In Honor of National Dog Day - Top 10 Unique Dog Tattoos
We’re the type to look for any excuse to celebrate something, so when we found out today is National Dog Day, we couldn’t miss the opportunity to celebrate pups near and far. The main benefit of this holiday is seeing hundreds of doggo faces all over social media? They’re man’s best friend, so they deserve more than just a treat today. Go out and show your love with a fresh canine tattoo.
In honor of National Dog Day, we’re taking a look at how dogs have influenced tattoos. Furry friends have graced our bodies since ink’s inception, but here we want to take a look at the top 10 unique dog tattoos.
Photo cred: @arobz.tattoos
Veering away from the typical dog face or figure outline, this tattoo cleverly highlights one distinctive feature… dog ears. The customer got inked with his three dogs, all with very different ears. You almost don’t even need the names to know these are three different pups.
Photo cred: @arnaud_pradier_tattooist
The shading in this photo is next level. It almost looks like a black and white photograph. Kudos to this artist for the realism, and also to the client for creating a unique homage to the relationship between man and dog.
Photo cred: @wixien_custom.ink
It’s seemingly difficult to get a dog tattoo in color that doesn’t look odd or out of place. This ink is almost graffiti or street art inspired with an epic multi-colored design and intentional drippage.
Photo cred: @lucafont
Another different approach to dog tattoos. This geometric and abstract design is so striking. Avoiding the typical realism, this ink looks like the work of a professional logo designer or cartoonist.
Photo cred: @damasktattoo
This dog tattoo looks to be inspired by flora and fauna aka plant life and animals. The tattoo which is part dog and part flowers almost looks to be an infinite scribble, where the pen was never lifted.
Photo cred: @patagoniartattoo
Geometric art began in Greece, 901 BC. Now, here we are in 2019 using triangles and hexagons to take shape as your cute little pups’ face. It really gives such a cool 3D aspect to your tattoo masterpiece.
You know when you go to a nude drawing class… wait is that just us? Okay, well if you were to this is basically what it would look like when you began your first sketch. However, it would be a nude dog drawing class… or just a dog drawing class, we guess.
Photo cred: @ermetica_tattoo
Ornamental tattoos are very intricate pieces. If you are looking to get a tat like this make sure you find an artist who is great with detail.
Photo cred: @dekays_tattoo
Puppies and flowers… is there a cuter combo?? This reminds us of the photographer and animal advocate, Sophie Gamand who takes pics of Pit bulls in flower crowns!
Photo cred: @jameswestsherred33
Mandala is an art form used to represent the whole universe. This mandala dog tat is a perfect representation of what a dog means to its owner… like he means the whole universe. (Was that obvious?)
xx,
The OCDivas
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