Heart tattoo on chestSource).
In these days when the love undoes the raw snows of winter and in which everyone is a little more caramel and eager to show appreciation for your booths, your cat or that neighbor in the room who does weights without a shirt, it doesn't hurt that we think about show our feelings in the most visible and permanent way possible. Yes, we talk about heart tattoos.
And although personally I would never recommend tattooing you the name of that person whom you adore today but who may be part of the past tomorrow, one of the ways to thorny question whose is it Fulgencio and why do you have his name tattooed on your chest? " elegantly is to opt for a more abstract design, but equally romantic.
An ancient symbol
A double heart framed by two birds.
El design par excellence of heart tattoos is pure simplicity. Few symbols are so clear and universal. But have you ever wondered where does it come from this design?
Its use began in the XNUMXth century BC, as a symbol of the sylph, a plant that was possibly used as a contraceptive. For a time, the heart shape that we know was also used as the graphic expression of the foliage and the tree leaves. The geometric shape of heart that we know today is inspired by the symbol of this plant, although there is another theory, that its inspiration comes in the form of ... a rear!
A crimson anatomical heart (Source).
Be that as it may, and although, at first glance, contraceptives and butts do not seem very Romantic, during the sixteenth century the form of heart definitely adopted his metaphorical meaning (represent love and emotions) and it was made tremendously popular in Europe. The geometric form with which the heart was also represented evolved. For example, at the beginning the “dent”At the top was not as pronounced.
The heart today
The shape of the heart has survived to this day almost no modifications, although it has extended its meaning to other areas: for example, hearts have been used since the XNUMXth century in card games.
Combining the classic heart shape with other elements looks great (Source).
Closer to our day is the use of the heart to show the health in video games or to show the healthy food in the restaurants.
Classic heart tattoos, simple but very beautiful
But let's get to the nitty-gritty. Behind all that symbology, it is no wonder that heart tattoos are one of the most popular tattoo designs. Its form extremely simple and classic make it a very versatile design, especially appreciated in Small pieces.
Heart tattoos are very versatile and take very small sizes.
In addition, it allows you to design almost anything. Thus, we can opt for classic designs in black and white very elegant and simple or something else special and personal. We can combine it with something that we especially like, like a book, the PlayStation ...
A simple but very cool heartSource).
Its combination with colors is also the widest: depending on the color that we choose the heart will have one meaning or another. For example, a yellow heart denotes honesty, the purple something difficult to achieve ...
Anatomical hearts, anatomically well represented love
Maybe because the classic heart design that we all know is already widely seen, a few years ago a different trend to demonstrate the same feeling of appreciation or love. The anatomically perfect hearts!
Armed with his aorta and its shape, so peculiar, the anatomical hearts are a tattoo quite hipster, which is customary to combine with geometric elements and intense colors.
Very personal heart tattoo (Source).
And we can consider that "intense" is the adjective that best suits this heart to which it only needs to beat to be perfect. its intensity of colors and shape ask for a large design and in visible places, combined with red and purple colors.
As you can see, one of the most interesting and ancient geometric shapes has given rise to two types of tattoos very different at heart, but what express the same. Which of the two do you prefer to show your love?