If the image of a scaly, cold fish resting on your arm, hip, or calf seems unappealing, you haven't looked around at the many fish tattoo designs available today. Fish happen to be one of the most popular tattoo designs, but they aren't necessarily the gray, slimy things that you pull out of the lake on a camping trip. Tattoo designs that display imagery of fish are quite creative, romantic, decorative, and even beautiful in many instances.

There is an almost limitless selection of fish tattoo images floating around online tattoo galleries as well as sitting in the books at many local tattoo parlors. If you think this may be something you are interested in, keep two things in mind:

* You have to find a design that fits your personality and the intention of the tattoo.

* The placement of the tattoo is extremely important with this type of image.

Selecting the Design

Whenever you get a tattoo of any design, you have to select something that reflects your personality. Body art of this nature should show who you are and be something that you are proud to display to the world. It should never be something you have to hide or feel embarrassed of.

When it comes to tattoo designs, you can choose something that is girly with a brightly colored fish in an attractive position surrounded by colorful flowers, or something black and white with a more somber or serious feel to it. The designs out there today have a tremendous amount of variety, so never settle for a tattoo design that do not really speak to you on a personal level.

Some people take this advice to mean that you should be able to explain out loud to others exactly what your tattoo means and why you chose it. This isn't always the case. Sometimes a tattoo design will just jump out and grab your attention. Sometimes you just love to look at it and you can't really explain why.

That is okay, too! Just take the time to find something that really grabs you in a personal way.

Determining Placement

The shape of many fish tattoo images will limit the number of body placements where they will look right. This is true with any tattoo design, but it is particularly important with many fish tattoos. Fish can be portrayed in different ways, ranging from fat round blobs to long, skinny creatures full of beautiful scales. You can also find designs that are surrounded by a variety of different images, and many of them may have odd shapes.

When you combine these differing shapes with the shapes and available free skin for different body parts, you see how matching your fish tattoo designs to the correct body part can be difficult.

It may be difficult but, it is also essential!

When selecting placement, consider how the shape of the fish tattoo design is going to appear at that location, if the space is large or small enough to accommodate the design with clear details, and if the location is okay in terms of your ability to hide or cover it up as necessary.

If you are uncertain as to what type of tattoo designs may fit your body and your personal desires for this tattoo, look around online at fish tattoo galleries for inspiration.

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