Men often get patriotic tattoos that express their pride in their country. These designs work particularly well on the shoulder due to their distinctive shape. Shoulder sockets offer the perfect canvas for circular structures such as flowers. This particular floral tattoo boasts delicate shading to emphasize its delicacy.
Skulls
Skull tattoo ideas are an eye-catching way to show your badass attitude. Skulls are commonly associated with death and mortality; however, they also symbolize duality—an emblematic tattoo design of privateers and sea-going miscreants. Conversely, goat skull tattoos signify strength, determination, and boldness. Choose to create a more feminine skull design by including flowers. A skull and flower tattoo symbolizes that life should not be taken so seriously; its motif also calls to mind Mexico’s Day of the Dead festivities when family and friends who have passed are remembered with flowers, food, and song.
Cranes
Men often opt to have names, words, or dates written across their shoulder caps in bold text using fancy calligraphy fonts. These can be placed crookedly towards the center, front, or back shoulder area; small floral designs work particularly well in creating movement and giving their creations a whimsical feel. Cranes are a group of 15 species of tall, long-legged, wading birds with long necks that stretch forward instead of back when flying. Similar to herons, cranes fly with their necks pushed forward when flying. These birds form lifelong pair bonds and migrate as one unit, often traveling together over thousands of miles. Their distinctive calls – male’s single note call and female two-note unison call – can be heard up to one mile away.
Tropaeolum
Tropaeolum, more commonly known as garden nasturtium or Indian cress, is an annual flower that the
