To be honest, this is a pretty bold move that commands respect, right? The design and placement can hold certain meanings. It all comes down to the wearer of the tattoo. To find the true meaning of a teardrop tattoo, you have to talk to the person wearing it and hope they are honest with you. This design features a single small or medium-sized tattoo under one eye. The teardrop can be filled or clear. Another small-sized tattoo often accompanies it on the opposite eye, such as a cross or a sword.
Multi teardrop tattoos designs focus on the area around one eye. The teardrops can be arranged in a definite pattern or scattered across the area in focus.
The individual tear drops can be ink-filled or clear. Some teardrop tattoo designs feature a colored fill. Women typically favor these designs as a fashion statement. In some cases, the outer lines of the design feature a different color from the ink-fill.
The vast majority of teardrop tattoos come in black ink. If you are going for a daring or rebellious look, however, you can choose any ink-color of your choice for your tattoo design. Made famous by Johnny Depp's character in the movie Crybaby. It is a tattoo of a teardrop below one's eye on either side. Originally placed in prison to signify that the bearer was owned by a fellow prisoner. In prison terms "there bitch.
The tattoo is placed on the face to further humiliate the victim and mark them in a place where they could not cover the mark. Confusion about it's meaning has come from the victim's having to explain the tattoo when they get out of prison and have to explain it to family and loved one's. Because of its negative associations in mainstream culture, the tattoo has proven problematic for some. In a court case the defendant, a year- old boy, was found guilty of manslaughter and firearm offenses, prompting a year prison sentence.
Various services provide removal of the teardrop tattoo , among others, for former gang members and inmates. The teardrop tattoo , often under the right eye, may also signal sad sentiments more generally. This can include gang members commemorating a fallen friend or a spouse showing solidarity for a significant other in prison. However, this application is by no means limited to gang or prison culture. Johnny Depp wears a teardrop tattoo as a melancholy heartthrob in the film Cry-Baby for his ability to shed a single tear at will.
In the s, the late Amy Winehouse got a teardrop tattoo as did rapper Lil Wayne in to express personal distress or loss. Due to its associations with bad boys and sad boys, the teardrop tattoo is sometimes an object of admiration—or source of humor. Some days I just want to get a teardrop tattoo to look rebellious. The number can also appear separately as 14 or 88 on their own and they represent those involved with Nazis and white supremacists. The four outer dots represent the four walls of a prison while the inside dot is a prisoner locked inside them.
The swallow tattoo was traditionally a symbol that a sailor had returned home safely after a successful voyage.
Where "bird" comes from the cockney rhyming slang "bird lime" which means for "doing time". Those with the inking are referred to as "The Prince of Thieves" - a high gangland accolade.
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