Arm Tattoos

Arm is the most common place to have the tattoo in various cultures across the world.

Japanese art of arm tattoos

The full arm sleeve tattoo is the most famous form of Japanese culture. The most common pictures that one could see in these arm sleeves are:

• Water
• Flower of Lotus
• Tigers
• Koi fish
• Cherry blossoms
• Japanese Deities

In the middle of the 90’s the Japanese sleeve tattoo became a fashion within the rock star musicians and the neo-greaser subcultures. The Japanese sleeve tattoos are original work of the Japanese mafia Yakuza. Yakuza used to ink their member’s full body with the tattoo ink with passage of years. With in the Yakuza subculture tattoo signified rank of the member, a commitment and the loyalty towards Yakuza’s.

Tattoos on wrists and Forearms

Some people get tattoos on their wrists and fore arms to display it to other people. Many people choose to have spiritual images within their tattoos. Many people also choose to write the names of the loved ones on the tattoo who had deceased. This will always help them to remember those loved ones.

The Americana's arm tattoo

Mostly people within the Americana would like to have an arm tattoo on their fore arm. It would be larger tattoo and not a sleeve tattoo. Americana arm tattoos have images of nautical stars, birds in various styles or an image of a family crest. Other popular tattoos for the forearms are the name tattoos. People will love to have a name of a popular and brave military troop like US army, or US Air force or US Navy. Some men would also make some tattoos of hot girls over here.

Place your tattoo on the right position

Do some research before you are going to have a tattoo on your arm?

• See if your current employer is allowing you to show off your arm tattoo publically in his office.
• Tattoos on upper arm would be probably less painful then the wrist tattoos. So rather opt for the upper arms if you do not want to face a more amount of pain.
• Certain tattoos would look better in color and the rest would look better in black. So be sure for the color before choosing the ink for your tattoo design.
• Always look for your skin tone. If the skin tone for your skin is dark then always choose for dark inks. As the ink would penetrate in your skin, and if lighter inks are chosen then it would be very difficult for the tattoo to be visible.
• If you are having a lighter skin tone then you could have any color for your tattoo design.

Image of arm tattoo

Choose only those things for your arm tattoo that defines your self. The image of your tattoo should not give a wrong impression to the other person you are meeting for the first time. The tattoo should hold some meaning in your life.