Tiger Tattoos

Tiger tattoos are a common choice, a combination of beauty and strength. Tigers are the king of animals and a popular symbol in the Eastern world.
Tiger tattoo art can have the following symbolic meaning (besides your own):

• Power and might.

• Pride and beauty.

• Passion and sensuality.

• Cruelty and violence.

• Purity and courage.

• In Japan, the samurai used the tiger as an emblem, for obvious reasons.

• Tiger images and statues are used to ward off evil spirits and bring luck to families and businesses.

• In some cultures, tigers are believed to punish sinners.

 This being said, ask yourself the question why you would want a tiger tattoo. Tiger tattoos, and especially tribal tiger tattoos, are or have been (90s) very popular, please don't get one because it's fashionable.

Does the animal have a special meaning to you? If so, tiger tattoo designs might be a good choice for you, but if not, drop the idea.

Usually a tattoo of a tiger is quite large because of the nature of the image.If you don't have a tiger in your heart, you might start regretting your tattoo some day (and let me tell you, tattoo removal is not easy, nor cheap on such a large tattoo). 

Think before you ink, don't go to the tattoo parlor and buy the first tattoo design you kind of like, tattoo art is supposed to stay on your body forever.

Tribal Tiger Tattoos:

The geometric shapes and swirls of the tribal tattoo style work very well on tiger tattoos. The natural stripes on a tiger's coat, as well as the action with which the cat moves lend themselves well to be stylized in the tribal style.

Celebrity Angelina Jolie has got a cool tribal tiger tattoo. The 12-inch long Bengal tiger is situated on her lower back and was done in Bangkok (Thailand) by tattoo artist Sompong Kanhphai. It took 2 hours to complete and was done in the traditional Thai way with a manual needle.
 

White Tiger Tattoos:
Only one white tiger was ever found in the wild. He was captured and brought to the United States where he was bread to a normal colored tiger. When she did not produce white cubs, they bred him to his daughter. This resulted in a white colored cub, and every white tiger seen since then has been a direct result of inbreeding. 

Inbreeding often results in stillborn cubs, premature birth, cleft palate, and they often miss things as vital as the roof of their mouth. All white tigers are cross eyed and so are handicapped by default.
White tiger tattoos could symbolize the fact that you are someone special, one of a kind. Knowing the information above though, why would you want a white tiger tattoo?  

 The Siberian Tiger Tattoo:

The largest (and one of the rarest) of all tiger species, with males reaching over ten feet from nose-tip to tail-tip, the Siberian tiger haunts the forests of Southeastern Russia and parts of China. 

 Perilously close to extinction, only a few hundred of these majestic animals remain in the wild. Tiger tattoos depicting the Siberian tiger are symbolic in and of themselves -- power unmatched. In many Eastern mythologies, tigers are considered the kings of all beasts, much like the lion; tigers and tiger tattoos often represent royalty and mystique.

The most popular spots for a tiger tattoo:

• The back: tiger tattoos are usually large in size, the back has got plenty of space.

• The legs: a tiger crawling up your leg is a popular tattoo design.

• Upper arm: also a good place for a crawling tiger tattoo.