

There are numerous animals a person can depict in family tattoo design due to the strength of their bond. In terms of positioning, men often emblazon their family tattoos across their chest to exemplify how close to their heart they are, while the inside forearm or elsewhere within general line of sight or other considerably effective placements. The growth in the portraiture style of tattooing means there are a lot more family photos transferred into tattoos as well, and quotes about family are also used often. There is no universal symbol for family, however there are numerous positions and tattoo styles a man can incorporate into their body art to recognize the people closest to them.įor some, something simple like names of loved ones, and in the case of children their date of birth, are very popular. What is the universal tattoo symbol for family? An adorable family tattoo such as baby hands or feet.A heart tattoo depicting your family group.Animals such as an elephant family tattoo.What is a good family tattoo?įamily tattoo ideas that you can use effectively for a great, meaningful tattoo include:
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Source: via Instragram Family Tattoo FAQs What does a family tattoo mean?Ī family tattoo represents a permanent commitment individuals etch into their skin the importance their loved ones are in day to day life and the need to carry them with the wearer everywhere they go. The family of blackbirds in this piece is a great twist on the family motif.

It’s an outsize statement piece that melds together it’s line work deftly with the tracing. This is a Chicano style tattoo with family emblazoned on it in flowing script, supported by simple black and gray shading.Ī huge, interesting take on traditional font work, this tattoo combines elements of tribal flow with graffiti. Either there’s another baby on the way, or the man is good at predicting future parenting outcomes with the small square left for number 4. It’s just a year, with the dates (not separated) underneath on notebook paper strung together. This small, minimalist tattoo provides a unique take on the D.O.B tattoo. As is often the case, the tattoo is etched close to his heart.

The leafy border creates a different dimension, while within this leaf the man’s wife and children a drawn in flat black to create grand contrast to the detail of park and tree to the edge and bottom. This fantastic chest tattoo enjoys a clear and crisp design. The rest of the setting – everything from the clock to the flagstones – is then done using intense detail, which further accentuates the skills used to put it together into an entire piece of art. This is an intricate piece, that again uses black to show the family ‘together’ in the image. The baby’s name, Valeria, is drawn in Chicano style script. This piece is similar (to the previous captain) although here the baby is gripping her fathers’ finger with one beautiful tiny hind. The deftly drawn pocket clock is set, presumably, to the baby’s time of birth. The baby’s hand is folded in the mothers’ hand, and clasped by the father, and drawn with great eye for detail. This small tattoo amplifies the traditional D.O.B tattoo by adding well done depictions of the kids’ feet under their D.O.B, with time of birth noted below them.Īnother tattoo that cleverly uses theming – this time of each persons’ hands – to create the notion of family. The simply drawn font sums up the message of this tattoo idea with little fuss. The shading is well developed, with the grayscale in particularly flowing nicely through the detail of the hands, where it’s support by fantastic use of flat black in the creases and crevices. This a good take on a realistic style of tattoo. The tattoo itself is top-quality portraiture, but the borders of film call to a home movie, or family camera. The awesome use of film to convey a photographic/storytelling element is unique. The tattoo artist has emphasized shading to communicate depth and transition across the piece. The top piece is a mirror to the photograph of his child, while the Disney style castle symbolizes children and helps tie the top tattoo in with the father and child in play on its’ steps at the bottom. This is a great sleeve tattoo idea in three parts. It really is almost a snapshot transferred on to skin,and is brilliant work by the tattoo artist. This tattoo conveys the same emotions of love, strength, and compassion that watching social media videos of servicemen returning to their families after being away at war do.
