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An agricultural tattoo respects the farmer and the old, sacred skill that frequently means the difference between life and death.
There are a variety of tattoo styles and subjects available, whether you want to honor the farmers in your life or declare that you are a member of the agricultural elite.
The genuine query is, “What about farming appeals to you?” Tried and true machinery, including the instantly recognizable John Deer tractor and the numerous harvests, are just the beginning. What facets of farming and agriculture mirror facets of you that are similar?
Your tattoo should evoke a similar sentiment: every woman’s trade and sources of pride are particular to him. A farming tattoo shows the world that you appreciate hard work and sharing what you sow with the world, whether it’s wheat grains billowing across your shoulders or a big grain silo rising along your bicep.
A farm tattoo might mean one of two things, depending on whatever angle you view it from. Hard labor, the need to advance, rebirth, and effort are some of the things it might be associated with.
Still, it can also be associated with serenity, peace, love for others, and compassion for other species.
Farm design idea inspiration:
Most popular themes for women: – Tractors
– Vegtables and crops
– Sunsets over gardens and fields
– Goats
– Cows
– Chickens
– Horses
– Sheep
– Rams
– Pigs
– Alpacas and Llamas
– Farmhouses
– Barns
– Fences
– Mason jars
– Flowers
– Overalls
– Farm trucks
– Cowbells
– Scarecrows
– Silos
– Windmills
– Hay and straw bales
– Livestock tracks
– Donkey
– Emu
– Quail
– Rabbit
– Goose
– Duck
– Turkey
– Ostrich
– Cattle
– Bison
– Dogs (Great Pyrenees)
This adorable sheep has a lot of character of in its face. She will be super fun to showcase on your shoulder. Done is a simple black line, her lack of color makes her quite the queen to behold. Show off your love of farm animals in your tattoo collection.
Raspberries are a favorite fruit of many people. A cute pop of bright color against your skin will make you smile. Berries are a delicate fruit that need special handling. Each berry has to be picked individually so your tattoo design can bring a nice portrayal of this fragile fruit individuality.
Farm animals all have their own personalities. Though there are less of us that work with them and actually see their individualism, this women’s farm tattoo design idea shows them more like cartoon animals living a happy life. Smaller farms have animals like this, no kidding. I was a ranch kid so I always had special bonds with my horses, goats, chickens, and especially ducks.
Chickens have become such a popular farm animal that they have been brought back into city life for their daily fresh eggs, love of care for animals, and their simple small size to be kept in tighter quarters. Chickens are pure magic if you care to try out an actual real chicken in your backyard, though she won’t come equipped with hearts on her feathers, she will make your heart 2 sizes bigger.
Farm life is not easy. This scene of the north and south winds blowing fiercely from above, pay tribute to the amount the weather affects farming. You might be an actual farmer or a farmer’s child if this imagery appeals to you because the general public often doesn’t realize just how hard farm life can be.
Calves and piglets are a routinely new spring animal baby that are loved and taken great care of each new farm season. Whether these animals live their full lives, or only partial to become part of our food cycle, great care and love are put into the work that grows these givers of life. Pay tribute to them with a sweet heart frame, they deserve it.
Farm life is also about plant life. Sunflowers are a huge crop as is wheat. Zinnias are often seen growing in beloved farm gardens for their beauty and ability to keep other pests away. This colorful large piece is exquisitely displayed on the back of the shoulder and meant to be worn with deep pride of farm life.
This inky black cow reminds me of the milk cows we had when I was younger. Most of them were so friendly you could just take them into the barn and they would happily coo and moo while we milked their bulging bags down to a comforting size again. A milk cow is like a gold bar on a farm, she gives so much milk, and it keeps the farm going.
Typically we see roosters with combs. While this one doesn’t have one, there might be some roosters with minimal combs. He does have a beautiful fountain of feathers. I do recommend finding a tattoo artist that is familiar with farm animals so their specific beauty can be portrayed to a satisfactory standard.
This large women’s tattoo design idea demonstrates most of the characters often found in farm life. From the humans that care for them, down to the cats and dogs that assist them from catching mice to keeping predators away, there is a huge work cycle on a farm. This sweet and colorful tattoo pays tribute to precious farm life.
Did you know that piglets are often raised on cow’s milk? When a farmer has extra milk, of more specifically dirty milk, the piglets often get that prize in their slop bucket. Milk fed pigs are supposed to be tastier. I can attest to that being that my own sister raises them. The runts often become a tiny piglet that gets carried around and even worn inside a pocket while the farmer works. It is hard to not become attached to your farm animals. Farmers have big hearts.
Here is a quintessential tiny farm scene that might be a popular dreamy image of a simple farm complete with a nice horse to ride. Whether your farm tattoo shows a dreamy fantasy of wanting to farm, or a scene of actual farm life, the options are endless when it comes to farm tattoos.
