The dragonfly, with its delicate, fine line depictions and gossamer thin yet opalescent WINGS and body, is a frequent insect subject of tattoo art, symbolic of swift activity according to some Native American groups. To the Chinese, the dragonfly is a...

The SPIDER web tattoo design, often found on the elbow, shoulder, or under the arm, is sometimes used as a symbol of prison time. In some groups, it is also reputed to show that the wearer has killed someone, perhaps a minority. In Japanese tattoo, the...

The snake takes a preeminent place in the world of symbolism and is especially popular in tattoo art. It holds fundamental associations with life and rejuvenation from the shedding of its skin, as well as death, since it is sometimes able to kill with...

Tattoos of Indians (indigenous peoples of the New World) tend to focus on bust portraiture of various Plains Indians groups, notable for their FEATHER headdresses. Whether these images draw on well-known Western art images (such as James Fraser’s...

The devil girl in tattoo art can be seen as a specific form of the pinup girl, but the female demon is also known in myth as the ”succubus,” the female form of the ”incubus.” The succubus is a demon in the guise of an...