Butterfly Eyes Tattoos

Butterfly Eyes Tattoos

Beautiful, exotic, hypnotic. All of these words can be used to describe butterfly eyes tattoos. Not sure if you've seen one before? Picture a beautiful butterfly, but replace the circles on its wings with human (or animal) eyes.

The style is far out, but not far fetched. The design is drawn from nature itself. Some butterflies have developed a particularly interesting defensive mechanism. The circles on their wings look like a large pair of eyes. This tends to confuse predators and scare them away before they have a chance to attack and eat the butterflies. The Peacock butterfly is a good example of the inspiration behind the tattoo design.

Putting Together a Great Design

One of the reasons normal butterfly tats are so popular is because you can take so much artistic license with wing shape and colors. Butterfly eyes tattoos give you even more room for creative expression. Your tat never needs to look like an actual butterfly, but can be something straight out of your imagination. All you need is the basic outline and you're in business.

For example, try this:

• Draw a basic butterfly outline on vellum paper, complete with an eye on the two largest wings. Don't worry, you don't need to be a terrific artist for this mission.
• Now, try laying your tracing over a variety of colorful images. Consider flowers, animals like tigers or tropical fish or even tie-dye material. Your practice tat will have a completely different look every time.
• If you find a look that really grabs you, take it to a professional tattoo artist who can turn it into a fully fleshed tattoo for you.

Tattoo Johnny's

If you haven't already heard of Tattoo Johnny's then you're in for a treat. This online tat shop sells flash art for just about anything you can imagine, and yes, they have some fantastic butterfly eye tats with over 20 pages of designs to choose from.

Here's a sampling of what's offered.

• Classic butterfly eyes: This is the most often seen type of design in this genre. Although the basic design is butterfly-shaped, the look reminds you more of a Mardi Gras mask.
• Side view: This style shows the butterfly in flight with only one eye visible. The design also includes some tiny stars for sparkle.
• Butterfly mask: This is similar to the classic style mentioned above in a slightly simplified design. This Johnny's offering includes the popular swallow tail motif.
• Sleeping eye: Another side view design, but the eye on this butterfly is closed.
• Scroll butterfly eye: A butterfly in flight is surrounded by elaborate scroll work. The design includes the signature eye.
• Non-traditional butterfly and eye: This design is different from the others mentioned in that the eyes are not part of the butterfly's wings. Rather, the tat features a sexy female eye, framed by a trail of vines and small butterflies.

At Johnny's, if you like what you see, you pay for it and download it to your computer. Each Johnny's tat comes with a line stencil and a full color image for reference. Print them out and take them to your tattoo artist who can modify the design even further to make it a custom tat.

Temporary Butterfly Eye Tats

Are you intrigued by butterfly eye tats, but still not quite convinced they're a bit too much for everyday wear? Then give one a try in the form of a temporary tattoo.

Just like the kiddie tats you can purchase from bubble gum machines across America, adult temporary tats are a simple wet and apply product. They're great fun to play around with, and you can experiment with wear you want your tat placed.

If you don't like your first choice location, no sweat. It will be gone in a week or so, or you can scrub it off if you're in a hurry. Then just apply another one anywhere else on your body you think it would look good. With temporary tats, the fun never has to end.

Dune

It's hard to beat the temporary tats sold at Dune. There selection of butterfly eyes tats includes:

• Tribal butterfly eyes
• Scroll butterfly eyes
• Feline butterfly eyes
• Divided butterfly eye wings
• Tribal tiger butterfly eyes

More Examples for Tattoo Inspiration

If you haven't quite found what you're looking for, perhaps these designs will set you on the right track:

• Tiger butterfly tattoo with eyes
• Butterfly eyes tank top
• butterfly eyes tattoo