A beautiful display of intricate artwork done in a simple single colored tattoo, here we have a sitting sparrow inked on the forearm, the bird is sitting on a dry tree with no leaves and the sun is shown in the background. This is suggesting a period of waiting before freedom, the bird symbolizes the hope of freedom which makes it a very meaningful sparrow tattoo design.
A highly detailed tattoo of a diving sparrow inked on the forearm of a guy, this tattoo shows a great level of detail and a fantastic shading effect. The artist has used a great shadowing technique to make the bird look realistic, he has managed to capture great amount details.
Sparrow tattoos for men was a popular tattoo among sailors, it is said that the sailors would get a sparrow tattooed on their chest every time they covered 5000 miles at sea. Here we see a tattoo made in a similar theme, the artist has inked two sparrows sitting on an anchor and singing.
Sparrow struck with arrows have a different meaning, it is said that the arrows stand for times in the past which have been painful. Here we have a tattoo of a sparrow stuck with an arrow and bleeding out, the artist has kept the tattoo really simple by using only bold colors and no shading effects.
Some artist have the talent to take a popular tattoo idea and make the same thing in a unique way, here we see a regular tattoo of a diving sparrow which has been made with just one color. The artist has used very basic techniques to create a minimal version of a mainstream tattoo idea.
An old school theme tattoo of a diving sparrow, people love to get these as they are believed to suggest that the person is looking for love. This one is a classic example of how an old school tattoo looks like, the artist has not used any shading technique and all the colors used are flat.
A magnificent twin chest tattoo of sparrows, the artist has made two separate tattoos of a sparrow on the upper chest of the person. One of these sparrows is holding an anchor which suggests that the person has been for from home for a long time and the other sparrow is holding a scroll in its beak which has a date inked on it.
This is truly different from the regular sparrow tattoos for guys, the artist has inked a flying sparrow and in the background there is a scene of a horizon with a ship and the sun in the background. It suggests that the person is a wanderer who is in search of love and is also a long way from home.
Sometimes people add simple things in the background that hold a deeper meaning, here we have a similar tattoo of a flying sparrow with clouds in the background. This may suggest that the person is going through a cloudy phase in life, a phase of uncertain hardships. This is a great concept for sparrow tattoos for men.
A brilliant three-way tattoo of a falling sparrow, the artist has inked the same tattoo twice on each leg and once on the forearm. When the person hold his forearm over his legs in a particular angle the three tattoo form one single artwork, the bird in the tattoo is shown to be dead and falling towards the ground.