Supernatural Tattoos

Supernatural tattoos represent an aesthetically interesting and popular sector of the tattoo industry. Many of these tattoo designs are some of the most visually complex and symbolically important that you can possibly get. They are also many tattoo artists’ favorite style to draw.

Grim Reaper Tattoos

The Tibetan Book of the Dead says that we cannot begin to live until we embrace death---and nowhere is this truer than with Grim Reaper tattoos. This popular tattoo option is inspired by the Greek God Kronos, who was sometimes called Father Time, and carried a large scythe with which he would clear the fields of dead souls. The fact that he also tried to eat his children certainly fits in with the theme of grim reaper tattoos.

There are thousands of variations on the grim reaper tattoo with each one catering to one’s individual taste. The “skull” is thought to be the most tattooed image in the world and grim reaper tattoos certainly confirm this with their cool representation of death, isolation, and mortality.

Devil Tattoos

These interesting tattoos were once banned in certain parts of England in the 19th century. Today devil tattoos have a lot of different meanings, depending on the style they are drawn and who is wearing them.

Devil tattoos, like grim reaper tattoos, often represent the somewhat darker side of human experience. They can be benign and nefarious; sometimes used to symbolize an, ‘urgent need for sex’ or self-imposed slavery in an S&M relationship. Devil tattoos are often paired with angel tattoos to depict the dual nature of humanity, and are completely adaptable to any tattoo style such as tribal, Celtic, or old school.

Flame Tattoos

Fire has been an important symbol in human mythology for thousands of years. It represents the transformative power of the sun, but can also symbolize human emotion, especially that of sexual desire. Like many tats in this group, flame tattoos seem to mean whatever the person wearing them decides upon.

Flame tattoos vary greatly according to the specific artist. Oftentimes flame tattoos incorporate elements of other tats like Devil Tattoos or Grim Reaper tattoos, or they can simply depict the flames themselves. Flame tattoos were once seen as inherently aggressive and masculine, but as gender-based stereotypes begin to disappear, so has female interest in flame tattoos grown.