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Kimora Lee Simmons has a butterfly tattoo on her right foot. Butterfly tattoos are the most common female tattoo around. They represent beauty and femininity. Butterfly tattoo also represent some sort of transformation, just as the butterfly transforms from the caterpillar into one of the most beautiful insects on the planet.

Kimora Lee Simmons (born May 4, 1975 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American model and fashion mogul. Her mother is Japanese and her father is African American. Simmons started modeling at age 13 at her mother's encouragement. Joanne Perkins thought that her daughter was taking too much teasing about her multi-racial heritage and needed to see how beautiful different could be. Simmons quickly began modeling internationally and became the muse for Karl Lagerfeld, fame head designer for Chanel. In 1998, she married music and fashion mogul Russel Simmons. They had two daughter, Ming Lee and Aoki Lee, but filed for divorce in 2008. During their marriage, Russell gave her control of the women's division of his fashion, Phat Farm. Under her direction, Baby Phat became one of the best known and selling urban fashion brands in the world. Ten years later, he stepped down as the CEO of Phat Farm and Simmons became the President and Creative Director of Phat Fashions. She and Russell are still very good friends and work closely together on business and family issues. Simmons is currently in a long term serious relationship with actor and former model, Djimon Hounsou.

Jeffrey Lemans McInnis (born October 22, 1974) is an American professional basketball player. He was drafted in 1996 as the 2nd round draft pick for the Nuggets but he has played for the Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers, Cleveland Cavaliers and the New Jersey Nets. During the 2005/2006 season, McInnis tore the cartilage in his left knee, causing him to miss significant time. The Nets were apparently unhappy with his workout regiment while he was injured and decided to keep in inactive. In 2007, he was finally traded to the Charlotte Bobcats and played 38 games for them. In February 2008, McInnis was waived by the Bobcats. The future of his career remains uncertain.

We can see Jeff McInnis likes Kanji Tattoos. He has a small one meaning "Loyalty" and two others: The name of his son "Jeff" and another meaning "A state of bliss" 

Jack Osbourne has various tattoos all over his body and is always adding more. Some of his tattoos refer to his family. He has a smiley face on each knee, which is a tribute to his father show has the same set of tattoos. He also has a tattoo that says "Mum" inside a heart done in white ink on his left shoulder blade. He got the tattoo against his mother's wishes while she was battling cancer but once she saw it she was touched. The inside of his left wrist is tattooed with his sister Kelly's name. She has his name inked on her left wrist as well. Osbourne's entire back is covered in a large dragon tattoo and his left forearm is covered with a tiger tattoo. Both are symbols of power and protection. He also has a skull and crossbones tattoo on the back on his neck and the words "Savage Times" tattooed on the right side of his chest. Osbourne has an intricate pattern on his right forearm that incorporates the images of a fish and a wheel. He also has tattooed a Buddhist symbol of a triangle within a circle on his left arm. 

Jack Joseph Osbourne (born November 8, 1985) is an English television personality. He is the son of Black Sabbath front man Ozzy Osbourne and television personality Sharon Osbourne. He is best known for his role in the reality TV show about his father and their family, "The Osbournes". He has since been on several TV shows, including "The X Factor", "Dawson's Creek" and "That 70s Show". Osbourne has publicly admitted to having several drug addictions and attempting suicide. In 2003, he received psychiatric treatment and entered rehab. He has lost over fifty pounds and been completely drug free since then. Osbourne has been romantically linked to Kimberly Stewart, Lydia Worthand Paris Hilton.

People get tattoos for many reasons, and lots of those reasons have to do with expressing a feeling that they have inside visually on the outside. As a result of this, many tattoos are designed to either alter the way you perceive someone or to give a viewer a hint about something that is important to the person who has the tattoo. They can be designed to make a statement or to elicit curiosity from onlookers. One of the most popular types of tattoo is a heritage tattoo. These tattoos are simultaneously a public expression of pride and a deeply personal testament to one's personal views and cultural heritage. 

Heritage tattoos take many forms. Probably the most popular type of heritage tattoo contains elements of Celtic knot work or other Celtic images. This is because a large number of people identify with the struggles and the history of the Celtic people, who are today's Irishmen, Scotsmen and Welsh. These cultures are fiercely proud and steeped in tradition, and even people who are just barely Irish, Scottish or Welsh (or even not at all) enjoy hanging onto that single drop of Celtic blood. These cultures were known in the past for their fierceness, their learning Celtic druids were often brought into high class Roman households to teach the children there despite the fact that their cultures in general were considered by ancient Romans to be “savage” and are also currently well known for their trademark 'devil-may-care' attitude and devotion to blunt honestly and an all round good time. Of course, people also enjoy trying to snag a little luck of the Irish for themselves by getting shamrock tattoos or four leaf clover tattoos. Celtic heritage tattoos, however, can be made much more personal by working Celtic knot work, such as the intricate designs found on ancient Celtic crosses, into the tattoo. Then, over the knot work or worked into the design itself, a person may place meaningful images such as a red dragon, a family crest or the Scottish blooming thistle in order to indicate what branch of Celtic heritage they identify with.

Of course, Celtic descendents are not the only people getting tattoos to celebrate their heritage. Far from it! Many people cherish their historic family coat of arms, and often get the arms and the motto tattooed on their bodies. If you do not know what your family's coat of arms looks like, then you can often find out online, or you can make your own and use your heritage tattoo to found a new family tradition. Flag tattoos also fall in this category, as many people get the flags of their ancestors tattooed on their bodies in order to commemorate a brave or proud family history. Mexican flag tattoos, Cuban flag tattoos and African flag tattoos are all quite common. When it comes to flag tattoos and heritage, one cannot overlook one of the most predominantly tattooed “and most controversial” flags today: the confederate flag. Particularly popular with Southerners, the confederate flag stands for many things to many different people. For some, it represents a way of life that died with the end of slavery, and these people often display their confederate flag tattoos aggressively in order to make sure that everyone knows how they feel about the outcome of the Civil War. On the other hand, other people simply cherish the confederate flag as a symbol of the bravery of the soldiers on both sides of the war, and to commemorate their ancestors role in it. The confederate flag may be accompanied with slogans like The South Will Never Die.

Many people design their own heritage tattoos from a conglomeration of the things about themselves and their cultural heritage that make them proudest. They may include tribal art tattoos, African tribal art tattoos, meaningful images from family stories or even portrait tattoos of ancestors or more recent relatives. Heritage tattoos often incorporate religious or spiritual aspects as well, even if the person getting the tattoo is not particularly inclined to either. For example, people who have a strong Catholic heritage may get a saint tattooed on their body even though they do not regularly attend church. The saint tattoo is more art than religious statement, and it is used to emphasize the cultural aspects of Catholicism rather than the religious ones. 

Getting a heritage tattoo is a deeply personal experience, and you should do plenty of research before selecting a tattoo. Even if you opt for a custom heritage tattoo, you still should bring in images for your tattoo artist to use as a guide and a formula. For example, if you want  a personal coat of arms, you might bring in several aspects of your coat of arms that the artist can use to design your custom tattoo. You need to present clear images of what styles and contents you want your heritage tattoo to include so that you can be certain that it will remain a proud symbol of your family and your culture for the rest of your life.