Tribal tattoo designs have been practiced for thousands of years. Many popular tattoo designs today have a tribal bend to them. The majority of tribal tattoos are created using black ink and natural skin tone to create intricate designs, patterns and pictures.

The notoriety of tribal tattoos lies in the significance behind them. In ancient times these tattoos were used for two fundamental reasons: to mark a person as a member of a social group or to signify spiritual beliefs. Some popular tribal tattoo designs include the sun, the cross, fire or flames, Celtic knots, dragons, butterflies, tribal armbands, flowers, hearts and scorpions.

Tribal tattoo art is no longer restricted to ancient or aboriginal designs. For example, it’s easy to find tribal fairy tattoo designs, tribal skull tattoo designs, tribal angel tattoo designs and tribal barbed wire designs.