Medusa Tattoo – the Scaring Gorgon

Posted on April 16, 2011
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Medusa Tattoo – the Scaring Gorgon Medusa tattoo is not necessarily a tattoo of a harmless jellyfish. The frightening tattoo of Gorgon’s head also belongs to this category. Such medusa tattoo depicts the most famous of three gorgon sisters called Stheno, Euryale and Medusa.

Medusa tattoo looks really terrifying as gorgon’s body is covered with glittering scales and her hair is comprised of moving snakes. The creature also has copper arms and hands while there’re sharp steel claws on her fingers. The description is provided by an ancient Greek poet Hesiod in his poem of Teogonia (The Origin of Gods).

Medusa Tattoo – the Scaring Gorgon Medusa is the only of the three sister who is mortal. Yet it is not so easy to kill her as her look carries death to everyone who would meet it. Medusa can turn into stone with a look of her eyes. That’s why Perseus managed to cut off her head only using his shield as a mirror to avoid looking at her. Further on, the legend tells that a magic horse Pegasus was born from a headless body of Gorgon Medusa.

Some myths tell us that later on Medusa’s head was depicted on Athena’s shield to symbolize caution and intimidation. Other myths, however, state that Medusa was an attractive girl with gorgeous hair by origin, but when she dared to compare her beauty with that of gods she was punished. Her hair turned into snakes and her look got an ability to turn people into stone.

Medusa Tattoo – the Scaring Gorgon Medusa tattoo inspired by Greek mythology is breathtaking to look at. It evokes rather mixed feelings. On the one hand it is more than eye-catching and signifies a bright personality of its wearer while on the other hand Medusa’s terrifying appearance is likely to make the public disapprove of such tattoos.

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Roman Numeral Tattoos

Posted on April 10, 2011
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Roman Numeral Tattoos Our life is surrounded by numbers: dates, years, prices, addresses, time, public transport routes, and quantity of different things… Speaking about dates – which include birthdays and deaths, anniversaries, and so on – numbers are not just numerals, but are of great importance to people so that they strive to seek for some magic meaning ion them. And of course, get number tats to show it.

Since we use Arabic numbers in our daily life, they can add very little to your tattoo design, they can just be a part of it. On the contrary, Roman numeral tattoos are original all by themselves and if shaped artistic forms they appear a very nice means of self-expression.

Roman Numeral Tattoos

Roman numeral tattoos can tell people around about important events from your life as well as signify their importance to you alone if tattooed on body parts that are not always displayed, e.g. shoulder, back, belly, rib, thigh tats.

There’s a lot you can express with the help of Roman numeral tattoos. Important dates may include your birthday, the birthdays of your beloved and children, the dates of people passed away (in this way Roman numeral tats become RIP tattoos and commemorate people that are dear to you), the date of your graduation, wedding and so on and so forth.

If we make use of numerology and astrology we remember some numbers are considered lucky either to everybody or to people born under this or that star sign. Lucky numbers are often tattooed on wrists, behind ears, on ankles or on the nape of the neck. Numbers may event represent people’s names, in this case such Roman numeral tattoos are done across the knuckles.

Roman numeral tattoos can be used to show off your beliefs and hobbies with the help of dates converted into Roman numerals. For instance, you can show off your interest in Celtic culture by having a Celtic symbolics tattooed and incorporating some important date from Celtic history into the tat.

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Leo Tattoo Designs

Posted on April 6, 2011
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Leo Tattoo Designs If you believe in Zodiac sighs and think that the description they provide about you is true to life you may resort to Zodiac tattoo designs to show off your traits of personality. In this way it is the best way to get a speaking tattoo.

Moreover, Leo tattoo design as well as other eleven Zodiac tattoo patterns, doesn’t necessarily depict animals or sights they are associated with first and foremost. It means that it’s possible to do without lions in Leo tats if you think that’s too simple and ordinary.

But is you are for lions you get a gorgeous tattoo. Lions look great with their pompous manes and sharp claws, all orange and yellow. The lion stands for power and greatness of spirit, generosity and valour, justice and courage. That’s why men born Leos admire such tattoos. Women can make use of the peculiar symbolics of she-lions, namely maternity and sexual power.

Leo tattoos may also include fire as the main or the additional element of the whole picture. The flames if drawn properly are great to look at; lines, colors and shades join into an incredible wild dance. You can combine fire with lions or just get flames wrapping you wrists or ankle, which also look attractive.

The sun can also be the perfect Leo tattoo design. You may develop the idea into a tribal sun or a lion with rays around its head. Still the simplest way to get a Leo tattoo is to get an astrological sigh tattoo done. The sigh resembles the letter U with curls at both ends. Furthermore, you may include some quote about your personality into you Leo tattoo design.

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Geisha Tattoo Designs

Posted on February 26, 2011
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It is Japan and its rich culture that Geisha tattoo designs are connected with, and Japan is associated with grace, refined forms, subtle colors, sake, karate, kimono, and other wonders of the Eastern world.

Quite naturally, Geisha tattoo designs depict geishas, Japanese women famous all over the world. Who’s Geisha? She is sometimes wrongly associated with those belonging to a peculiar disgraceful occupation, but she is by no means like a prostitute. Sex for money isn’t the base of her relations with men; she gives men aesthetic pleasure as well.

Geisha is a phenomenon typical only of Japan; other cultures didn’t create such a notion. Geishas could be called cousins of the Greek hetaeras, but still it won’t be completely true. The word itself originates from two hieroglyphs meaning a man of art and the first geishas were indeed men but not women.

Geisha Tattoo Designs

The occupation of Geisha appeared in so-called rest houses in the 17^th century. Since rest includes sexual as well as cultures needs there were two categories of people to satisfy each of them. Prostitutes satisfied the former while the later were the responsibility of men who sang, danced and played jokes on guests and their girlfriends. But soon professional women-geishas appeared and by the 19^th century they have completely replaced men in this occupation.

Geisha Tattoo Designs

Geishas didn’t look like prostitutes, either. They were dressed modestly and led a different way of life. Geishas learned music, literature and dancing. But the most important for her was an art of conversing in a free and relaxed manner but at the same time with respect. Sex for money was rare with them and man had not only to pay a lot of money to make geisha his lover but also be elegant with her and attract her by his moral values.

The most recognizable Geisha tattoo design a dancing woman in kimono surrounded by cherry blossoms flying around. Geisha tattoos should be done by a skillful tattoo artist who’d be capable of conveying Japanese beauty and refinement in a small tattoo.

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