of the symbolism or phrasing that you've chosen to get inked. Here are some important points on getting your knuckles tatted:1. Make sure you are confident about knuckle tattoo placement.
Obviously this is an area where cover up is not much of an option in day to day life. You're knuckle ink is going to become a part of your character, much more than say a shoulder or back tat. It's going to become one of the main features you'll be identified with in society, so make sure you're cool with that.
2. Make sure your confident with your design choice.
Lettering should always be thought about long and hard, and since lettering is a common knuckle tattoo, the display will be front and center and you should make sure the word(s) will last in meaning and significance. Four letter words may have seemed cool when you were a rebellious eighteen year old, but will they seem cheesy when your thirty? Same goes with girlfriend/boyfriend names, groups, gangs, clubs, or philosophical sayings.
3. Research Detailed Design Options.
This refers to the specific form of font or lettering you choose. You can make a great knuckle tattoo idea look amazing with the right font or lettering choice. Definitely look into different fonts as your options are not limited to just standard lettering. An easy and convenient way to research fonts is by browsing through online tattoo galleries so as to make sure you find the right lettering design that fits your knuckle tattoo's.
Here are some knuckle tattoo sayings to consider avoiding:
1. BORN TO LOSE. Some will put "born" on one hand, and "lose" on the other, while others will put the letter "t" on the thumb and the letter "o" on the other thumb, so when placed together it reads out the full born to lose saying. Besides the knuckle set up for this tattoo saying being imperfect, the saying itself can have some negative meaning. It's been shown that the born to lose tattoo is chosen 7 times more often than a born to win tattoo for those in prison. Generally this is a negative tattoo and when you have that idea ingrained on your skin and see it on a daily basis, the chances of you losing at life can increase. You are constantly re-enforcing to yourself that you were a loser from the beginning. If that's your feeling then one alternative could be to balance it out with a "born to lose" tattoo on the top, and a "live to win" tattoo on the bottom.
2. LOVE - HATE. Now while knuckle tattoos in general can be regretful due to their ever presence on the hands and some people get sick of the constant, instant attention that knuckle ink can bring, sometimes the sayings can make it worse by being misunderstood. While traditionally this symbolizes the struggle between good and evil, many people still don't recognize that. This won't and shouldn't bother the hardcore tattoo enthusiast, but for the average ink wearer the love-hate can be an intense message not understood by most. And it has been played out heavily as knuckle ink.
3. OZZY. Most of the knuckle Ozzy's we're inked on long ago in dull green homemade fashion, but there are some who want to be retro and will throw down the ozzy tat for their knuckles. They'll likely have the same regrets that the dull green knuckle inkers have today. Following or re-vitalizing a trend that seemed cool at the time, but 20 years later, not so much.
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