Evil Tattoo Designs

From demons to Beelzebub: there is never any shortage of evil tattoo designs to choose from. For many people, the very idea of having such an evil design tattooed onto them would be completely anathema, but this style of body art is actually increasing in its level of popularity.

Whether you believe in the stories of evil that have managed to raise the hairs on the backs of our necks, since we were kids, there are definitely some elements of evil that manage to capture our attention and imagination. To be fair here, people are rarely turning to evil tattoo designs as a form of worship in the dark arts; instead, it often seems to be a way of showing a level of respect to such darkness in life and a sort of lucky talisman that may help to keep these forces away from our door.

Of course, top of the list for evil tattoo designs must be the head honcho: The Devil himself. Now, I must admit to finding it a little strange that someone actually wants any form of depiction of the most evil entity that is known to exist, but they really do. And what's more, even some brave females are going in for tattoo pieces that incorporate this tyrannical demon as the main feature.

There are numerous other demonic designs to choose between and if you have ever taken a close look at the detail and effect that these tattoos exude, you will definitely be impressed with they way in which they translate onto the body. These pieces are nearly always done in black and grey shading and it has to be said that this gives off the most awesome results.

Evil Tattoo Designs

From demons to Beelzebub: there is never any shortage of evil tattoo designs to choose from. For many people, the very idea of having such an evil design tattooed onto them would be completely anathema, but this style of body art is actually increasing in its level of popularity.

Whether you believe in the stories of evil that have managed to raise the hairs on the backs of our necks, since we were kids, there are definitely some elements of evil that manage to capture our attention and imagination. To be fair here, people are rarely turning to evil tattoo designs as a form of worship in the dark arts; instead, it often seems to be a way of showing a level of respect to such darkness in life and a sort of lucky talisman that may help to keep these forces away from our door.

Of course, top of the list for evil tattoo designs must be the head honcho: The Devil himself. Now, I must admit to finding it a little strange that someone actually wants any form of depiction of the most evil entity that is known to exist, but they really do. And what's more, even some brave females are going in for tattoo pieces that incorporate this tyrannical demon as the main feature.

There are numerous other demonic designs to choose between and if you have ever taken a close look at the detail and effect that these tattoos exude, you will definitely be impressed with they way in which they translate onto the body. These pieces are nearly always done in black and grey shading and it has to be said that this gives off the most awesome results.

Tattoos I Know: Marc's Eye

On Monday, I had the day off and hit J.J. Carty Park with the kids, where we ran into one of the girls' camp friends and her father.

I had met Marc, who is a programmer, only a couple of times and the last time I saw him, when Tattoosday was still an infant once-a-week sensation over on BillyBlog, I had noticed a tattoo on Marc's right forearm, above his wrist. For some reason, I didn't ask him then about it, but Monday seemed like a good time as ever, plus my 11-year old broached the subject:

Jolee (ever the model of subtlety): Is that a tattoo?

Marc: Yes.

Jolee (see parenthesis above): Dad, you should tell him about your blog!

The rest is history, I guess. I gave Marc a printout to check out the site while I ran off and played ball with the tomboy.

By the end of the day, I asked him if he wanted to be on Tattoosday. "Sure," he shrugged, "why not?"

He lowered a sock on his left leg to show me the tattoo he had done when he was going to marry his wife, Marina. "I wanted to show my commitment to her," Marc said.



And the same day he got the eye:


The eye represents good luck. It is a protective talisman, of sorts, against the evil eye. Marc referred to its ancient use as a device to ward off evil. Wikipedia states:

Disks or balls, consisting of concentric blue and white circles (usually, from inside to outside, dark blue, light blue, white, dark blue) representing an evil eye are common apotropaic talismans in the Middle East, found on the prows of Mediterranean boats and elsewhere; in some forms of the folklore, the staring eyes are supposed to bend the malicious gaze back to the sorcerer.

Read the whole entry here.

Marc credited these two tattoos (of three in all) to a friend with whom he lost touch named Maya (sp?). She did both pieces free-hand.

Thanks to Marc for his participation on Tattoosday! You can check out his website here.