If you are an actual farmer, you might want to consider getting a sleeve like this. This is a gorgeous farm scene that portrays a farm and silo from the garden’s point of view. This reminds me of many of the farms around my area. Using simple blacks and greys can be just as effective as using a colorful palette, though both are great options.
Everything on a farm depends on the weather. The sun is one of the most important things for all of us, whether we are farming or not. Showcasing the solar power and paying a tribute to it in this simple graphic tattoo is a lovely idea. The image is modern yet also reminds us of old style drawings and perhaps ancient imagery before language was written down.
Farms rely on all sorts of critters. This little fellow with his hat, pipe and overalls is a sweet little tattoo. Designed with some humor and relating him to humans and farmers through his outfit, he is quite a comical character. Any animal can be inked up in this manner. Choose your favorite and dress the animal up for tattooing.
This sweet cow with doe eyes must be a Jersey. Jersey cows are so lovable and sweet that they quickly become a favorite on the farm. Displayed with a crown of flowers, she is ready to travel around on your upper arm. This is a nice way to remember an old favorite cow from your youth if you had access to farm life. Many of us farm kids have favorite old cows from our past. My favorite was named Friendly.
Muscovy ducks love to forage and eat mice. They will help you keep a farm tidy. A favorite duck and native to the Americas, Muscovy ducks are also fantastic at mothering. My mom has great memories of her old Muscovy ducks and talks about them often in her farm stories. Shown here on the forearm, they are depicted with potatoes which are another farm staple.
If you were a rodeo kid, an image of a cowgirl with a lasso rope on horseback might be the perfect image for you. Or maybe you are paying tribute to your mother or someone else with a lovely image like this. A piece of this size fits nicely on an upper thigh or as a back piece. Before rodeos, ranchers often wrangled cattle this way in the Old West.
There is nothing quite as sweet as a cow reaching out her face to you in the farmyard. She depends on the farmer to care for her on a daily basis, from the grain she might eat, to the sweet timothy hay. She also needs daily care if she is being milked. A cow is a great image for a farm tattoo and can be worn with pride on your arm or shoulder.
Awww the image of a Ball jar with a farm scene inside of it is really fun! My sister would love this image because she relies on Ball jars almost as much as she relies on her mini cattle herd. My sister raises milk cows and her customers pick up their raw and fresh milk on a daily basis. The milk is stored inside the precious and breakable Ball jar. This playful and important image can be showcased in fun colors on the forearm.
Farm life constitutes a family of many, including the family of animals. This is a sweet farm tattoo displaying several of the important, not to mention cute, animals on a standard farm. Framing the design out with farm garden flowers makes a large sweet medley and a playful tattoo. Lots of color adds to the happiest moments of farming, the best parts to highlight of farm life.
This is a lovely cow surrounded by flowers and butterflies. Her shading is sweetly finished and the look on her face is a gentle one, the memory I have of most cows that I grew up with. A good tattoo artist can put a lot into the design to make your favorite farm animal really glow with personality.
This is an interesting farm tattoo idea. It seems like the animals are a bit affected by the sun blazing over them, which does happen on a farm sometimes. This image is almost disturbing in a way but possibly meant to represent some humor as well. The lower leg becomes a nice template to display your favorite farm representation, no matter what the style!
This realistic looking carrot with its top is a well done farm tattoo. We typically don’t see what fresh carrot tops look like unless we live on a farm, have our own back garden, or buy from a local farm CSA. It is fun to put the entire carrot plant on display on your forearm to pay homage to a vegetable.
An arm sleeve can be assembled from a whole mix of different farm imagery. This arm is covered in cool little tattoos that can be finished over time as your spending allows. Plants, insects, even death through the cow skull image, and an all red ladybug make a playful way to cover an arm in many potential farm tattoos.
Trees can be a huge part of farm culture. You can think of many plants that are favorite farm orchards, or grape vines, down to strawberry plants along the ground. So many things represent farm life that your ideas can bloom over time as you remember your favorite farm imagery.
If you have a vintage photograph from one of your ancestors, that would make a really sweet farm tattoo. Look through old photo albums for a nice image to have tattooed. One of my own favorite farm images is a field full of hundreds of turkeys, waiting to be butchered of course. This girls’ tattoo is beautifully done along the length of the arm.
What is more iconic to farm imagery than a pair of favorite overalls? Worn along the upper arm, this is a playful image to sport with a white t-shirt and your own overalls. Done in a simple black outline, these are easy on the wallet as well given that the design is so simple.
