With so many floral species to choose between, with tattoo flower designs, it can be a rather daunting task to decide on the one that you feel is right for you. Also, you may be pondering over whether or not a sole flower is right, or if a chain or group of flowers is best.
Whatever you decide to opt for, in the end, one thing you can always pretty much guarantee with flower tattoo designs is the fact that the finished piece is likely to be extremely colorful and very eye-catching.Mother Nature has spent a lot of time crafting these amazing plants and they will look wonderful when they are recreated on the body.
In nature itself, there are flowers that are available to capture any type of color that appeals to you. Whether it is the deep-red rose, or the more subtle white and yellow of the daisy; talented tattoo artists should be able to bring these alive for you in your ultimate tattoo piece.
It is probably fair to say that flower tattoo designs are usually more preferred among the ladies. This is because they provide the ultimate statement of femininity and the designs will look exceptionally tasteful, elegant and pretty.
Men do plug for flower tattoo designs and roses have always been a very common choice. Often such flowers will be accompanied by other symbols or emblems and the man usually goes for the rose as a statement of love towards someone special in his life.
I have even noticed a lot of men incorporate flower tattoo designs into fully sleeved tattoos and this actually looks highly effective. With plenty of green foliage in between the flowers themselves, this type of design will actually look far more masculine and makes for an awesome piece.
Women would not usually go as far as a full tattooed sleeve and instead, they tend to prefer to locate flower tattoo designs on parts of the body that are going to add to the elegance and daintiness of the piece. With this in mind, the top and bottom areas of the back do look absolutely great and for a long flower tattoo design, this looks amazing when it ventures down the length of the spine.
With floral chains, this can look particularly pretty when it graces the ankle area or even the top of the arm. Small and colorful designs also look at home when they are crafted at the top of the chest, but don't go overboard in this area and keep things subtle.
Flower tattoo designs popularity shows absolutely no signs of waning any time soon. In fact, they are being selected more and more by avid body art enthusiasts. These designs can be especially intricate, therefore make sure you select the right tattooist for the job. Don't be afraid to discuss adding other details or even taking some away.
Those old enough to remember the days of Woodstock, Haight-Ashbury, and the Volkswagen microbus as the transportation of choice will also remember Peace Signs and Flower Power. There was even a 1967 hit song by Scott McKenzie with the lyrics," If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair."
What goes around comes around, or so many a cliché lover has said, and the Flower Power of the 1960s has resurfaced again, not in hairpieces, but in tattoos. Flower tattoos have an undeniable appeal to those of gentle spirit, both male and female. But politics aside, flower tattoos are simply lovely to look at and that alone makes them a favorite for women.
Women who began flocking to the boardrooms and offices of the American business culture in the 1980s also began flocking to the tattoo parlors of America, although at first their choices were both small and discreetly positioned. All that has changed in the past twenty-five years, and the 21st century woman is willing to match any man in her choice of tattoos. Yet flower tattoos still remain the one which women most often request.
Many women choose single small flower tattoos as their introduction to the art of tattooing, and add more to it to form a garland or use it as the basis for a larger and more complex tattoo at a later date. And flower tattoos allow the freedom to choose any colors in the tattoo artist's ink palette, whether or not they are actually found in nature. Blue roses, for instance, are extremely popular floral tattoos, and represent a striving for the impossible, because there are no naturally blue roses.
Roses, blue or otherwise, are without a doubt the most requested of all floral tattoos. The have come to symbolize everything from passionate love to eternal beauty to, when their thorns are portrayed, danger and hardship.
Hawaiian floral tattoos, on the other hand, are generally considered unisex tattoos, and are as popular with men as with women. They can include everything from the big, showy yellow Hawaiian Hibiscus to the delicate Cattleya Orchids, the blooms of which can measure anywhere from the one inch to eight inches across. Miniature Cattleyas are perfect for floral tattoos on the ankle or shoulder blade, while the larger blooms can decorate backs, arms, shoulders, legs, or any place that one wants covered in beauty.
