I want a tattoo on my lower back of a pair of angel wings with my grandfathers initials in the middle but I cannot find any good pictures of this online. Could someone please send me websites where I could go and find some good pictures please?!

If you ever wanted to just fly away from your troubles or wished people saw you for the angel you truly are, then an angel wings tattoo might be something worth looking into as an investment.  True, you cannot really fly, but if you find the right artist, you can leave with wings so detailed and true to realism that anyone watching you walking away would think you might at any moment take flight and aim for the skies.

What you might find interesting is nowhere in the bible does it say that angels even have wings.  In the old and new testament of the bible, angels interact with mankind to impart the word of God, but they look in those descriptions very much like mortals except for having a glow about them.  It is possible that when artists were faced with representing angels, they borrowed the wings from Greek representations of Hermes or Cupid, who also served at times as messengers and were equipped with wings for this purpose.

For whatever reason, the image of wings is now firmly established in the public consciousness so much so that the type of wings typically given to angels is so strongly associated with them that any time a pair of long white human-sized feathery wings are spotted, they are immediately identified with angels.

The first place you might think to put your angel wing tattoo is on your back. This is good since if you want to go for a full length set you will need all the space you can get.  Starting with little tuffs at your shoulders and spreading down with detailed feathers to reach a spoon tail on each wing is really a breathtaking tattoo.

For something small you can have a pair of angel wings on your lower back. Here it goes great with some Gothic script or Celtic wording.  If you are stuck for wording you might find a few ideas in the symbolism of angel wings such as, of course, a wish to fly.  It can also mean you want to do good by the world in general, are dedicated to your faith, or that you’re committed to your friends and family. Angel’s wings are also sometimes used in memoriam tattoos expressing grief at the loss of a family member or telling the word of your belief that loved ones watch over you from heaven.

You can have angel’s wings anywhere you want as long as there is space for detail since the wings really must have room to display the feathers well to truly have the effect.

You can of course find your own place and your own reason for having the wings.  You can discuss your ideas with your tattoo artist and look at other designs to get a good idea of what you want.

Angel wings tattoos have been common for years and you may think that with this type of tattoo, you simply make the appointment and go get your wings.  It can be this simple, but the truth is you may be walking around with the same angel wings that everyone that came into that particular parlor gets.  If you want something unique and fresh, it will take a little bit of planning.

Most people do want their tattoo to be unique and something nobody else has but they do not know where to begin.  You can start by designing your own.  You do not have to be an experienced artist to do this, but you do have to know what your taste is and what you like.

The best place to start is on the internet.  You should get a basic idea of what you like and then you can go from there.  A good tattoo artist will not be rushed or in a hurry to get your art done and you should be able to make a consultation appointment with them so the two of you can make a plan.

During this meeting it is a good idea to bring several references of what type of wings you want.  Your artist should then be able to create something that is close to what your examples are but unique to you.  You should be very honest with an artist and if you do not like something or you want something changed, you should let them know up front.  You do not want to walk around with a tattoo for your entire lifetime that you really did not like on the drawing board.  You are paying for this service and it is not cheap, you should be completely satisfied when you leave.

If you have an artist as a friend or family member they may be able to sketch the tattoo you want.  You will need to decide how big you want it and if there will be anything else besides the wings.  You may want to place them in a small area that nobody will ever know about unless you tell them, or you may want them fairly large on your back.  Just several of the many issues you have to determine before you get your ink done.

Angel wings tattoos often carry a very personal message.  If you do the proper planning, you can have a tattoo you are always satisfied with.