Most people have a keen interest in anything that is both fashionable to peers and objectionable to other people, many teens for instance, have a favorable view of Body Piercing Art and Tattoos. Some people engage in these activities to represent solidarity with an alternative lifestyle or attitude; others do so to express a sense of personal uniqueness. There are a lot very interesting tattoo design and symbol trends. Here are the top 10 tattoo designs.

1. Swallow Tattoos - The top of the charts this month after flirting with the Top Ten for several months. A tattoo design that crosses several tattoo genres, Nautical, Old School and New School Tattoos and one that is popular with both men and women.

2. Tribal / Maori Tattoos - Down just a spot from last month. Tribal tattoo designs, especially Maori and Polynesian designs, continue to be all the rage. The term "tribal" of course covers an astonishing array of tattoo design possibilities, from the traditional tribal tattoos of indigenous and aboriginal cultures, to the latest in graphic design for the body.

3. Nautical tattoos - are tattoos derived from the very roots and history of modern tattooing. Sailors were among the first to revive the art and practice of tattooing when they visited the islands of Polynesia in the South Pacific and other lands in Southeast Asia.

4. Lotus Flower - This tattoo design is as symbolically important in the East as the Rose is in the West. In fact, the Lotus and the Rose are the two most powerful of all the flower symbols. The lotus figures prominently in the Creation Myths of Indian and China, and Buddha is said to have risen at the center of a Lotus Blossom. The Water Lily plays a similar role in Egyptian culture as the Lotus does in Asian cultures.

5. Cherry Blossom - In Japan, cherry blossoms (sakura) are a metaphor for life. A brief, brilliant blooming, followed by the inevitable fall.Cherry blossom is a symbol of female beauty and sexuality.

5. Friendship - Up a spot from last month. A tattoo symbol for family or friendship can be anything that ties a pair or group of friends together, a shared symbol that carries meaning for all of the individuals involved, from best friends to team mates to members of a military service unit.

6. Crown Tattoos - As a symbol, the crown also symbolizes leadership, and the rightful authority which comes from being elected by a group to serve as their leader.

6. Anchor Tattoos - The Anchor tattoo is a design that has been a fixture of modern western tattooing for the better part of two centuries, and has even more ancient symbolic roots going back several millennia. The anchor is a favorite of individuals who are associated with marine or naval careers, and is closely identified with sailors all over the world. Many young sailors got an anchor tattoo after their first crossing of the Atlantic.

7. Angels - These ever-popular symbols of faith have long remained part of the top ten tattoo design searches.Angels are often used to evoke protection as potent symbols of God's presence and as an expression of one's faith.

8. Dove Tattoo Designs - A ongoing popular tattoo design, one with both religious significance and an enduring symbol of peace. This month the popularity of the dove was undoubtedly helped by the stunning Jessica Biel, the lovely actress who graced the cover of GQ magazine this month, clad only in her bikini and her dove tattooed, fetchingly inked just above her panty line...

9. Zodiac - searches for Zodiac symbols encompasses both the West and the East, with people searching for Zodiac symbols that represent both the classic Greek myths and the Chinese Zodiac, and even searches for Zodiac signs rendered in Japanese Kanji.

10. Kanji Symbol Tattoos - Covers an entire genre of tattoo designs, but Japanese kanji account for a large percentage of tattoo design searches. Kanji is one of the three common Japanese alphabets (the other two are Katakana and Hiragana). Kanji is a set of ideographic symbols (symbols that represent ideas) developed in China, and is extremely difficult to learn. This is mostly because there are well over a thousand Kanji symbols in everyday use in Japan, plus around another thousand that are used more occasionally! Not only this but the context they are used in can change the pronunciation of each symbol quite considerably.

There are many different tattoo designs around, and for every design you can think of there are probably many different forms of that particular design. We see this with dragon tattoos, people don’t just have a dragon tattoo, they want the dragon tattooed in a particular way and each way has a different symbolic meaning. I'll be listing some sites that have different tattoo designs whenever I have the time.

This is one of the most popular ones.

Chopper Tattoo

Here are some others that I found.

This eBook Hhas thousands of tattoo designs
Tattoo Me Now

This one is really good also
Tattoo My Brain