In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building.

The term originates from the French gargouille, originally “throat” or “gullet”; cf. Latin gurgulio, gula, and similar words derived from the root gar, “to swallow”, which represented the gurgling sound of water (e.g., Spanish garganta, “throat”; Spanish gárgola, “gargoyle”).

A chimera, or a grotesque figure, is a sculpture that does not work as a waterspout and serves only an ornamental or artistic function. These are also usually called gargoyles in laypersons’ terminology, although the field of architecture usually preserves the distinction between gargoyles (functional waterspouts) and non-waterspout grotesques.

Designs

Gargoyles are usually designed with wings. Even though in reality or in stone architecture gargoyles dont have any wings, in the tattoo world everything is possible if the artist wants it to be possible.

PARTS

Tattooed in different parts of the body is fine but it is more pleasing to the eye if inked in arm, chest and back. Off course you need to remove your shirt so other people can see it and admire it.

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