The chest is a good place to put a tattoo because it represent a huge body canvas to work on. There are certain tattoo designs which require a large drawing area especially very intricate images such as an eagle or an image of a ship, for example. The chest is a large enough to allows the tattoo artist to fully express himself and articulate his art.
You don’t have to use both sides of the chest for the tattoo art. Sometimes, only one side of the chest is used, depending on the image you would like to print. Using only one side of the chest is a popular technique especially when the tattoo design flows over to either a full sleeve or half sleeve tattoo. Here are some more chest tattoo ideas.
Spiderman tattoo. You can render this tattoo in lots of ways, but an eye catching one will be to make the skin look like it’s being ripped off and underneath the skin is the Spider man suit. This requires a lot of skill on the tattoo artist but it looks great and awesome when done right–obviously, you have to do it in color to make the skin-ripping illusion realistic.
Tribal inspired chest tattoos are great choices for chest tattoos. You can draw a lot of inspiration from Polynesian style tattoos. Polynesian tattoos can be very varied in designs and in motivation. Sharks teeth pattern were used by the Polynesian to ward off evil and invoke protection, this pattern shows power and might. Sea shell patterns are common also for chest tattoos because they symbolize wealth. Sometimes, turtle patterns are imprinted on the chest as a symbol of fertility and long life.
Angel tattoo patterns are awesome to look at, especially if the rendering is intricate. People tattoo angels on their chest for various reasons, some are probably religious ones. One of the more famous Angel tattoos is probably that of the Arch Angel Michael, depicting the famous battle against Lucifer. The spread wings of Michael in his full body armor while holding down a sword can only be done either as a chest tattoo or back tattoo because the image requires a large canvass.
Other patterns or images which can be found on chest tattoos are portraits of loved ones, girlfriend, or spouse. Some people even tattoo certain phrases from the Bible or a passage from their favorite book.
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