Tribal Flame Tattoos

The word sleeve comes from clothing and it is a direct relation to the area on a shirt you call a sleeve that covers your arms. Therefore a sleeve tattoo essentially covers your arm as a shrit sleeve would. However, in a lot more artistic style and flair!

The Tribal Tattoo Art

 

 

Tribal tattoos are generally influenced by tribal art from native and indigenous tribes. The tribal tattoo art comes from the older tribes such as the Celtics (Ireland, Scotland, & Wales), the Maori Tribe (indigenous people of New Zealand), the North American Tribal, the African Tribal, the Marquesan (Polynesian inhabitants of the Marquises Islands) and the tribes of Borneo.

Chinese and Japanese Tribal Dragon Tattoos

The only difference between these two Both have similar features: long, snake-like body, wingless and have horns. Chinese and Japanese designs are the ones most common to be created into tattoos. Most often, the eastern dragons are the ones being used as a basis for the designs for the tribal dragon tattoos.

But the most common depiction of a dragon is being done as tribal dragon tattoos due to both its simplicity (the majority color being in either black or gray with the additional color to highlight the dragon) and its complexity. Some of these dragon designs have additional background scenery where they are depicted flying in the clouds, swimming in the ocean, crawling on top of mountains or ravaging small villages. You can find many different designs of dragon tattoos in different forms and colors. The European dragon usually symbolizes power and fear, a depiction of evil where as the Chinese dragon usually symbolizes unity and conformity, a depiction of good.

Dragon tattoos come in two popular forms: the Chinese or Japanese dragon of the east with its long, snake-like body and the European dragon of the west with its powerful wings and long neck. It can be drawn as menacing or regal depending on your choice of design. Throughout history, dragon tattoos have never been out of fashion and had been used as a symbol in some parts of the world. It can go in any category, whether abstraction, naturalistic, dedication, stylized or combination tattoos.

Upper Back Tribal Tattoo Design for Men

An upper back tattoo design is a great choice for a man who doesn't want to flaunt his ink job ALL the time but still sexy enough to show off and attract the eyes of many women. Some sexy tribal design ideas to put here are simple tribal symbols positioned in the center of your upper back (something that represents a belief or characteristic of yours), a horizontal design that spans across the muscles on your upper back or even a vertical design between your shoulder blades. Having nicely developed upper back muscles and nice skin always make these tattoos even more sexy.

Tribal Tattoo Trends 2009

Historically, traditional tribal tattoos have been utilized by cultures all over the world for everything from signifying rites of passage and defining social status to augmenting personal beauty and identifying persons of importance. And in fact, the designs of tribal tattoos vary as greatly as the cultures from which they come.