Meanings Of Chinese Letter Tattoos

For many people hieroglyphs are more than just the instrument of writing. They are secret symbols that bear a more profound meaning than the one you can find in a dictionary. Chinese hieroglyphs usually possess a great amount of meanings that merge into a united image. A hieroglyph has no grammatical characteristics, it shows us the sense only – this is the speciality of the Chinese writing, where words bear categories and ideas without grammatical functionality.

Nowadays hieroglyphs are widely used as the basis for tattoo designs. Their beauty and mysteriousness makes them very attractive. Unfortunately, many people remain unaware of the sense of the hieroglyph inked on their skin. Though the tattoo may look fine and intricate it may strike a great balance between its meaning and the person’s character. Of course, hieroglyphs do not possess the power of the ancient magic but they still have their implications – that’s why it is preferable to think over the meaning of the hieroglyph you are about to ink. Also people change with time and find out in their thirties that their tattoo made during their teen ages no longer corresponds neither to their appearance nor to their nature. Moreover, some people say that a tattoo can change its owner’s character immensely – that’s why consideration is always a necessity. Difficulties in understanding Chinese hieroglyphs are the reason for people to choose the characters with quite neutral meanings, for example, ‘love’, ’power’ or ‘peace’. It is advisable to consult someone who is familiar with Chinese language and culture before tattooing hieroglyphs.

Below you may find examples of the most popular Chinese hieroglyphs and their meanings

Love

Luck

Beauty

Power, strength

Way, road, path

Nobleness

Happiness

Look for more Chinese symbol tattoos here.

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Angel Wings Tattoo: It Makes You Fly!

Can you think of something more romantic than wings on someone’s back, chest or arms? It’s so charmingly beautiful. To my mind, wings are a very good idea for a tattoo. Something tat people can not reach in reality, they do in imagination. I want to have a couple of wings on my back. They would make me fly!

Angel Wings Tattoo: It Makes You Fly!

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Pig Tattoos: Some Artists Can Tattoo Whatever Moves

Have you ever tried to tattoo your pet? Have you ever wanted to have a machine that produces poos? Have you ever thought of getting x-rayed while having sex? Have you ever heard about Wim Delvoye?

After all that modern artists have done, you might think that nothing would be more shocking. After seeing Jeff Koons make statues of celebrities giving birth and Damien Hirst slicing up sharks. Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Wim Delvoye and his controversial art of tattooing pigs.

Delvoye first began tattooing pigs in Belgium (where he is actually from) around 1992, at that time he inked dead pigs only. By 1997, he decided to explore the concept further. Thinking of the pigs as living “piggy banks”, that is to say as investments, he began to tattoo designs on live pigs. The animals are sedated first, and then shaved and tattooed all like a human being.

In 2004, Delvoye rented a farm in China, where he wouldn’t be hindered by prohibitive animal welfare laws and established his Art Farm project. Pigs are tattooed when they are young and the designs change and grow as the pig grows. Interested art buyers can purchase a pig, although Delvoye has noted that none of them have actually taken their pigs home to live with them. Some buyers have waited until the pigs dies of old age to have the skins turned into art, but others have preferred that the pigs be slaughtered and the skin stretched and framed. Delvoye has also exhibited some of the tattooed pigs as fully stuffed and taxidermied statues, sitting as he puts it “like a stone lion outside a Chinese restaurant.”

In September of 2008, Delvoye was scheduled to have eight of his pigs appear as part of the Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, but shortly before the exhibition was set to open, officials decided the pigs, tattooed with Disney designs and the Louis Vuitton logo, were in poor taste and the Art Farm exhibit was removed from the event. Delvoye was somewhat disappointed as he had interested buyers coming to China from Europe. The tattooed porcines can fetch as much as $160,000.

Apart from tattooing pigs, Wim has several projects which I consider to be worth seeing. You can find them in the artist’s official website. You can also read an interview with Wim Delvoye here.

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Tattoo Patterns: A Real 3D Tattoo!

What is a man’s imagination? That is the question… So far our readers have seen so many tattoo ideas. But could you imagine such a tattoo mod? Click the image to enlarge: