| The butterfly tattoo design has never lost its | | | | beauty while they can. |
| popularity for women. It has remained one of | | | | The image of the butterfly is a symbol of beauty |
| their top choices for many years and does not | | | | used in many forms of art across many cultures. |
| look like losing its appeal. It is one of the most | | | | It is found in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and |
| searched for designs on the Internet. | | | | through Eastern and Western art and decoration |
| There are good reasons for this. There are a | | | | through the centuries. |
| great number of beautiful designs, from the | | | | The most popular locations for butterfly tattoos |
| delicate and the colorful to the bold lines of tribal | | | | seem to be the shoulder, back and ankle. A small, |
| tattoos. This allows a woman to express herself | | | | delicate butterfly placed on the shoulder can be |
| in a variety of ways by using the image of one | | | | understated and effective. On the other hand I |
| of Nature's most beautiful creatures. While there | | | | have seen tattoos of a flock of butterflies |
| seem more than enough designs to cater for | | | | stretching from the upper arm across to the |
| everyone's taste there is still plenty of room for | | | | shoulder blade, which were beautiful. The back, |
| individual expression using a personal custom | | | | both upper and lower, lends itself to larger tattoos |
| design. Nature has provided an extraordinary | | | | as it is a bigger area and the spine can act as a |
| array of butterfly patterns and sizes. Artists have | | | | center to give drawings balance. Ankles and feet |
| added to these with an ever-expanding selection | | | | of course, tend to look best with smaller tattoos |
| of expressive and intricate designs | | | | but there is still plenty of room for artistic |
| The butterfly tattoo design is a symbol of rebirth | | | | expression. Here again a flock of small butterflies |
| and regeneration. The butterfly itself has the | | | | drawn from the top of the foot and climbing up |
| feminine characteristics of delicacy and beauty, | | | | the lower leg can be attractive and charming. |
| which gives it universal appeal. It is hard not to be | | | | More and more women are drawn to butterfly |
| affected by the story of the butterfly - a thing | | | | tattoo designs as an artistic expression of one of |
| of beauty emerging from something ordinary, | | | | nature's most beautiful creatures because |
| even ugly. Then its beauty is only short-lived, | | | | whatever they wish to express they can do so |
| fleeting, rather like life itself. Maybe that is why | | | | with charm and beauty. |
| artists and photographers love to capture its | | | | |