Knuckle Tattoo Designs

A great tattoo placement idea are the knuckles. This makes a permanent, strong statement and serves as a constant reminder 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.

The Amazing Chinese Tattoo Designs

When you are thinking about Chinese tattoo designs, chances are, you are thinking about getting Chinese characters tattooed on yourself. Finding the perfect design is difficult, and many people, when they want to convey a simple concept, will think of the beautifully drawn characters that make up Chinese writing.

While Chinese tattoo designs made up out of characters are quite popular and can be quite beautiful, there are a couple of things that you can keep in mind while you are getting them.

The first thing to do is to make sure that you know what your Chinese tattoo designs mean! I cannot emphasize this enough. Find a native Chinese speaker, or better yet, find a few, and make sure that your tattoo means exactly what you think it does. Do not think that just because you looked up the design on a piece of flash on the wall or on the internet that it is necessarily correct.

For instance, there have been cases where people end up with a horizontal line across the bottom of their tattoo, assuming it was part of the word; in actuality, this is the line that is used to to determine the orientation of the character!