When you feel that you are in love, you want to express that in all the possible ways, and one of them is to exhibit the word love in your skin.
Other form to use a love tattoo is get the name of your love one inked. The name of the loved one is not the only form to show how much you care for him or her, although is one of the most popular tattoos in the history, you can tattoo the face of your loved one or a symbolic pattern that summarizes your particular story of love and the characteristics of your love interest: everything is possible for those who are in love.
Have this in mind: love not only refers to man-woman relation but to any relation a person can develop in the life where love is an active ingredient: mother/father - children love; love among friends; love among brothers and sisters; love for your pet and many other types of love are around claiming for your tattoo.
Other simple way to show that you care is to get the word love inked in your body. That word has become popular during the 60s, when the hippies and their discourse of love and peace overflowed the barriers of the underground culture and bloomed in the newly born American pop culture. The new movement supported love as a flag against violence and war, so the word love started to appear in many artistic representation with a new meaning, a revolutionary meaning of being a strategy which would stop war.
"Make love and not war" was one of the favorite quotes of that movement, that rapidly gained favoritism among the younger. Shortly after that, the love word started to be present in the tattoos: the simple and easy pattern can be stylized and refined with the additions of other designs, or using intricate letters and patterns laced, giving a totally renewed pattern.
Playing with letters and colors you can obtain a great variety of designs. Plain black and white letters; infantile designs; Gothic writing; Asian style letters; letter that reminds you of horror comics and illustration and all the variable that your imagination can create with this simple but deep word.
Generally the word love is escorted by other symbols related to this state of the soul: hearts, doves, teddy bears, tender images of little animals, fairies, children, hands, lips, girls, couples, etc. And as we said above, you can combine your favorite designs with the meaningful individual meaning this love can hold for you: using this with good taste and intelligence, your tattoo artist can create something spectacular just for you, or adapt your wishes to the possibilities of the tattoo.
