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What makes cool tattoos cool? Mostly attitude: bared fangs, a roar you can almost hear, a snake coiled to strike. This is the fierce end of the shop, as cool temporary tattoos printed in jagua ink that develops in the skin to blue-black.
Fangs, claws and legends
- Big cats: roaring and prowling tigers (more in tiger tattoos), a lion and a leopard in ink wash.
- Wolves and foxes in ink wash, plus tribal wolf heads.
- Snakes: a viper along a half sleeve, a cobra among roses, fanged heads.
- Legends from Asia: dragon heads, oni masks, a guardian lion. The wider range sits in Japanese tattoos.
- Outliers: a sketched shark, a diving eagle, a scorpion in solid silhouette, a stitched-up bunny with a mean streak.
The mood is badass rather than spooky. Night and gothic themes belong to dark tattoos.
Test the big piece first
Cool tattoos tend to run large, and that's where a temporary version earns its keep. Planning a permanent half sleeve? Wear a temporary one for a week or two and see if you still love it. Big pieces suit the forearm, calf, thigh or shoulder blade, where the whole design has room.
Two minutes to apply, no needles. It looks faint at first, then the blue-black builds over 24 to 36 hours, so apply it a day or two before the big night. For 8 hours, keep water and friction away. After that it shrugs off showers and sweat, and wears for one to two weeks, less on the hands. The ink is vegan and free of PPD.
Your animal, your size
A totem animal of your own, or a half sleeve planned down to the inch? That's what the custom temporary tattoo is for: from 3 copies, made in 3 to 4 weeks, with the visual approved before printing. Standard formats go up to L; a design too large for L can be printed to exact dimensions.
The style question
What is the coolest tattoo style?
No single style wins: cool tattoos get their edge from attitude, and several styles carry it. Here you get soft-edged ink wash, crisp line work and solid fills in a blackwork spirit, tribal shapes and a few sketches, all in blue-black.
