Girl tattoos are considered in depth with lots of thought going into her design, often for weeks, sometimes for months. Men tattoos tend to represent the today and are often chosen on the day. The decision could be to represent a point in his life such as becoming a dad or it could be to represent an achievement such as surving combat or winning a sports event.

Have you ever watched a dragonfly dance around a pond? They have speed, agility, stamina and beauty. Try shooing it away from your picnic and you will also find they are stubborn little critters who won't be put off their activities and have a persistence to them that can only be admired. Girls with many of these charactaristics will be drawn to dragonfly tattoos.

From the caterpiller comes the beauty of the butterfly! A girl who feels she has matured would be drawn to a butterfly tattoo design. As would one with a free spirit who is happy and content with herself.

Its not only the design choice that can represent a girls character. The positioning is also important when it comes to girl tattoos. A day dreamer and romantic will often wear her tattoo on the shoulder.

Girl tattoos below the navel can mean an innocent and trusting quality while the lower back tattoo shows strong faith in her beliefs and convictions and is not one for being easily led a stray. The butterfly or other creature tattood to the breast shows a motherly instinct and of being at peace with nature and her life.

There are of course thousands of different girl tattoos and most will say something about the wearers personality. Even if she didn't know it at the time she will come to look back on the period of her life when she had it done and perhaps realize why she was drawn to that particular design.

If you know a girl well who has a tattoo, think about her personality and character and I bet the girls tattoo isn't far off the mark even if she doesn't know it!