiasts the significance associated with nautical star designs has been broadened to signify a safe passage through life, or to represent finding ones way in the world.
As our understanding of the universe has increased, stars have gained a scientific symbolism, representing the connectivity of the universe. As scientific progress has increased our knowledge of what stars actually are, how they come in to being, and what happens when they die, the picture that has emerged is truly amazing. All matter that exists was originally created inside a star, where hydrogen fuses to form helium and so on through the elements. When stars reach the end of their life they explode, firing all of the matter that they made out in to space. The various elements that were originally created inside stars form the basis of everything that exists here on earth, and everywhere else in the universe. So when someone asks you where you are from, you can honestly say that you are from outer space, created in the heart of a star.
Recent years have seen a number of new star tattoo designs emerge, such as graphics depicting shooting stars that symbolise fleeting moments in time. Many tattoo enthusiasts also incorporate stars into larger tattoo designs that include multiple images. Stars are also incredibly flexible in terms of colour, size, and placement. Stars can be any colour and size, and look great sited anywhere on the body. Many people ink multiple stars of varying sizes and colours. Probably the most popular locations for star tattoos are the wrist and arm, as well as the ankle and foot, although it really is up to the individual. For example, Kimberley Vlaeminck, and 18 year old girl from Belgium, decided to have 56 stars tattooed on her face (although she claims that she fell asleep and the tattoo artist took it upon himself to do this to her). For detailed information about all of the commonly tattooed areas of the body please browse the Tattoo Body Areas section.
The flexibility of star tattoo designs described above, as well as the deep significance of stars, makes them incredibly popular for people new to tattooing. Because stars can be any size and colour and look good sited anywhere, many tattoo newbie’s ink small star tattoo designs in inconspicuous places. Smaller tattoos are attractive to newbie’s because they take only a short time to ink, meaning that the associated pain doesn’t have to be endured for so long. Small and simple designs that can be inked fairly quickly are also relatively inexpensive (see Tattoo Costs page for more information about factors affecting the cost of tattoos). The fact that star tattoos can be sited anywhere also makes them incredibly popular for people who need to site their tattoos in fairly inconspicuous places in order to keep them hidden while at work.
If you believe that a star tattoo is the right choice for you, I recommend that you browse through as many top quality star tattoo designs as you can to get some more specific ideas of what you want to ink. Tattoo design books, collections held in tattoo shops, as well as the internet, are all good places to find tattoo designs. I personally think that the best way to find a tattoo design is to become a member of one of the leading online tattoo design galleries. I recommend the Chopper Tattoo online design gallery for star tattoo designs. Chopper Tattoo has a regularly updated design database of around 4000 tattoo designs of the highest quality available anywhere. Using a premium gallery like Chopper Tattoo is a great idea because it will save you a vast amount of time that many people waste trawling through search engine results looking at poor quality free designs. Also, the small cost of becoming a member is pretty insignificant when compared to the total cost of getting a tattoo, as well as the cost of inking a poor quality design that you end up regretting in the future. For more information about the Chopper Tattoo online gallery, please visit the Chopper Tattoo Review page. Alternatively you can visit the Chopper Tattoo gallery directly by clicking Here.
Once you have found a selection of great designs, I recommend that you set up a consultation with a reputable tattoo artist. Show your artist your favourite designs and ask for their advice about your ideas. After your consultation I strongly recommend that you take your time considering your options further before committing to anything. Tattoos are permanent, so it really is worth taking your time to pick a design that you will like forever.
I hope that you found the information in this article useful. If you are new to tattooing then I encourage you to visit the Tattoo Info section for important information about how to properly plan a new tattoo.
