The silhouette

The silhouette is an excellent black tattoo option for anyone who wants to get a design without a lot of detail. There are some designs that simply look better in their real colors, but the silhouette allows you to keep the meanings that come with that image while also having a unique looking tattoo. You can get silhouettes of people, animals, plants, symbols, or just about anything else you can think of. Even large silhouette tattoos can look fantastic if you work with an artist who has done a lot of detailed black tattoos in the past.

The black sleeve

The black sleeve is for anyone who greatly prefers the look of black ink over color. You might think of a black sleeve as being just black ink covering the skin, but it can be so much more than that. You can mix in just about any type of design into your black sleeve, including flowers, animals, and even people. Some folks will even get their arms covered in black ink and the designs are actually made from the parts that don’t have black ink on them. Once again, the meanings will come from the images that you use rather than the black ink itself.

The cover-up

No matter how hard people try to get tattoos that they will love forever, there are many cases where they end up fully regretting the designs they chose to get. This is where the cover-up tattoo comes into play. It’s pretty rare that you will have to completely black out your own tattoo; instead, you can use black ink to cover up the old design and create a new one. This takes a special skill, though, so look around for tattoo artists in your area who specialize in turning old tattoo designs into fantastic new black tattoos.