"I am mine" tattoo, need ideas..

Pixel

hey dude,
thanks for the 2nd reply..

oh i didnt think thats why you tied it to italy

i said im going to italy as im thinking of getting my tattoo there, or at in new zealand at the end of my trip.

my gf (which i really hope one day ill marry0 is actually italian and she loves Michelangelo, she really adores him, so it suits also

both the ideas you gave me are very good.. and i really love your idea for a tattoo

the lil kick to vitalogy is like a small hidden message, but it isnt one of my favourite albums, so its not exactly the type of message and significance i want my tattoo to have, but overall your thinking is awesome..
i think i need to pay you to give me more ideas with all your tattoo history, im not suprised your ideas are creative instantly in that direction

i had a few more thoughts and stuff i wanted to do before the vituravian man, so ill try and see if/how can i combine everything together.. i also want to incorporate something hidden from the eye, with a hidden message.. thats why im still thinking of it. but the base layer is now very cool.. i need to feel complete with it though, the idea is a bit new to me and different from what i had in mind, i still need to adapt to it.

Pixel

p.s i would love to hear more ideas if people have.. maybe even based on the Vitruvian man idea i received with the i am mine sentence, or the longer ones "in between the lines" one..

i love it how the Vitruvian man resembles the stick man so much at least to me

goldrush

Pixel wrote:

I am also going to italy this month, and in october ill be 4 months in australia/new zealand (primarily new zealand), i would love to hear if somebody knows of good tattoo artists, or parlours.. primarily italy or new zealand.. i want to get my tattoo before i head on to the long trip, or at the end of it.. so i wont have to suffer limitations from to the sun/fun etc with the time the tattoo needs to heal

If you want to get it done in New Zealand there's a good place on Queen Street in Auckland called Ballistic Tattoo. I've been there a few times and they're really nice guys and great artists
http://www.ballistictattoo.co.nz/

mostdefiled

You asked about what feathers mean to me- birds are one of the lenses through which I see the world. The tat I'm planning (just need some money!) is going to represent my past, the part of my life that was beyond my control, and the person I am now, which I do have control over. Since birds are a big part of who I am now, we get some feathers. One of the feathers will be from a merlin, which represents home to me, a red-tailed hawk, which was the subject of the first short story I ever got published and I associate with my writing and creativity, and the third will be from a turkey vulture, which I associate with compassion and rebirth. For me, if I'm getting a tat with someone else's words, I want those words blended with something that's mine- the words wouldn't be so important if they hadn't blended with my mind, my heart, my journey. Hence, writing song lines in the quills of the feathers. And everything in the natural world rewards you the more carefully you examine it, so almost hiding the words in the quills of the feathers mimics that.

Just my two cents. But seriously, if you want a tat, get it, as long as you're sober when you make the decision, and adult and you've thought about it for awhile. I know plenty of people who've gotten ink when they're in their 40's and 50's and don't regret it.

Spot In The Sky

man...when did tattooedeverything.com go down?? sad times.

Pixel

Thanks for the words most defiled.. i really liked the part of the reason you have for incorporation ones words, with something that is coming from you..

as these days pass my craving for my tattoo being inked on me is growing stronger and stronger.

if anyone has any more comments to add it would be more then welcome.. any idea, even if its not mine if i can relate to and feel the same would make me take it as a basis to what ill do.

thanks again for anyone who posted and i really hope ill get more posts here to further enrich my outlook on the tattoo..

and yeah tattooedeverything.com doesnt work for me either