Rest in Peace Tattoos

A professional tattoo artist can tell you that there are several common types of tattoos. Mom tattoos are ever popular although nowadays they tend to be the small segment of a larger picture.  Than there are the tattoos of children or pets. And following up with a close third are the tattoos people get to honor a lost loved one. For those who do not understand the world and the love behind skin ink, they may not understand this either. But for those of us who do understand and take our art seriously, there is no higher honor then a permanent place on our bodies for a lifelong memorial of someone we may have loved and lost to an untimely passing or even to a long  expected one. The most common type of rest in peace ink is the hearts and wings style. In my opinion this trend is likely due to flash art that is posted inside of a tattoo studio. If you ordered a packet of flash art, I’d be very surprised if you didn’t get at least one batch of hearts and wings style flashes. Lets take a look at some common, or uncommonly seen hearts -n- wings!

Pretty good. This is actually a pretty phenomenal hearts -n- wings tat. Some realism and symbolism makes this likely head and shoulders above most common hearts -n- wings tattoos.

By far more common in hearts and wings skin art. Though the halo does add a bit more uniqueness to the art then usual. Halos on rest in peace tattoos are also, as you can imagine, fairly common.

So with the common out of the way I’d like to display a few tattoos that are not quite so common. None of us want to lose a loved one, but for the skin art collector in all of us, we know what it is like to want to memorialize our loved ones forever. So if you are considering a new piece of skin art to recognize a loved one who has passed to the other side. Then forget that flash art for a moment and go with me to delve into the minds of those who have given deep thought to their memorial tattoos.

Awesome! What an incredible idea. Can you see the name Lucille inside of the butterfly? I believe the last name is Mousel although its not as clear to me as the first name. Great ultra unique rest in peace ink.

Again another lovely piece of ink. I see the north star, the tree of life and some comforting hands holding this infant. This is a very touching piece of work that inspires the mother in me to think a little deeper. How wonderful to view such a painful loss as a child can be in the bigger picture. The symbolism is all over the map here in this picture. If it wasn’t making me so damned teary I’d go on here. But seriously, it is.

100% understand the love of a pet enough to do this. This is a pretty good likeness from where I’m sitting.

I must say that this may be the first cat memorial tattoo I have ever seen. Very lovely picture and a unique idea!

Last but not least are religious tattoos. These are often depicted as crosses wrapped in shrouds, praying hands and angels. When I went searching for the right tattoo to display here I found a unique and IMMENSE example of a religious tattoo mixed with a Mom tattoo that I thought I would share.

Yeah. This guys religious mom tattoo can kick your religious mom tattoos ass! The eagle represents a feeling of spiritual freedom some believe you achieve when you pass over. The cross speaks for itself though this is  a gorgeous representation of a tribal tattoo, some Gaelic roots perhaps? Even the cross itself has some beautiful feathery wings. Again the mother in me wants to dub this tattoo the best ever, simple because this guy REALLY loved his mom. If one of my sons told me they planned to get such a piece of work when I passed I may cry for weeks from the honor. Precious!

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