Inside Out Tattoo Designs

Anatomical tattoos are visual representations of the inside of the human body, whether it be bones, muscle or internal organs. Often, anatomy tattoos are placed to create an X-ray effect, showing the parts of the body that lie directly beneath the body art design. The inside out tattoo design below shows the muscles of the arm, as though the skin has been torn away from that area.

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Open Your Heart Tattoo

The human heart is a surprisingly colorful organ, with contrasting colors of red and blue. These colors are aesthetically pleasing in tattoos. An interesting tattoo art work is created by contrasting the organic shapes of the heart organ with a man-made, repetitive pattern such as the zipper.

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A Very Brainy Tattoo

This anatomical tattoo gives us a view inside this guy’s head. By using different shades of tattoo inks, the tattoo artist has cleverly given this design a natural, 3-D feel.

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A Skinny Skeleton Tattoo

This anatomical tattoo shows the backbone and ribs, minus the muscle, fat and veins that make up the rest of the body. Because the skeleton tattoo design overlays the real body parts, the skeleton is animated when the person moves.

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Tattoos of Alice in Wonderland

The story is centered on a pre-Victorian era girl, Alice. One day she walks out, and finds herself in a marvellous adventure, as told in the book. It is said that Lewis Carroll based the character on Alice Liddell, a child friend of his. Shown below are Alice tattoo designs, from John  Tenniel, Scott Olive and Walt Disney Studios.

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Tattoos Through the Rabbit Hole

Alice begins her adventure by following a white rabbit, which leads her to fall down a rabbit hole. The white rabbit has been depicted in song, in film and in illustration. A fruitless search for something is now referred to as “chasing the white rabbit”.

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The Cheshire Cat in Ink

The Cheshire Cat is a popular tattoo design, symbolizing a fun-loving nature and an enjoyment of all things silly and bizarre. With his toothy grin, colorful fur and recognizable silhouette, the Cheshire Cat makes an attractive tattoo design.

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The Hookah Smoking Caterpillar

One of the most famous Alice in Wonderland characters is the Hookah Smoking Caterpillar. He sits atop a magic mushroom, smoking his hookah and puffing riddles at passersby. This character has proven to be a very versatile tattoo design, as he is recognizable no matter what illustration style he is rendered in. (See more Magic Mushroom Tattoo Designs)

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Tattoos of Alice in Wonderland Characters

The story of Alice in Wonderland is acted out by a host of funny and silly characters. These too, are popular tattoo designs. Shown below are tattoos of the Alice in Wonderland characters; The Walrus and The Carpenter, a Horsefly, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.

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Realistic Magic Mushroom Tattoo

Amanita Muscaria is the famous red-with-white-spots mushroom that is portrayed in many children’s books and films. Its hallucinogenic properties have won it the infamous name the Magic Mushroom. Below left is a photograph of Amanita Muscaria growing outdoors. On the right is an image of a magic mushroom tattoo design. The tattoo artist has used highlights and shadows to create the illusion that the mushroom stands out from the skin.

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Magic Mario Mushroom Tattoo

The creators of the famous Nintendo game, Mario Brothers, referred to the natural design of the Magic Mushroom for ideas when designing their Mario mushrooms. These come in a variety of colors, and are often decorated with white spots. Mario mushrooms are a popular tattoo design choice among gamers.

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Billy Bob Thornton’s Tattoo for “Angie”

Billy Bob Thornton sports a magic mushroom tattoo with the text “Angie”, in homage to Angelina Jolie.

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Trippy Hippy Tie Dye Tattoo

“Tie dye” refers to the patterns created when clothing or material is tied and dyed. (But you guessed as much, didn’t you?) This Magic Mushroom tattoo design follows the slightly distorted patterns of tie dye, completing the tie dye effect by having the yellow and blue lines “bleed” into one another, creating green.

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Ink in Wonderland

One of the more popular characters from Lewis Carroll’s children’s book Alice in Wonderland, is the hookah smoking caterpillar, who sits atop a magic mushroom and speaks in riddles. Walt Disney’s cartoon caterpillar character is often used in tattoo designs as it is the most beloved and recognizable of the caterpillar depictions to date. See more Alice in Wonderland Tattoos.

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Tortoise House with a Magic Mushroom Garden

The psychedelic effects of most hallucinogenic mushrooms include a heightened awareness and appreciation of color. So it is apt that a tattoo design of Magic Mushrooms be very colorful. The obscure and cheerful character; the tortoise in a top hat, is a perfect subject for a street drug that creates bizarre hallucinations.

