Lower Back Tattoos - Sexy and Yet Artistic

The art of creating tattoos require skills, creative imagination and patience. Getting a tattoo or doing a tattoo for someone is one of the ways a person can express him/herself.

In the past, tattoos are most common to men and were used for spiritual purposes, and even as identification. However, as the time pass by the art of tattoo is not only focus anymore for its spiritual purposes. In addition to this, the art of tattoo had reached the opposite gender, the women.

Unlike tattoos for men, women's preferences in tattoo are more on the softer side. Some common tattoos for women are flowers, hearts, angels, butterfly, birds and dolphins. As time passes by, people are becoming more creative and sees tattoo more than just an art.

Tattoo has been used not only to express one's self, but also as a decorative form of art in a woman's body. This kind of tattoo that is common to most women is what they call the sexy lower back tattoos.

In the past, these kind of designs were ridiculed and called in different kind of names like "tramp stamps", since other people sees that this kind of art denotes promiscuity. It was even associated to "Raunch Culture", a time wherein women's language and clothing are sexually provocative. The term "raunch" was derived from the word raunchy, which means "shabby", "dirty" or "grubby."

Today, such designs are not only picked by women to express their personality or even for their love of art, but also to accentuate their body that adds more seductive charm.

The sexy lower back tattoos are inked just a few inches above from the woman's buttocks, which is almost in line to a woman's hips. Considering the location of the tattoo, there is no doubt that the sexy lower back tattoo is definitely more than a body decoration. Sexy lower back tattoos give more sexual attractiveness since these are designed to emphasize the shape and curvature of a woman's figure.

The most used designs of these kind are tribal, star, butterfly, celtic, kanji, and dolphin. The length of the tattoo will be your choice and can depend on how much hour glass effect you would like to get.

Raunchy or not, self expression or self gratification, the sexy lower back tattoo is one hot and sexy tattoo fitting for women who are brave enough to endure the addicting pain of the needles.