Tattoos are more than just artwork, as the following selection shows.
Behind each of these tattoos there is a story. A tribute that someone wants to immortalize in ink. An experience, a feeling... The symbolism varies from one person to the other.
Here are 20 photos of particularly touching tattoos.
1. Unconditional love

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2. Because his fiancé is the sunshine of his life

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3. BFFs

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4. For their baby, who passed away

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5. For her dearly departed mom

© OneUpper87 / Imgur
6. The sound recording of their grandma's last voicemail

© RealTomorrow / Imgur
7. Stunningly accurate

© Jbomb19 / Imgur
8. They'd been planning to have this done for a long time

© oksana zhukova / facebook
9. Uniting in the battle against breast cancer

© metalshiflet / Imgur
10. The other half of the ticket is on her husband's arm

© daria loboda / facebook
11. A scar and a bad memory covered up

© Lena Cherniak / Facebook, © Lena Cherniak / Facebook
12. To show that she's deaf in one ear

© raingoose / Imgur
13. Sun and moon unite for life

© lizamarinhoff / facebook
14. A flag that represents their bi-national heritage

© GTATurbo / Reddit
15. One bad tattoo transformed into a stunning one of her pooch

© stlkersally / Reddit
16. To represent the late arrival of her baby girl

© heyh0letsg0 / Imgur
17. To honor 10 years' of friendship

© jordanah / Reddit
18. Just before they left to work in different countries

© goom999 / Reddit
19. Her cat's delighted with the result

© yesBilla**** / Imgur
20. When you cover up a tattoo you got done with your ex

© hotcheeto15 / Reddit, © hotcheeto15 / Reddit