Overall a great piece signifying that death is coming for us all one day, a notion that nobody can escape and that death is a part of life, and this art work will be with wearer until they too meet the reaper.Ī cool reaper tattoo in bold black and blood red with great shadowing and lovely highlights across the top of the cloak and on to the impressively long scythe. This grim reaper tattoo is lined with perfection and shaded impeccably bringing it out of flesh canvas clearly and in flashy style. This traditional style tattoo depicting the grim reaper is bold and beautiful featuring death cloaked in black with perfect bright highlighting and great saturated red accents on the inner lining of the robe and the eye sockets of the skull. The concept of this particular tattoo is an awesome, bold and haunting representation of the grim reaper who, in some mythologies, actually causes the death of those it come for, and perhaps all the souls in this piece represent those who have tried to hold onto life by avoiding Death’s visit, or those who have tried to bribe or bargain with death. One might be that the artist and subject wanted there to be less attention drawn to the terror of the reaper and more paid to the details of the piece.Some grim reaper tattoos are made up of souls in the form of twisted faces that make up the cloak and body of the reaper, as well as faces and partial skeletons acting as a gorgeous, blue, macabre background for this warrior of death. Could it be that this cloak (and tattoo as a whole) were shaded a bit lighter as a way of making the reaper less frightening? This could be so, although other reasons seem more likely. This reaper is also wearing a cloak as the others did, although it does not appear to be nearly as dark as those before it. As the previous reapers seen here have displayed, this one also appears to have the signature scythe, one of his symbols of death. It is here that the artists’ technical abilities shine brightly as the agent of death is given a strongly-applied, menacing facial structure.įrom its seemingly-hollow eyes to the realistic structure of its mouth, this reaper tattoo was done with great precision. This is particularly true with the reaper’s face. Each and every line appears to be right on target in terms of definition and description. This reaper tattoo is extremely well done. You’ll find cool designs featuring the Reaper on his pale horse to menacing scythes and skulls. Go ahead and discover the mystery with these top 63 best grim reaper tattoos for men. Or in other words, time is running out as the sand slowly reaches the bottom. If you think about it, it represents the idea that our days alive are numbered.

In most of the popular designs you may also notice an hourglass clutched in the Reapers’ hands. Plus, just as crops harvested so are the souls as they make their way into the afterlife. When you consider that it was a tool for cutting grain and grass, it serves as an eerily reminder of yet another year of death. Not to mention, the scythe, though some tales claim he originally carried a crossbow or spear. Since then, many legends and myths have claimed different meanings but for the most part, all are revolve around death.įor instance, there’s Reapers’ black cloak, a color that has long symbolized the morning and death. However, this personification of death didn’t appear to the world until 1947 in England. With a black cloak covering his skeleton figure and a scythe in hand, it’s easy to frightened by the grim reapers’ presence. All men who face him may have different souls, yet there is only one fate they will face. When it comes to collecting the debt of the living, the grim reaper cannot be reasoned with.

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