Should I Get A Water Tattoo Or A Cherry Blossom Tattoo?

Finding the right tattoo design for you is not always an easy thing, to help you in your search we have written this article covering the meanings behind the tattoos.

Understanding the meaning and symbols that helped shape and create the tattoo or tattoo genera you are going for can help a lot in making you feel comfortable with the new tattoo and making sure that it is something you are going to be happy with in the years to come. An important consideration when you are looking at getting a new tattoo, considering it is going to be with you and on your skin for the rest of your days.

Yes there are all sorts of removal processes these days but most of you I am sure would like to just get it right the first time and not have to worry about the pain or cost of removal.

So with that in mind lets move on to the tattoo designs and meanings we are going to cover in this article:

1. Water Tattoos

2. Cherry Blossom Tattoos

3. Female Tattoos, and

4. Tattoos of Crosses

Developing an Appreciation for Water Tattoos

Let's begging at the begging with water tattoos although the phrase 'water tattoos' is sometimes used to talk about temporary tattoos for the purposes of today's discussion we are going to take 'water tattoos' to mean tattoo designs involving water.

And that leads to an interesting distinction within water tattoos, for some, water tattoos are all about water and waves and motion and the flow of life yet for others it is about the animals, mammals and creatures that live in the water. Such as Asian style water tattoos with Koi swimming in water or pretty gold fish swimming around with long flowing fins and tails. Or on the more sinister side a crocodile or alligator patrolling swaps with its strong tail thrashing the water.

Sakura and Cherry Blossom Tattoos

Moving onto cherry blossom tattoos for Sakura blossoms, these tattoos are all about spring and the begging of new life. The celebration of new beginnings and the discussion of hopes for the new season and indeed the rest of the year.

Fresh and Exciting Female Tattoos

Female tattoos are everywhere these days, both cute little butterflies and flowers and fairies on girls and sexy females on guys. So no matter if you are a guy or a girl looking for a good female tattoo there is something for everyone.

As for female tattoo designs on guys one of the artists that we love the most is Coop. For those of you that have not heard of or seen any of Coops work, he specializes in voluptuous women, generally nude, in all sorts of forms and costumes. Be it two nuns going for it in a kinky pose or a devil girl striking a suggestive pose using her tail. So for those who like a bit of fun and kink in their female tattoos, Coop is definitely an artist to checkout.

Religious Ideals with Tattoos of Crosses

Tattoos of crosses offers such a breadth of tattoo designs that you are sure you find something you like, whether it is an intertwined Celtic Crosse tattoo or a nice little cross with some rosary beads or an amazingly ornate Crosse with lots of shading work or for something all together different a groovy colored Crosse all bling'ed out with a chrome crown sitting on the cross.

So keep an open mind when you are looking through all the tattoos of crosses tattoo pics out there in the net and you are sure to come across something that has combined all of the design elements that you want in the one tattoo design.

Discover The Symbolism of Cherry Blossom Tattoos

Cherry blossoms are becoming extremely popular tattoos among women throughout the western world. Cherry blossoms are regarded as very beautiful and sensual body adornment tattoos. However, before you decide to have a tattoo, perhaps you may like to know a little more about the cultural symbolism and history of this delicate and beautiful bloom.

There are a wide variety of cherry blossoms, known as Sakura, and they are indigenous to many East Asian countries including Japan, China, and Korea. These blooms are particularly symbolic in Japan, where they symbolize the sky due to the way they bloom in cloud like formations. Due to their short life and quick death together with their extreme beauty, they are often associated with mortality.



The symbolic nature of Cherry blossoms often influence Japanese art, manga, anime, and film, as well as at musical performances, which is where many of todays tattoo artists gain their inspiration. The popularity of these sensuous tattoos among western women is also influenced by the fact that cherry blossoms are symbolic of love, affection and good fortune. There short but beautiful life also represent the transient, fleeting nature of our own lives, and demonstrate the importance of living life intensely, as in the fullness of time, we are only on this earth very briefly.

There are also important links with the Samurai period in Japanese history, and the flowers appear on many objects of the time, such as Kimonos, sliding doors and screens. Even in modern day Japan, the symbol is used widely on consumer goods including clothing and pottery.

Cherry blossoms were painted on the sides of Japanese aircraft during the second world war, before they embarked on suicide missions. Again they would symbolize the fleeting nature of life. The Japanese also believed that the souls of their air crews lost in battle would be reincarnated as cherry blossoms, and Japanese colonialists often planted them to symbolize the territory becoming part of Japan.



In more modern days the Japanese have donated gifts of these trees as tokens of friendship and cooperation. In 1912 Japan gave the United States three thousand cherry blossom trees which were planted in Sakura Park in Manhattan, and which even to this day, produce a spectacular bloom every year.

The decision to have a tattoo is an intensely personal decision due to its permanent nature and the difficulty of having it removed in the future. If you are going to make a decision to adorn your body in this way, I hope that when you come to choose the design for your tattoo, that you now have a better understanding of its symbolism and that you are able to make a more informed choice in selecting an appropriate tattoo to convey your personality and outlook on life.