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Tattoos?
6 year(s) ago • 18970 views • 141 replies
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SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Yeah I’m wary of that sort of thing to so I purposely left out the wording. I’m pretty sure he designed it himself with the Bonsai which represents the tree of life and the Enso.
Nice, he's definitely got some design skills in that case. I really like how that tree feels full of mood: the way the leaves are drawn almost like swordpoints swaying off to the side, the shading style, the Japanese calligraphic sweep to create the border. All aesthetically pleasing stuff, without being too overdetailed for a logo (which is a problem a lot of BJJ logos have. They look cool, which is good, but due to all the detail you can't tell what it is from a distance or when it's small).
GCBlack belt 1st degreeVerifiedScotland
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Another one of my tattoos, not Jiu-Jitsu related.
Cool, looks like that has come straight out of Tõll's washing machine! ;)
Is that to do with Scottish heritage, a specific tartan? Or something else? :D
Is that to do with Scottish heritage, a specific tartan? Or something else? :D
GCBlack belt 1st degreeVerifiedScotland
6 year(s) ago
Is that to do with Scottish heritage, a specific tartan? Or something else? :D
We had Tartan roses made for button holes at my wedding, my wife wore the blue and I wore the yellow.
It’s the blue and white from the Saltire and yellow and red from the Lion Rampant.
It’s the blue and white from the Saltire and yellow and red from the Lion Rampant.
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
We had Tartan roses made for button holes at my wedding, my wife wore the blue and I wore the yellow. It’s the blue and white from the Saltire and yellow and red from the Lion Rampant.
Cool! That makes for a lovely personal reference, plus the Scottish heraldic colours too. Did your wife get tattooed as well, or not into ink? :D
GCBlack belt 1st degreeVerifiedScotland
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
GCBlack belt 1st degreeVerifiedScotland
6 year(s) ago
She has 4 tattoos including the rose and I have 8.
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Awesome! Speaking of which, here's the last of my current ones (technically I could claim 8 too, although there's an old one from about 2000 surrounded by a newer one from 2015, which possibly doesn't count as two :P ).
I'm hoping to get some more ink soon. I've postponed the Norway tattoo trip to June next year (would have been next week, if it wasn't for the pandemic). Might be able to get another in the UK soon, if the lockdown eases up, or failing that, Hamburg in October. Looking forward to it! :D
I'm hoping to get some more ink soon. I've postponed the Norway tattoo trip to June next year (would have been next week, if it wasn't for the pandemic). Might be able to get another in the UK soon, if the lockdown eases up, or failing that, Hamburg in October. Looking forward to it! :D
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JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
This was my last one, done by a friend of mine, who is very talented
Nice, she does cool black and grey! Great shading on those. Is there any particular personal meaning behind your choice of animals?
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
My most recent now 2 years past.
Huge Fight Club fan? I've only ever seen the film, which was indeed pretty good (didn't like it enough to get quotes tattooed on me, but still liked it ;) ). That's an interesting route to go with a typographic tattoo, lots of different typefaces definitely make it more visually appealing.
DDPurple beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Is there any particular personal meaning behind your choice of animals?
Actually I'm just a big lover of natural sciences, overall ethology and zoology (I almost got my Biology degree before changing my life and get to Dentistry) :)
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SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
The goddess of compassion.
DId you get that while out in Taiwan, or a cultural/religious interest you had before already? :)
JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Yes I'm a huge Fight Club fan indeed. Liked the book better. I could talk about it for hours. I think I have a personally quirky take on that.
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Yes I'm a huge Fight Club fan indeed. Liked the book better. I could talk about it for hours. I think I have a personally quirky take on that.
Please do! I'm always interested to hear the stories behind people's tattoos, so presumably there's a reason you picked that one specifically (particularly if you're a big fan, given there must have been lots of others you were considering?).
BWBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Liked the book better.
I did too, though I couldn't talk about it for hours.
American Psycho was another book that was heaps better than the movie
American Psycho was another book that was heaps better than the movie
DDPurple beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Huge Fight Club fan? I've only ever seen the film, which was indeed pretty good (didn't like it enough to get quotes tattooed on me, but still liked it ;) ). That's an interesting route to go with a typographic tattoo, lots of different typefaces definitely make it more visually appealing.
Sorry i wrongly pressed the s**it button while scrolling LOL
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Sorry i wrongly pressed the s**it button while scrolling LOL
I love the poop emoji! Perfect for describing myself, I have a poop belt. :D
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BWBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I love the poop emoji! Perfect for describing myself, I have a poop belt. :D
I refer to mine as a chocolate belt, but each to their own ;)
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I refer to mine as a chocolate belt, but each to their own ;)
Yeah, but chocolate is tasty, unlike my jiu jitsu skills. Poop is a better analogy for them. :P
JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Please do! I'm always interested to hear the stories behind people's tattoos, so presumably there's a reason you picked that one specifically (particularly if you're a big fan, given there must have been lots of others you were considering?).
Well... basically I took the story not literally but as an ego-transendence-zen-growth thing. Of which (the rules for) Project Mayhem is the final manifestation of. And the tattoo functions as a reminder of certain personal values / trait characteristics.
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Well... basically I took the story not literally but as an ego-transendence-zen-growth thing. Of which (the rules for) Project Mayhem is the final manifestation of. And the tattoo functions as a reminder of certain personal values / trait characteristics.
The 'no excuses' part I can understand, if you're looking to always push yourself, that kind of thing. Could you talk more about how you find the "don't ask questions" part fits with that ego-transcendence-zen-growth-thing? I'd be interested in how you apply that to your life, as you strike me as somebody that believes in the importance of always questioning (for me that's a big thing too). :D
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
My sailor / fisherman kind of sleeve
Gorgeous black and grey from your tattooist! Have you got sailing/fishing in your family history, or just something you like? :D
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GCBlack belt 1st degreeVerifiedScotland
6 year(s) ago
Another of mine, a Tengu.
I won a Facebook competition... like, share, tag.
Only took 2&1/2 hours.
I won a Facebook competition... like, share, tag.
Only took 2&1/2 hours.
BWBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Another of mine, a Tengu. I won a Facebook competition... like, share, tag. Only took 2&1/2 hours.
Wow people really win those comps?
That's a very nice piece, and crazy detailed for that amount of time!
That's a very nice piece, and crazy detailed for that amount of time!
