The phenomenal interest in tribal tattoo designs has never stopped increasing. I know many tattooists would bite their lip if you told them this. You see, tribal tattoos are generally all black and when applying one to the skin it can be a very tedious process indeed. Thats the reason why a tattooist would tell you they hate them. But on the other hand they will probably tell you they love them because hey they are making alot of money from them. But anyways I personally love tribal designs, I think because they just have an awesome appeal about them. They are very striking and look almost sinister but not, if you know what I mean. I mean sinister as in a cool rebel kind of way. Its also interesting to see that tribal armbands has really took off and also tribal lower back designs. Both sported by male and females but the majority of lower back tattoos are sported by females and armbands are mostly worn by guys. Over the years the tribal tattoos are now being done in color and with some shading involved. Although some of these tattoos look cool even if the extra detail has been added just so the tattoo guy can get more pleasure out of doing them. I will always stand by the traditional spikey all black tribal tattoo.