Double exposure is a term that originates from photography. It’s a photography effect that uses two different exposures to create a single photo.
Once people realized this could be achieved in tattoos as well, a new trend began. These tattoos most commonly combine animals with natural elements such as flowers and landscapes. However, there are no boundaries and you can combine whatever two things you want to create a unique design.
Let me show you what some people have come up with so maybe it inspires you as well!
1. Double Exposure Wolf Tattoo
This tattoo combines the wolf depicted howling and the scary forest with a bright moon inside it. The vivid green color immediately draws your attention to the design.
2. Double Exposure Fox Tattoo
I love the colors in this design! They’re so bright and joyful. The design is beautiful and the flowers inside the fox are so pretty! It’s a very feminine and elegant tattoo.
3. Double Exposure Bear Tattoo
This might look like the design is not finished but it’s actually supposed to look like this. It’s just a mix of two different tattoo styles. It’s a creative and cool tattoo!
4. Double Exposure Bird Tattoo
Birds are commonly seen in this tattoo style. They carry a symbolic meaning because they’re associated with freedom. When they’re combined with another natural element, that creates a beautiful tattoo.
5. Double Exposure Dragon Tattoo
Dragons are a very powerful and bold choice for a tattoo. Here, half of the dragon is designed in a realistic style while the other half includes double exposure of a beautiful landscape.
6. Double Exposure Owl Tattoo
Sometimes double exposure doesn’t have to be so obvious. For example, in this tattoo, double exposure includes a color palette which is commonly found in owls so it looks like its actual feathers.
7. Double Exposure Leopard Tattoo
We all know leopards are powerful, brave, and protective. Therefore, they make a great tattoo that can be your daily reminder to embrace those traits.
8. Double Exposure Bee Tattoo
Inside this bee tattoo features a beautiful tree of life. It’s also cool when you think about how bees are so important that there wouldn’t be life without their existence. Everything is interconnected and that’s exactly what the tree of life symbolizes.
9. Double Exposure Fire Tattoo
This is a type of tattoo that brings you a warm feeling. A firepit, forest, and a beautiful cabin in the middle of it – all you need for peace and happiness.
10. Double Exposure Portrait Tattoo
As I said, double-exposure tattoos don’t always include a combination of animals and natural elements. Here, a beautiful portrait of a woman is combined with different flowers. Flowers are usually known to represent beauty and life.
11. Double Exposure Koi Fish Tattoo
This tattoo is done half in a regular tattoo style, while the other half features a double exposure style. Koi fish are a symbol of perseverance, strength, and good fortune.
12. Double Exposure Geometric Tattoo
Geometric tattoos are quite popular and it’s fun to play around with their designs. Since geometric tattoos symbolize the complexity of the universe but also its perfection, nature landscapes within geometric shapes are a creative idea.
13. Double Exposure Heart Tattoo
Heart tattoos can represent more things than just love. It can also symbolize grief, compassion, life, and more. So, combining it with flowers is what can make it even more meaningful.