- Military Tattoos with and Edge -
- Military tattoos that commemorate a military operation often have a darker edge to them. The images are not so positive – they are as likely to feature skulls and other death imagery as symbols of America, like the eagle. Sometimes they have both. This type of military tattoo art is reminiscent of prison tattoos.The experiences we have been through – particularly the hard ones – mark us and tattoo art is one way of expressing this. Military tattoos can express a whole range of experiences and feelings about the military.
- Military Tattoo Art -
- There are images associated with the Navy, the Air Force, Marines, and so on. The USN can be represented by an anchor naturally enough – sometimes adorned with stars or an American flag. One USAF image is the American eagle – a natural choice given that the eagle represents flight and is also the symbol of the United States. As for the US Marines, for some reason a bulldog is a common component of the tattoo art – a variation being an eagle and globe composition.
Military tattoo art that incorporates these images is colorful, and sometimes almost cartoon-ish in appearance. The image is pleasant and positive; if anything, military tattoos of this type seem to have less ‘edge’ than many other tattoos. That is to say, they seem to represent and, later in life, commemorate a meaningful and rewarding part of life. Some would say that a military tattoo of this type glorifies the military and that’s probably true. The people likely to get this type of tattoo are those who are happy and proud to be part of the military.
Some military tattoos send a slightly different message though. These include military -dog tag- designs and tattoos that commemorate a certain military operation someone has participated in. These might include the operation code name and a logo and generally speaking they have an appearance that’s somewhat less bright an optimistic. Essentially it’s the difference between the idea of the military and the harsh reality that sometimes ensues
- Military Tattoos -
Military tattoo _ that is, tattoos that incorporate army, navy or air force logos or symbols – are an interesting sub - category of tattoo art. You may have seen military tattoos in the past without quite realizing their significance. Limiting our observations to US military tattoos, military tattoo designs commonly represent a branch of the military, such as the USN [U.S. Navy] or USAF [U.S. Air Force] or a particular military operation..
