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April 26, 2008

Tips for Choosing Butterfly Tattoos

Butterfly tattoos are the most common type of tattoo that women request when they first go to get inked. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. It means that the tattoo artist should be highly skilled at drawing this kind of tattoo. However, it also means that the tattoo may look a lot like the tattoos that other people around you also have.

Here are some tips for choosing a great butterfly tattoo that reveals your own unique style:

  • Start with a basic tattoo design such as those available through Bullseye Tattoos. Now do something different with it such as changing the coloring or turning it upside down.
  • Combine the butterfly with another type of design. For example, you don’t commonly see dragon tattoos and butterfly tattoos combined to create one look; doing that would be different.
  • Draw the tattoo yourself. If you’re really creative, you can create a completely unique design by sketching it on your own. Alternatively, you could hire an artist to draw the design for you.

Butterflies are a great tattoo design for many reasons. They represent ideals like freedom and beauty. They’re also common enough to be accepted by mainstream society. However, you don’t want a tattoo that’s a copy of someone else’s so you should find a way to tweak the butterfly design so it’s unique to you.

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