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Japanese sleeve tattoos with its rich and intricate details combined with bright colors are extremely popular among tat enthusiasts. It's becoming a mainstream and are not only getting attention from the males but with females as well. Being very exquisite and decorative, tattooing this theme can take a lot of time, even multiple session thus it can be expensive.

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However, the idea of sporting an aesthetically pleasing tattoo art on your arm can be really rewarding making it so much worth in the end.

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When contemplating on getting Japanese sleeve tattoos, you have two options to choose from - half sleeve or full sleeve designs. Half sleeve tattoos start from the upper arm and end near the elbows while full sleeve covers the entire arm.

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Normally, a full sleeve is a product of something that started out as just a half-sleeve body art and then is extended later on with complimentary designs to make it a full sleeve ink. The arm is the body part involved in this process and it is such a great canvas to work on because its shape makes way for artistic flow of various tattoo arts.

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The sleeve tattoos are increasingly gaining fame among men nowadays and is perhaps because of the escalating number of personalities obtaining this kind of body art. A sleeve tattoo can be depicted as a body image that envelops around the upper portion of the arm, coming from the shoulder directing to the elbow. One of the most popular sleeve tattoos are the Japanese tattoo designs. Japanese are notorious for their symbolic meanings and detailed designs. Not only that, they are also remarkably attractive. They make a brilliant option in terms of full sleeve body ink.

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The koi fish are perhaps one of the most preferred and greatly symbolic of the entire Japanese body ink designs. In the mythology of Japan, it stated that the koi fish swim a legendary stream searching for enlightenment. As they fight and endure to swim the stream up, they discovered lessons from other species and they finally reach the top of the stream and become progressive and transformed into a dragon. Hence, as a tattoo design, they normally symbolize the merits of power, strength and struggling against hardship and affliction. Also, they are perceived as a symbol of good fortune. Almost all the temples of Japan, from the past years up to the present include a koi pond facing them. They are perceived to be dominant and strong but at the same time, greatly reflective and nonviolent.

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Another exceptional Japanese tattoo designs for the sleeve is the cherry blossom. This flower in one f the common symbols among the customary art tattoos of Japan. As a matter of fact, the art and symbolism of this flower does not just serve as a body art design but it also boosts a deep importance in the consciousness of the Japanese. The attraction with Cherry blossom started during the ancient times. They believed that the life of a person is short and constantly changing thus the time on this world must be maximized and with the maximum amount of honor and beauty. The life's impermanence is seen through the cherry blossom, making them a remarkable tattoo image for sleeve tattoos.

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Japanese Sleeve Tattoos come in different forms and designs depending on one's personality and what he wants to be represented by. Because of the popularity of tattoos, people who want to get one now are more particular in the originality and uniqueness of their designs. There are hundreds of possible tattoo designs to choose from. But since Japan has been in the tattoo business for a very long time, they have developed designs that people have shown more interest in, nowadays, than any other. Japanese sleeve tattoos is what they are called.

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Examples these sleeve tattoos are koi fish tattoos, dragons, samurai and hannya masks. Koi fish designs are very popular because of it represent power and strength and they form an illusion of a swimming fish when tattooed on the arm.

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Dragon designs are also very popular, next to koi fish designs, because of the masculinity it creates for men who have them. They are either red or black. This design is also a symbol of power and strength as this mythical creature can breathe out fire and is just ready to kill and take an enemy down when needed.

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The samurai is a symbol of heroism and great courage. This is one of the reasons why it has become so popular among all sleeve tattoos.

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Are you looking for a full or half sleeve tattoo design that is unique and different then a lot of the others you have seen out there already? You might want to consider a Japanese sleeve tattoo design. There are tons of great themes and designs that can easily be incorporated into a full sleeve, half sleeve or even a quarter sleeve.

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Japanese Koi Tattoo Designs

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The koi fish is one of the most sacred animals in Japan and used throughout Japanese visual arts and designs. The legend is that the koi fish is strong and swims upstream again the river and eventually turns into a dragon. So the koi fish is often used to symbolize strength, power and finding one's own path. Thus can make a great sleeve tattoo design. With a beautiful blue water background and the wonderful gold colors of the koi fish splashing in the water makes a very sticking tattoo design and one that is authentic Japanese style also.

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Japanese Dragon Tattoo

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Another very popular design hat is used in Japanese tattoo art is the dragon. The dragon is again a symbol for power and strength and because of the shape of a dragon's body being long and skinny it can easily be incorporated into a wonderful full sleeve tattoo design that twists around the arm with the head coming up at the top of the should area. This is also a very classic Japanese tattoo design and one that can work well as a sleeve tattoo.

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When you pick a Phoenix tattoo design online, you will want to make sure you are getting the quality stuff. Many individuals out there end up settling for generic artwork that they don't 100% like, though. This is because the internet is completely loaded with so much of the same bland art. Well, here is what you really need to know about that type of material, as well as how to locate the good ones.

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Here is what you must realize when finding a Phoenix tattoo design online these days...

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The main point has to do with what you are doing wrong when searching for a Phoenix tattoo design, even though you might not realize it. It's sad, but true. The tool I am talking about is search engines. A large majority of people use them to find just about everything online and for most things they work perfectly. You can continue to use them in any way you wish for most things. For tattoos, though, they are probably the worst thing you can utilize. This is because places like Google and Yahoo will just send you and your browser straight to the thousands upon thousands of cookie-cutter websites on the web.

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By "cookie-cutter" I mean generic designs that have no real originality or flavor and are mostly over a half a decade old. All they do is grab designs for other generic websites and transfer them right over to their server for the picking. This also means that the designs at these websites are already plastered on hundreds of other sites. Who knows how many people might have that Phoenix tattoo design inked on their body? The artwork there is six or seven years old and has been seen by millions of people over the years, so a hundred or so people picking that particular Phoenix tattoo design is not a far fetch. Like I said before, this usually leads individuals to regret their decision after that get the work done.

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Plus, it was probably not even designed to be implemented as tattoos in the first place...

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