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A Merry Christmas May You Have

The lovable character from the popular Star Wars movies, Yoda, is shown in this tattoo; either as a replacement for Santa Claus or as one of Santa’s little helpers.

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Kiss Me under the Mistletoe

This funny Christmas tattoo falls under the label of adult humor, as the mistletoe design is tattooed just above this guy’s belt line. In western culture, it is traditional to hang mistletoe in a doorway. If someone stands beneath the mistletoe, it is an invitation for a kiss…

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A Nightmare Before Christmas Tattoo

Jack Skellington, the main character from Tim Burton’s A Nightmare Before Christmas, is a humorous contrast to the traditional Christmas character, Santa Claus, with his jolly jowls and bulging belly. The Jack Skellington Christmas tattoo below shows how this character’s evil looks stand in contrast to the innocent-looking characters that are usually associated with Christmas hats.

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Jesus, a Bunny and a Jolly Fat Man

Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. In Christianity, Easter is a celebration of Jesus ascending to heaven, a ‘rebirth’ of sorts. The most recognizable Christmas character is Santa Claus, a jolly fat man in a red suit. Easter is often represented by a rabbit, called the Easter Bunny. In this funny tattoo, Jesus is shown with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.

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A Calvin and Hobbes Christmas Tattoo

Bill Watterson’s famous comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes, has inspired a wealth of fan art tattoos. Most Calvin and Hobbes tattoos depict the main characters; the boy Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, but other characters from the comic have also stolen the hearts of the public, such as the philosophical snowman, shown below.

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Zombie Jesus Christmas Tattoo

This tattoo takes a little deciphering to fully understand its meaning. As far as this author can tell, this is a depiction of Jesus as a zombie (he did, in a way, rise from the dead at Easter). The zombie doll character has its arms outspread in a similar pose to that of Jesus on the cross, and through the palms of its hands are nails, in a parody of the crucifixion of Christ. The lightbulb is, uh, well, it probably seemed like a good idea at the time.

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Funny Will Ferrell’s Inky Elf

This tattoo shows funny man Will Ferrell as the character that he played in the Christmas themed movie, elf.

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Rudolph’s Predecessor, Immortal in Ink

This Christmas tattoo is a portrait of Randy the Reindeer, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’s predecessor. For years, Randy led Santa’s sleigh on Christmas eve, delivering Christmas presents to good little children, sometimes, even, to deliver Christmas gifts to naughty children. Then one snowy night, Rudolph that dastardly Red Nosed Reindeer usurped Randy’s position as lead reindeer, dooming Randy to eternal obscurity. RIP Randy.

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We Wish You a Manga Christmas

This Christmas tattoo design uses the popular Japanese comic book style, manga, to portray Western symbols of Christmas. In this manga tattoo design, the Christmas fairy is shown wearing a Christmas outfit, holding the Star of Bethlehem and accompanied by other Christmas symbols, mistletoe and a candy cane.

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The Grinch Stole a Christmas Tattoo

The famous children’s book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss, features a Who whose heart is three times too small. The Grinch is angry at the other Whos, who, every year, enjoy the Christmas cheer. The Grinch decides to stop Christmas from coming by stealing the Whos’ Christmas presents, who-ham and Christmas decorations.

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Tattoos as Cute as a Cupcake

These cute cupcake tattoo designs were inked as a pair. In one of the foot tattoos, the cupcake is portrayed as “good”. In the other tattoo, the sweet treat is shown as evil, complete with it’s own skull and cross bones.

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Eat Me, Sweet Tattoo

If The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland by the awesome Lewis Carroll is what tickles your taste buds, here’s a food tattoo design just for you:

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Would you like Fries with that?

The term “hamburger” originates from the German city of Hamburg, from where many people emigrated to America. (The terms “frankfurter” and “wiener” are derived from the names of the cities; Frankfurt and Wien.) The hamburger has since become one of America’s favorite foods. It has become so popular that people are getting hamburger tattoos.

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Tattoo in a Tin or a Tin in a Tattoo?

This food tattoo design features a tin of Campbell’s condensed tomato soup. (Hope he didn’t forget the tin opener)

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Bacon ♥

Do you love bacon? As much as this guy? This tattoo shows two strips of bacon in the shape of a heart – the international symbol for love.

