2. Photorealism Family Symbol Designs

This tattoo conveys the same emotions of love, strength, and compassion that watching social media videos of servicemen returning to their families after being away at war do. It really is almost a snapshot transferred on to skin,and is brilliant work by the tattoo artist.

This is a great sleeve tattoo idea in three parts. The top piece is a mirror to the photograph of his child, while the Disney style castle symbolizes children and helps tie the top tattoo in with the father and child in play on its’ steps at the bottom. It is beautiful art. The tattoo artist has emphasized shading to communicate depth and transition across the piece.

The awesome use of film to convey a photographic/storytelling element is unique. The tattoo itself is top-quality portraiture, but the borders of film call to a home movie, or family camera. It’s exquisitely executed.

3. Hands and Feet Family Tattoos

This a good take on a realistic style of tattoo. The shading is well developed, with the grayscale in particularly flowing nicely through the detail of the hands, where it’s support by fantastic use of flat black in the creases and crevices. The simply drawn font sums up the message of this tattoo idea with little fuss.

This small tattoo amplifies the traditional D.O.B tattoo by adding well done depictions of the kids’ feet under their D.O.B, with time of birth noted below them.

Another tattoo that cleverly uses theming – this time of each persons’ hands – to create the notion of family. The baby’s hand is folded in the mothers’ hand, and clasped by the father, and drawn with great eye for detail. The deftly drawn pocket clock is set, presumably, to the baby’s time of birth.

This piece is similar (to the previous captain) although here the baby is gripping her fathers’ finger with one beautiful tiny hind. The baby’s name, Valeria, is drawn in Chicano style script.