The keys can be connected to the heart locket by a velvet thread, or they may be kept separately. When seen with keys, the tattoo may have a single key or two keys. The locket tattoo may or may not be seen with keys. Sometimes the heart itself is made of flowers, and sometimes flowers surround the heart or originate from the heart. Speaking of colors and flowers, the tattoo also has floral themes as very common themes. The black can be a deep color or just an outline of black. These tattoos are mostly done with red or a combination of red with other colors like blue, green and golden. The tattoo also sometimes appears with wings.

The flying bird is a motif that is often seen in the tattoo.

There are different kinds of heart locket tattoos. These tattoos are mostly done in red, the color of a warm heart, although occasionally they may be done with other colors such as black. The tattoo is most commonly seen as a heart shape, with a keyhole in it, implying that the heart is a locked space that you have to unlock to get access to the secretive inner heart of the person who has the tattoo done. Whether you have finally been freed from a troubling relationship or you have found your soul mate, the lock and key design easily represents an emotion you want to scream to the world.The Heart Locket Tattoo is a beautiful theme. With so many associations to the lock and the key, it is easy to see why this tattoo is growing in popularity each year. Popular variations to the lock and key tattoos include adding a decorative ribbon through the end of the key with a saying or persons name printed within. The key inserted and turning inside the lock symbolizes a new beginning or change. The closed lock without the key represents being locked up, finding eternal love, or having that feeling of security with oneself. The open lock with the key inserted symbolizes a new freedom, or the release of something a person has been holding inside for far too long. One reason that the lock and key tattoos are so popular is because there is a large variety of different meanings associated with this design and it can be inked in combination with black and white tattoo ink.Īlthough you can have this symbol represent just about anything that is of importance to you, popular choices like the following have been closely associated with the two. People wearing both lock and key also represent the search for that right person to come along. This way the only way the lock can be symbolically opened is when the other person is near. The shape of the heart in the lock or the key is symbolic of a loving relationship between two individuals, similarly to the wedding ring tattoos.Ī very fun twist on this concept is to have one person get the tattoo of the lock while the other gets the tattoo of the key. The key can also be placed on another part of the body that only a certain person knows about, like behind the ear or a more intimate area of the body. A unique twist on the traditional lock and key tattoos is to transform the shape of the lock into a heart, and have a persons name tattooed within. Surely you have heard the expression that, “you have the key to my heart”. While the lock and key tattoos can relate to all the above, it is the meaning you hold closest to your heart ( heart tattoo gallery) that will be a symbolic part of your design.

Locked heart tatto