Some people think that a cross is a cross and there is not much variety you can get with crosses as your tattoo design choice. In reality, there are actually quite a number of cross designs that you can choose from and when you browse through tattoos drawings of crosses that you find in the design albums that you find in tattoo parlors and clinics worldwide, you will actually find a huge variety of crosses to choose from for your cross tattoo. Here are some of the different kinds of crosses that you can select your cross tattoo from:

- Celtic Cross Designs - when you browse through the design album of a tattoo parlor and when you look through the many different tattoos drawings of crosses in them, you will find that Celtic crosses in many different colors and guises are some of the most abundant in them. Celtic cross tattoos are often old-fashioned looking crosses that feature intricate scrollwork that gives it an air of antiquity.

- Religious Cross Designs - the designs that you will find in the design albums of certain tattoo places that have tattoos drawings of crosses that depict religious beliefs include drawings of crosses that you find in churches and in other religious locations. You can even find cross designs that are made to look like the crosses you find on rosaries or one that you've seen in the church that you go to as a Catholic. Getting yourself a religious cross for a tattoo can mean that you are embracing your faith and the choice you make when it comes to this kind of design is usually done with a careful scrutiny of which cross design best describes what you feel about your religion.

- Gothic Cross Designs - the designs that you find when you are trying to look for tattoos drawings of crosses that are gothic may include crosses that are either Celtic looking or even religious looking but with more color and elaborate design elements. One of the distinctions that gothic cross designs may have is the rather ornate and jewel encrusted designs that are part of what gothic design is. You may think that gothic crosses are simply dark and ominous designs for crosses and this kind of a perception may be blamed on gothic individuals who wear nothing but black. You will find that in gothic architecture has a haunting appeal that is enhanced with the use of rich colors and these can be seen in gothic cross designs that are tattooed on a person's skin.