Religious Tattoo Archive

Meaning of anchor tattoos
28 September, 2014Comments off
Perhaps anchors are one of the most famous and traditional symbols in the tattoo world. In fact, I think that whenever someone thinks about tattoos immediately imagines a proud sailor showing off his anchor tattoos in his biceps (and don’t forget the classic heart with “mom” written bellow, but that is a topic we may

Hands praying
28 November, 2013Comments off
A religious tattoo which shows a couple of hands holding a rosary while praying. By the details on the design we could tell that those are the hands of some old person, could be either a man or a woman. These hands could be of a loved-one, and the rosary is a clear symbol

Jesus Christ on hand
21 November, 2013Comments off
A religious tattoo that depicts a portrait of Jesus Christ on the hand. The combination is a little bit strange, a portrait must be hard to realize on a place like the hand. Thee portrait shows him in his classical representation, long hair falling down to the shoulders and also a long beard while a

Back tattoo by Anil Gupta
24 June, 2013Comments off
An interesting tattoo throughout the back, well, the right half of the back. There are several portraits that include, among others, an angel in armor, a virgin, and also Buddha and Ganesh. There’s also other character which I cannot recognize. All this work has been done by Anil Gupta.

Christ tattoo
8 June, 2013Comments off
The portrait of Jesus tattooed on the shoulder of a young woman. A great religious figure undoubtedly. We see the figure of Christ wearing the crown of thorns, therefore we can assume that is an image inspired by The Station of the Cross.