Back Tattoos
I was browsing the Flickr set for Tattoo photos and decided to blog about the tattoos that I liked most and least. I’m most interested in the back, because that’s the easiest place to hide one, and the most likely place I would be to get one, if I were a girl. Guys generally put them more visibly on their arms, so I’m out of luck for now.
0) My least favorite of the batch. The fuzzy, perhaps self-done, tattoo. It looks out of place, because it’s overly large with wide lines, and lacks definition. here is an example of a sea horse that fits this description:
1) Then, there’s the full back. Instead of highlighting natural beauty, it seems to exists to cover it up. Here’s a great example, but it hides the person underneath too much:
2) Putting a large tattoo on the lower back is extremely popular. However, I feel that size is again an issue, because the tattoo doesn’t seem properly connected to the rest of the body:
3) Slightly smaller tattoos on the lower back are better than large ones:
4) While placed a bit too high, smaller is better when the lower back is concerned. Note the delicacy in simple lettering in a foreign script:
5) Here we being to see something I appreciate. The dragonfly is minimally drawn in looping radius, unfilled. In simplicity and placement on the lower back, art is created:
6) Finally, the best tattoo of the bunch. It is a butterfly in color, placed high on the back. It is delicate and blends with the skin:
Personally, none of these feel quite right. I think I’d want to see something more subtle, on the lower back. Something with extremely fine lines, stretched long across the back, but vertically very condensed. Perhaps Julie will have some suggestions for me, although #5 and #6 would look a hundred times better on her than me.
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