Elephant safari tattoo

Tattoos are a long-term investment, so it’s only logical to use good tattoo ideas and designs. With so many of them floating around on the internet, one branch, or category, has gotten a lot of attention from tattoo artists — animal tattoos. There are plenty of reasons why people choose to make these tattoos over others and they might inspire your next tattoo project, if you are in the market for one.

When you think of a tattoo, you'll almost certainly imagine it made up of either black or colored inks. However, there some tattoo designs that contain nothing but a single white ink, and their delicate and subtle nature is becoming more and more popular.

Because animal tattoos are today's skin-ink favorite, we’re going to help you navigate through the jungle of ink ideas, bringing you the most beautiful lion tattoos the internet has ever seen. We’ve compiled a beautiful gallery with some amazing tattoos, explaining the meanings behind this popular tattoo choice!

Animals of Africa silhouette watercolor piece on girl's forearm. Tattoo by Koray Karagozler, an artist based in Antalya, Turkey.

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Elephant & Lion Cub by Ash Higham, an artist at Rapture Tattoo in Manchester, England.