Ideas for The Coordinate Tattoo

A coordinate tattoo is very individual and can be personalized as well. We present ideas and tips.

Tattoos and their stories

The reputation of body art like tattoos or piercings has changed a lot over the years, if they were long signs for e.g. protest and otherness to the norm, today they serve mainly as expression of the own personality. Nevertheless, certain trend motifs keep cropping up, such as the barbed wire fence around the upper arm, the anchor on the foot or the well-known tramp stamp.

The coordinate tattoo is also very popular. Who attaches importance to individual tattoos, is surely better advised with such a motive than with an anchor – or it is combined! A Coordinates-Tattoo tells a very personal story (of course others do that as well!), whether the birthplace of the wearer or his children, parents, grandparents or any other favorite person, but also personal milestones of formative journeys or other individual-valuable places in life.

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Creating a Coordinate Tattoo

You can create your desired coordinates yourself. The easiest way is via online tools, which spit out the coordinates in no time by entering an address! With these you can go to your trusted tattoo artist and have the coordinates engraved.

Finding the right body part

On which part of the body the good piece should be placed is as individual as the coordinates themselves. Popular places are:

• Neck
• Upper back
• Upper arm
• Breast
• Ribs
• Foot

Most areas can be well hidden, should this be necessary for the job, for example.

If you like it more conspicuous, get a tattoo in the neck area or on the forearm.

Combining Coordinate Tattoo

The Coordinate Tattoo is minimalistic and quite discreet. That can be changed! The letters for the cardinal points can be highlighted or a part of the combination can be placed in a decorated box. An extension is of course also possible, so the motif is often combined with an anchor, ship’s steering wheel, with arrows or a mountain landscape.