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Why Men go Bald

Why do men go bald? Perhaps because there are little people (and goat kids) who cut their hair off each day. If you’re going bald, you might as well accept fate, have a sense of humor and get a funny tattoo.

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Awesome Amputee Tattoo Humor

Not only did these people find the courage to survive an amputation; they managed to find some humor in their situation.

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Funny Body Part Tattoo Designs

Sometimes a body part just cries out for a humorous tattoo to complete it. The gaping belly button shown below was the perfect choice for a disgusting, mooning belly button tattoo, just as the joined toes were the perfect canvas for a cutting line design. Some tattoo designs take a little bit of planning, and a lot of maintenance, as in the picture of the hairy troll tattoo. The wearer of the tattoo has to shave the hair in that area regularly to create the troll’s hair style.

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Geometric Tongue Tattoo Design

Tongue tattoos can be tricky for tattoo artists  to apply, so simpler designs are often easier to ink into the skin. The tattoo design shown below is based on a geometric maze. It is lacking a specific subject and therefore acts as a decoration, not a statement, the way that many tattoos do.

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Hello Kitty Tongue Tattoo

The Hello Kitty logo is a cute, stylized image that works well on small body parts such as the fingers, toes or tongue.

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Text Tongue Tattoo

Text tattoos often turn out to be more aesthetically pleasing than tattoos that feature an image. This is because the eye is naturally drawn to text and the brain deciphers the meanings of words and symbols far more readily than those of images. The tongue tattoo featured below uses the word “hola”, a synonym for “hello”.

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There’s a DUDE on your Tongue

Like the above tattoo design, this text tattoo is easy to decipher. The bold, capitalized lettering in black ink adds to the clarity of this art work.

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Magic Mushroom Tongue Tat

Amanita Muscaria, the “red with white spots” mushroom, is the most recognized mushroom in the world. It has been used in hundreds of children’s films and books, and is often featured as a secondary subject in fantasy art as a stool for fairy folk to recline upon. This is the legendary “magic mushroom” that causes hallucinogenic affects when consumed. It is said that this mushroom was eaten by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

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Tongue Tattoo Loves You

The simple image of a heart is a symbol that is not bound to any one language, culture or religion. It has positive connotations and is one of the few non-confrontational symbols. Another example of a non-confrontational symbol is the smiley face.

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Peace to You, Tongue Tattoo

The peace sign became popular during the 1960s hippy movement. It has been used by many anti-war campaigns as a symbol of unity, freedom and of course, peace. The design is said to be based on a dove’s foot, which has been used to symbolize peace for centuries.

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Tattoo Tongue Piercings

Tattoos and piercings are both body modification techniques. These methods are sometimes used together to create a certain effect with the finished modification. The body art shown below are examples of the combination of tattoos and piercings.

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Tongue Flower Tattoo

Flower tattoo designs are popular because a certain flower can have a personal meaning to the wearer of the tattoo, or it can simply be decorative. In this tongue tattoo, the flower designs are based on a simple daisy flower design, representing fun, peace and a carefree attitude.

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Tattoo Artist’s Portrait on a Tongue

Tattooist Derek Campbell has the honor of forever being displayed on his friend’s tongue. The cartoon portrait shows the tattoo artist’s characteristic green hair and beard in this miniature tattoo caricature.

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In 1963, artist Harvey Ball was asked by an advertising agency to create a happy face that would appear on promotional buttons. The design that he came up with is what we recognize today as the “smiley face”. This is the yellow circle with two dots for eyes and an arc for a mouth. Since its inception, the smiley face has gone on to inspire a series of other icons that represent various emotions. These are commonly known as emoticons.

Smiley Face Tattoos

Bold symbols such as the smiley face are popular tattoo designs, as they are easy to recognize from a distance. The basic smiley design elicits a happy response in the viewer, as it has no social, political or religious connotations.

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Evil Smiley Face Tattoos

There are a number of popular evil smiley face tattoo designs available. These incorporate design elements that are symbolic of evil, such as skeletons, devil’s horns or blood. In many evil smiley tattoos, the smiley face design has been changed to have a diabolical grin.

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Smiley Face Tattoo Designs

Hundreds of smiley face tattoo designs exist. Most of them use the traditional yellow color of Harvey Ball’s original image, but many of them have additional design elements that give the smiley face more character. The meaning of these tattoos can be personal in nature or a comment by the bearer of the tattoo on social or cultural issues.

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