Skull Sleeve And Japanese Sleeve Tattoos

By Darren Hartley


Awesome and perfect are the words to describe skull sleeve tattoos that are available in a bunch of styles and colors. They are the choice for males and females who are meticulous in their availment of unique and cool body ink art. Unique hallmarks are what these tattoos are for their projection of very distinctive skull imagery.

The appropriateness of skull sleeve tattoos is brought to the core when worn by people who want their art to be easily seen by everybody. The more masculine image they bring make them perfect choices for men. The skull has always been a well-liked tattoo symbol probably because incorporating it with other appropriate symbols has been proven to produce more visually interesting results.

The skull image as portrayed in skull sleeve tattoos echoes of universality and flexibility. The skull can be a symbol of fierceness and evil or an expression of elegance and charm, depending on how it is depicted in the design. A whole different theme can be created once the skull is incorporated with other tattoo symbols.

Japanese sleeve tattoos are almost reproductions of famed Japanese paintings. It is this quality of Japanese tattoos from which they get their uniqueness. They easily put the art of body painting on a pedestal all its own. Other than this, Japanese tattoo designs carry different symbolisms unique to each and every individual design.

The Sakura or cherry blossom when incorporated in Japanese sleeve tattoos are representations of life. The Koi fish tattoos are strong symbols for luck. The Japanese dragon tattoos are expressions of strength coming from supernatural powers. The Hannya mask tattoos are believed to be bringers of good luck to its surroundings.

Contrary to popular belief, Japanese sleeve tattoos carrying the Hannya mask as its focal point is not a representation of Satan or the devil. Hannyas are purported to be terrestrial monsters, who are unable to deal with their feelings of passion, jealousy and hate. Used as a representation of devil possession in Japanese theater, the mask can only be removed by its wearer once Buddha releases him from his possession. This is hell as conceptualized in the Japanese Buddhist tradition.




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