mardi 18 mars 2014

Skull And Sugar Skull Shaped Tattoos

By Adrienne Hartsook


Skull tattoo designs arise from the skull tattooing traditions of many religions. They symbolize eternal life or the human remains left behind after its soul leaves for the Christian religion. On another light, they represent rebirth or an uplifting after the recognition of the death of a loved on for the Kabbalah religion.

Artists seem to be having a lot of fun portraying this symbol from cartoon skulls to terrifying Grim Reaper to realistic skull drawings. Of course, don't forget the poison sign and the pirate symbol. It can also be noticed that this tat them is not only for the male population. The female tat enthusiasts are seem to be giving it a lot of attention and thoughts too through the portrayal of colourful sugar skulls or corpse bride tattoo.

Skull tattoo designs may also be a representation of the overcoming of a great adversity by its wearer. On a similar vein, sugar skull tattoos are frequently associated with the Mexican Day of the Dead. This feast is a celebration of the life of those who have passed on to the next life.

There is always the chance that these tattoos will be open to misinterpretation by other people viewing them. This is regardless of the meaning of the skull tattoo designs to its wearer. To avoid such misinterpretations, there is no recourse for a wearer to take other than the explanation of what these skull tattoo designs mean to him time and again to each and every curious observer of his tattoo.

One of the designs that you can find in skull tattoo flash is the skull along with sugar head which denotes infant fatality in Mexican culture because for them, having this tattoo design will make them think of the dead babies. You can also find designs of skull here that are bejewelled such as skull that are surrounded by flowers which could imply various feelings and thoughts or be free from any problem.

Sugar skull tattoos are not scary at all, being very colourful and whimsical. The name of the deceased love one may be written on the forehead of the skull. The traditional sugar skull was placed on the altar accompanied with marigolds, considered the flower of the dead.

Skull tattoo designs that incorporate roses, denote the contrast between life and death or the conflict between beauty and decay. Reminders to the wearers of the contrast between good and evil as well as the balancing of life philosophies, skull tattoo designs that include roses become a symbol of duality.




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