Peacock tattoos are both beautiful and highly symbolic. The peacock has been used in art around the world for centuries as a symbol of wealth, beauty, royalty and spirituality and has become a popular tattoo design for the same reasons. Peacock tattoos can be of the entire bird with full plumage, or simply an artistic, elegant design of just one tail feather. The resemblance of the peacock’s tail feathers to human eyes means that often the peacock feather is used in tattoo art in place of eyes in portrait tattoos or as part of a surrealist tattoo design to represent human foresight, spirituality and even remembrance.
You can learn more about bird tattoos in Beautiful Bird Tattoos give Wings to Skin or read up on the meaning of peacock tattoos in Peacock Bird Tattoos display Color and Beauty.
This amazing peacock tattoo across the hip and leg can be hidden under clothing and revealed only to an intimate loved one. [source]
A peacock feather, Celtic knot and dreamcatcher make a spiritual tattoo design on this girls side. [source]
This full back tattoo combines the Asian peacock bird with elemental designs in an Asian style. [source]
A boldly outlined style gives this colorful peacock tattoo a crisp, neat appeal. [source]
This new school peacock tattoo has a modern, playful feeling about it. [source]
Beauty and new beginnings are symbolized in this cherry blossom and peacock tattoo. [source]
An abstract tattoo design of a peacock creates a new way of looking at this beautiful bird. [source]
This peacock tattoo design uses human eyes to emphasize the way that peacock feathers resemble eyes. [source]
