[quote]B rocK wrote:
Here is my tat. I got it about 4yrs ago; and haven’t been able to put another $4-500 asside to fill it in. Ideally (when I have the cash) I will fill it so it looks like a 3D chrome “sword” sorta thing. Hard to visualize I know.
And yes, it is in teh “tribal” category. But its not from Page 4 or anything haha.
The circular part at the top is from an artist I like (Jorge Posado) and the surrounding area was aided by my friend chris (med. illustrator) and james ($2,000 worth of tats covering whole body)…so I had good help. I had the original design, the three listed above just helped carve it out.
Pretty sweet T-shirt huh?
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hey, thats me! (James) and its over $3K of ink, I’m pretty sure, stopped counting hours at 20 and $ at $2k…
my ‘ink’ can be seen in my progress pics in my v-diet thread… shudder…
http://www.T-Nation.com/free_online_forum/diet_performance_nutrition_bodybuilding_velocity/samuraiwannabes_velocity_diet
side bar, friends don’t let friend v-diet… its been a long recovery, but with good friends (like b rock), I beat the v-diet!
Tattoo’s again (note it has 2 T’s and 2 O’s), I’ll have the flames filled in around the peonies and more flames added overall by this time next week. All my work is done by Joseph DiProjetto (Jet), of Love Hate Tattoo- Rocester, New York
www.lovehatetattoo.com
here are some great books about Japanese style tattoo’s
http://www.amazon.com/Bushido-Legacies-Japanese-Takahiro-Kitamura/dp/0764312014/ref=pd_bbs_sr_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221852474&sr=8-8
http://www.amazon.com/Tattoos-Floating-World-Ukiyo-E-Japanese/dp/9074822452/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221852498&sr=1-1
As for my Tattoo’s-
The dragon was started 14 days after I turned 18. The whole outline was done in one sitting, 6hrs strait, I really had no clue what I was in for. It was filled in over the next 3 of 4 years a lot of it totally frehanded by Jet.
The peonies were added ~1 year ago, as I said above the flames around the peonies will be filled in by this time next week and more fire added as back-ground. My inspriation for the Dragon came from my Martial arts instructor who also doubles as a great story teller.
It came from a story he told us once on a camping trip. From the time I was ~15 or so I knew i was getting tattoo’s it just felt right to me, it felt like i was missing something (without).
I played around with Native American styles and more geometric patterns (and yes there is Seneca in my blood, a little, but its back there and Native American Imagery would have been out of respect).
My master told a story that included a character that for lack of better terms he described personality wise as “like James over there.” In the end of the story the character gets a dragon “tattoo” its all very mystcial, that coils around his body. I knew then that was what I was going to get.
After that I got into the Japaneses style tattoo’s body suits etc. I plan on adding more peonies and fire as time goes on, but you’ll never be able to see any of it if i’m wearing shorts and t-shirt (we use my tan lines as guied lines, ha!).
My overall style is pattered after tattooed charaters found in Ukio-E wood block prints and motifs which were more open and flowing, like waves crashing over a rock, or flames dancing around a log on fire;
as opposed to more modern japanese styles which are typcially full coverage or ‘american style’ which is best described as a sticker haphasardly stuck on by a small child.
Oh yeah, as for the flowers on a dude, in the Japanese motifs, the Peonie or Botan is known as the King of flowers and typcially accompanies regal characters such as Dragons. The peonies also represent war time as freshly blossomed petals reminded the Japanese of freshly cut flesh from a bone.
there… now I NEVER have to explain it all again, I can just refer people to this page! 