Tribal Lion

• Tribal tattoo designs use monochrome lines and curves that call to mind the artistic forms used by the peoples and tribes that stretch into prehistory. When designing your Leo tattoo, you can opt to use tribal motifs. These can include a clear lion's head over a series of spear-like lines and curves that represent the lion's body, or styling the lion in a serpentine fashion. This would involve a clear lion's face but a thin and sinuous line for its body.
  
  

Full Frontal Lion Face

• The head of a lion is incredibly distinctive within the animal kingdom. While many animals look alike and could be confused with one another when put into tattoo form, the lion's face surrounded by that mane is unmistakable. Consequently, your entire Leo tattoo could be just a lion's head and face. You could have the face in a number of expressions, such as a mask of calm serenity or the lion in mid-roar.
  
  

The Leo Symbol

• If you are an astrology adherent then you know that each zodiac is a constellation, a group of starts that resembles some animal or thing. Leo is named because it resembles a lion with a mane, a symbol that looks like a circle with a tail that arches behind it. This symbol itself makes a fine tattoo if you would prefer your body art not to include literal depictions of animals.
  
  

Variations on a Symbol

• Using the symbol for Leo, you can create a number of hybrid designs for Leo tattoos. These include your preferred style of lion's paw print with the Leo symbol either immediately below it or inside the paw itself; surrounding the symbol with a mane; or creating your own tribal design around the symbol. You can also combine the symbol and the animal it stands for, either with the symbol immediately below the animal or on the animal itself.