Innovative design ideas for dove tattoos

With unique setting, dove tattoos can be designed beautifully. A nice design idea would be stained glass dove. If you are creative, you can design your own dove tattoo. One such idea would be to design a dove tattoo, that would look like stained glass window with a wide variety of colors. In the center of this design you can place famous painter's Pablo Picasso's “Dove of Peace”. In order to make this version more and more attractive and eye catching you can make the dove appear from bursting glass, while the glass is being broken into various fragments looking bright when it is exposed to sun.

One of the popular design of dove tattoo is similar to the diving swallow in 1950's. It is said that the swallow was tattooed on the chest of the sailor. The ideas behind this was if the sailor was drowned in seas, then the dove tattooed in his chest would carry the soul to the heaven. In this particular design, if a dove replaces swallow, it becomes a symbol of peaceful journey towards afterlife and protection. The designs also features some of the symbols used during 50's. The design can see the dove carrying bunch if bright red cherries on the beak. You can also combine the design with nautical design.

Dove tattoos carry the message of love. Since, this bird mates for the sake of life, you can choose design that features this aspect of the bird. One of the popular design of dove tattoo in this respect is to show two doves close to each other in a nest. You can also go for dove tattoos placed on the two end of the shoulder with a banner in their beak with dates and name. You can include the names of your near and dear ones and dates might range from your son's or daughter's birthday date or your marriage date.