Tattoos are a rage among todayâs youth. Despite the fact that things can go really wrong and the pain can be extremely disturbing, many take the plunge and experiment with tattoos of varying shapes and sizes. Heart tattoos are very popular with the young crowd who would want their heart worn on their sleeves for the whole world to know that they are in love!
Heart tattoos have been in vogue since the early 1900s. Soldiers who are off to the war zone and sailors sailing off to distant lands had heart tattoos with their loved oneâs name inked on their hands to keep the memories near and evergreen in their hands.
Types of Heart Tattoos
There are quite a few variations of heart tattoos. Whatever the tattoo design, the quality and the end result of the tattoo is however entirely depend on the tattoo artist and his artistic competence. Some of the most popular heart tattoo designs are:
1. Locked Heart
Symbolic of everlasting love, locked tattoos are shared by couples who want to seal their love forever and remain inseparable until death. In this tattoo, one partner inks the locked heart on their body and the other one gets the key to the locked heart inked on his/her body to seal the connection. This is a safer way to seal the love as compared to names of loved ones tattooed on the skin which must be removed if the relationship breaks.
2. Sacred Heart Tattoo
With a medley of variations to this design, the basic sacred heart tattoo depicts a heart which is engulfed in thorns and a flame that burns high up from the top, just as is seen in a Sacred Heart image of Jesus, where he shows his heart to Saint Mary Margaret. It is a devotional tattoo and one that is sported by many devout Christians.
3. Broken Heart
Depicting the loss of a loved one whether it is a broken relationship or a death, these tattoos often come with the date and the name of the person which too is tattooed into the broken heart design.
4. Pierced Heart
A pierced heart can mean sorrow, bravery or devotion, it shows a heart that is pierced by a dagger. The person who wears such a tattoo might have a grief that is everlasting and might have gone through great struggles and hardships in life.
5. Named Hearts
Again, a pledge of love, named hearts are hearts that are inked with the name of the person whom you love which can be a family member or a special someone who means the world to you.
6. Anatomical Designs
These types of tattoos are gaining popularity in modern world. They depict a healed heart with bandages or stitches on it which can mean a heart disease survivor or a loved one who has heart deformities.
7. Celtic Heart
This is a classic heart with a Celtic design which involved continuous knots and loops that create an intricate, yet beautiful looking heart pattern. You can create beautiful bracelet tattoos on the legs and writs with linked Celtic hearts.
