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Friday, January 11, 2013

Death tattoos - various elements which can occur in a Grim Reaper tattoo - weapons

The most common elements in the Death tattoos are, without any doubt, the weapons (for the obvious reason that they are used for killing people).
The scythe is, by far, the most popular choice when it comes to a Grim Reaper tattoo. The scythe can symbolize the cutting of negative energies or influences. Also, as a harvesting tool, it can symbolize hope and prosperity. It can represent the moment of death, when a scythe is said to cut a silver thread. The scythe has a long handle, indicating that it can reach anywhere.

Death tattoo: Death carrying a little baby
Death tattoo: Death is portrayed as a young woman holding a scythe

skeleton tattoo design / Death tattoo / tribal tattoo
Death tattoo: a skeleton praying to Death. If you like this tattoo design you can find it in a larger format on my web site, www.seiza.ro

However, when the Death is portrayed as the Death Angel, the scythe is usually (but not necessarily) replaced by a sword. The sword can be a short, simple, sword (similar to the roman Gladius) or a highly-decorated sword.

Death tattoo covering the shoulder and the upper arm: Grim Reaper portrayed as a winged skeleton
Angel of Death tattoo: the Angel of Death is holding a highly decorated sword

Without being very popular, many other medieval weapons can be seen in the Death tattoos: spears, lances and javelins (these weapons can be seen in the Angel of Death tattoos or in the tattoos which depict Death as a medieval knight), knives and daggers (very common in the Skulls tattoo designs), bows and arrows, etc.

unusual Death tattoo design: Grim Reaper portrayed as an archer / bowman
Grim Reaper portrayed as an archer / bowman

Increasingly popular are the fire-guns: usually handguns - derringers, old-fashioned revolvers (very common in the Mexican Mafia tattoos and in the Skulls tattoos), semi-automatic pistols and machine pistols (very common in the gang / prison tattoos) but also various long guns (like shotguns or sniper rifles).

gangsta tattoo: Grim Reaper pointing an old-fashioned revolver
Gangsta tattoo: Grim Reaper pointing a revolver. This tattoo was drawn by Peter Coinin Jr., a tattoo artist who works at the Beauty Mark Tattoo, 3356 East Main Street Waterbury, Connecticut. If you like this tattoo and you want to buy it you can send an email at this mail-address: beautymarktattoo@yahoo.com or you can visit their web-page

skull and guns tattoo covering a men's chest
a very popular combination: guns, roses and a skull

Death tattoo: a skull, two pistols and several gunshot wounds
skull tattoo covering a man's chest: a skull and two crossing revolvers surrounded by several gunshot wounds

Death tattoo: Angel of Death portrayed as a sniper
a vision modern of the Angel of Death: Angel of Death portrayed as a sniper

Death tattoo: Grim Reaper portrayed as a sniper
a vision modern of the Grim Reaper: Grim Reaper portrayed as a sniper

a very popular tattoo theme: skulls and guns
a very popular tattoo theme: skulls and guns

gangsta-style Death tattoo: Grim Reaper holding a semi-automatic pistol
gangsta tattoo design: a skeleton holding a modern semi-automatic pistol

Related posts:
Death tattoo - various elements which can occur in a Death tattoo
Death tattoos: the main depictions of the Grim Reaper
Death Tattoos / Grim Reaper Tattoos: themes and meanings
Death tattoo - various elements which can occur in a Death tattoo - animals

4 comments:

  1. I like the grim reaper pointing a revolver. accept, more like with two pistols and a tilted cowboy hat.

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    1. This tattoo was drawn by Peter Coinin Jr.. If you like the tattoo and you want to contact the artist who drew it, you can visit his web-site, The Beauty Mark Tattoo.

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  2. the grim reaper with the revolver is done by Peter Coinin @ The Beauty Mark Tattoo 3356 East Main Street Waterbury, Connecticut. The artwork is original and it would be nice if the owner of this site could give him the credit for it. You should do the same for the rest of the images on here, if they are not yours, you should give the original artist credit.

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    1. Thank you for your help.

      As you can see, I've changed both the image's description and the image's link in order to give credit to the artist who drew the tattoo. I'd like to do the same with all the images, but unfortunately most of the time I don't know anything about the artists who created them.

      I'll also send a mail to Mr. Peter Coinin and I'll ask him for the permission to keep the image on my blog.

      Have a nice day!

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