Tribal Arm Tattoos

There’s nothing that says ‘tough-guy’ like a tight, white t-shirt closely hugging the built and well-defined body of a man that shows muscles are just as important as a mind.  This expression of brain and brawn is really heightened when the muscular arms that a guy’s t-shirt shows are inked with dramatic tribal arm tattoos—especially they are filled in with black.

Tribal arm tattoos—a basic yet intricate composition of bold, thick lines, wrapping around each other in a nearly abstract but repeated pattern—is becoming more and more of a staple for men. Tribal arm tattoos are undoubtedly and accepted and almost fetish-ized fashion statement and symbol for masculinity in Western cultures—especially in America.  Many men who are seeking tribal arm tattoos will sometimes base the designs on an image, such as the sun; their tattoo artist will render the design to best fit their personality as well as the place on the body that the tattoo will be inked.

The tribal arm tattoo in a modern sense has no particular affinity to any actual tribe per say, but it does resemble the tribal tattoos made popular by the Native Americans as well as the Maori Tribes living off the coast of New Zealand.  Basically, the overall history of it is that the tribal arm tattoo was in fact unique to the warrior who had one; it helped each warrior to stand out as individual and as a fighter, and it also served to make their competitors intimidated of their skills.

Tribal arm tattoos are also a symbol of fraternity and war amongst the great military coups of the American twentieth century.  Back in the day, you could probably pick out veteran of one of the great wars just by looking at his arm.  Today’s tribal arm tattoos follow the curvature of the upper arm, sometimes reaching down to the elbow, and some other tribal arm tattoos are design and inked in as a full sleeve tattoo.

Other tribal arm tattoos flow over the shoulder and onto the upper half of the back area—crossing over shoulder blades and defined back muscles. Most men opt for the deep black tattoo, but others have also been known to incorporate different colors such as reds, blues, purples, yellows, and oranges.  Others just choose a circular tribal arm tattoos into the skin of their upper arms.  The great thing about this particular placement of ring-shaped tribal arm tattoos is that if you’re a guy that wants a badass tattoo, but don’t want to have it shown all the time, it can be easily covered up with a shirt sleeve. While it is not as common to see gals with tribal arm tattoos, girls can definitely rock tribal arm tattoos too. Whatever the tattoo, you can make it work for you.