This is a very colorful and fun alpaca tattoo. The back of the leg is a great place to display your farm tattoo, especially if you are a farmer that doesn’t mind wearing shorts. I know a lot of farmers that won’t wear short pants for safety and sun exposure reasons. Alpacas can have the best staring contests with their large eyes. They have quite the character and will be great fun on the farm or in a tattoo.
Berry season is a favorite on a lot of farms. Berries always need to be handled delicately and with care so as not to bruise or damage them. Each berry has to be picked one by one before being brought to the table or the counter to make preserves or syrups. These tattoos are beautifully drawn and pay a sweet homage to some of our favorite farm fruits.
I love the subtle coloring in this steer’s face. With the barn and sunrays behind, the gentle blue eyes, and the white and yellow of the flowers and leaves in the foreground, this is a really pleasing and sweetly framed image. The framing with flowers adds a real sense of pride and joy to the overall look of this farm tattoo.
This is a real gem of a farm tattoo design idea from the gorgeous sunset of colors, the old pickup truck that our grandad possibly drove, to the lush rose and vegetables framing the image below. The rich colors and image of the winding road add a lot of sensual memory to this tattoo. The highlights of white really enhance the colors a lot.
My older farming brother used to draw us images of cowboys all the time in stick figures. This is a funny and joyous ode to our days of old as farm kids. Tattooed over the ankle and complete with dandelions that have gone to seed, this girl’s design idea will be sure to bring back memories and smiles.
This girl’s arm is tattooed with multiple vegetables. The one we see the strongest in the image is an onion with a comical face. Using a little comedy with your farm tattoos lightens up the knowledge of how much hard work there is to be done on a farm. Farmers have got to have an essential sense of humor to get them through their days.
This is a cute doe eyed cow framed out with her jewel shapes and crescent moon. The color palette is non-traditional as far as most farming images go. The sparkles and geometric shapes around her add a sense of modernity and cartoon imagery to her face. This can inspire some more unusual and unique ideas for your next farm tattoo design.
Here we see something of lore and mystery with this two-headed spotted calf under a crescent moon. I have heard tales of things like this, but have only seen a cow that had an extra leg (just a short bit of extra extremity off the back, not an entire leg). As farm kids, we definitely were told stories of magic and mystery with farm animals. These stories can inspire new and fun farm tattoo ideas.
Baby calves are a really sweet new animal to experience on the farm. This little calf even has a ribbon tied around its neck for decoration. Did you know that some cows wear bells so that the farmers can always find them? In my family, we brought baby calves inside by the woodstove in the living room to warm them up if they were born on a really freezing cold night.
A carrot is a lovely vegetable and you can certainly pay a homage to one by having it tattooed to the back of your leg over the calf muscle. If you are lucky enough to have an actual carrot with its top intact, which means you scored a farm fresh carrot. Farm fresh carrots are the tastiest ones to eat! The line detail on this carrot is a lovely image for a woman’s tattoo.
I love cows so seeing a sweet cow face in the middle of a heart makes for a really cool farm tattoo. She is framed on all sides by beautiful garden flowers. There is even a finely detailed tiny farm in the distant background behind the cow. The way her horns come out from the frame adds a lot of depth and dimension to the overall image.
Cows are a favorite farm animal so adding them into a feminine farm tattoo is a cute way to celebrate their importance on the farm. Most cows have big doe eyes and this sweet lady is no different. Her head is adorned lovingly with a wreath of flowers. Keeping the color to black makes the importance on the image instead of the colors. This could be worn on a forearm or a shoulder with pride.
Farm tattoo meanings and symbolism:
What do farming themed designs mean and symbolize?: The sun rises on the horizon, casting its golden rays across the rolling hills of the farm. The dew-covered grass glistens in the morning light, and a gentle breeze rustles through the trees. The animals stir from their slumber, ready to begin another day of work and play. The cows low contentedly as they graze in the lush pastures, while chickens peck at the ground for tasty morsels. In the distance, a rooster crows, heralding a new dawn of productivity and prosperity.
The farmer rises early to tend to her beloved land. She moves with purpose and grace, tending to each task with care and precision. She knows that this is his livelihood, and he takes great pride in providing for his family and community. Her hard work is rewarded with bountiful harvests of corn, wheat, soybeans, and other crops that sustain life on the farm.
The farmer’s children are often seen running around in the fields or helping out with chores. They learn valuable lessons about responsibility and respect for nature as they grow up surrounded by its beauty. They also learn how to appreciate the simple things in life: fresh air, sunshine, and a sense of belonging to something larger than themselves.
The farm is a place of harmony between man and nature; it is a place where one can find peace amidst all of life’s hustle and bustle. It is a place where one can take time to reflect on life’s blessings and enjoy its simple pleasures. As the sun sets on another day at the farm, one can’t help but feel grateful for such an idyllic existence. The farm is a beautiful place where dreams come true and memories are made that will last a lifetime.
