Choosing a Lower Back Tattoo

Lower back tattoos have become very popular in the last fifteen years for women. There are many reasons for this, one of which is that the lower back is an easy place to cover when wanted, but also to expose as wanted as well. This gives a woman many options when dressing so that she can still be conservative for working, but can be flirty when out and about, leaving the back exposed with shorter shirts that either leave the back exposed entirely, or expose it when moving about.

Choices

Lower back tattoos are also nice because it gives a lot of space for designing a tattoo so that the tattoo artist isn't limited in design because of the space, such as on a wrist or ankle. Lower back tattoos usually follow the natural curves of the woman's back and hips so that it tends to accent her curvature, making the tattoo a sexy accent to her body. Some of the earlier lower back tattoos tended to be in snake like patterns so that they scrolled across the lower back and peeked out above the pant line. Often these tattoos would be snakes or dragons with many twists and rolls on the lower back. If the lower back tattoo was not an actual snake or dragon, it was a series of line and designs that formed a scrolling and somewhat 'V' shaped pattern where the bottom of the 'V' hit the middle of the lower back and dipped into the pant line.

The next popular pattern to hit the market was a lower back tribal tattoo where the lines of the tattoo followed patterns of tribal Africa or Native American design work in their tattoos. These tattoos often scroll across the lower back but have sharper edges and points on the ends of the lines than the snake-like patterns of earlier years. The lines also tend to be thicker than the snake-like lower back tattoos so that it further accentuates the lines when they come to a point, either flaring to the sides of the back or flaring down into the pant line.

In addition, lower back tattoos that have a creature with wings are also popular designs, such as a dragonfly or butterfly where the body of the creature is in the middle of the lower back and the wings flair out to the sides of the back near the hips. Roses and other flowers or suns are also popular designs for lower back tattoos where the flower or sun is in the middle of the lower back, sometimes have design work scrolling out to the sides and sometimes being alone in the middle.