SERIOUS tattoo help needed

[matcom]

ok all. i want another tat. have a peace sign on my right shoulder and am DYING to do the left.

sorry to be so demanding/vague but here are my requirements (and i am really serious):

something LIBERAL (music, politics, books, philosophy, etc...) ALL are in play here.

do NOT want it to be "Dem" specific (since many of them don't represent me anymore - i could easily go green, purple, fuschia at a later date)

want a "statement" that requires THOUGHT!

do NOT want text (looking for symbols here (pictures, images, etc...)

want to be CREATIVE

want some COLOR but i'm flexible about that

nothing HUGE, but covering my shoulder blade wouldn't be out of the question.

any thoughts? this is killing me

[kick-ass-bob]

1. Seriously:

http://us.news3.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/345,http%3A%2F%2Fus.news2.yimg.com%2Fus.yimg.com%2Fp%2Fap%2F20050512%2Fcapt.lon80205121047.britain_star_wars_lon802.jpg

:rofl:

[matcom]

2. YES!!!!

well, no

[chenGOD]

6. Although the concept is rather lame...

The 3P0 and R2D2 are pretty well done...

[KitchenWitch]

3. get an Ankh

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GRAPHICS/MODULES/EGYPT/ANKH.GIF

[Steph13]

4. I love dragons

I got a dragon tat on my hip where it's covered unless I'm naked! (even in a bikini it's covered) But I thought of it when I thought that I was born the year of the dragon. & I love animals.. so it seemed cool enough for me not to lose interest in it after time goes by. :)

[Dora]

5. a Buddha

Mr. Dora has a large full-color Buddha on his right bicep. It's awesome! Smiling Buddha is seated on a green sparkle snare drum that's levitating over a lotus flower. I am not saying you should do the same, but I am saying that...

BUDDHA ROCKS!

[Hobarticus]

7. I always thought Dave Matthews' "Fire Dancer" would be cool...

[underpants]

8. How about a puking Dragon?

Sure plenty of people have a FIRE BREATHING Dragon have you ever seen anyone with a PUKING Dragon? I think not.

OR

You could get one like the women who my best friends ex-girlfriend and her friend ran into when they went to get belly rings. The woman was very proud to show them the drawing of the tattoo she was going to get, it had been drawn by a friend of her's, and it was her ultimate fantasy...
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Satan f**king HER in the A**!!!!!!!!!!

True story.

[TheProphetess]

9. I have a fondness for the kanji symbol for peace

I got it in henna once and really liked it:


Or a Hindu symbol, the Om, which represents spiritual perfection:

[JohnnyRingo]

10. Running Horse

Always at the top of my list if I were to get another, due to it's simplicity of form.

Here's the original ink by Phil Hartman:

[jukes]

11. why vacillate?

use the "purple hippo" somewhere that will make it "spank" when the muscle flexes!

[EC]

12. I have a moon and 3 stars on my arm

or the yin & yang symbol would be good: (can be done in colors)



Here's a page of alot of symbols:

http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/symbols/blsymbols.htm



http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/symbols/bltattoosymbols.htm

[VelmaD]

13. Two words...

buttcrack smiley. :)

[Aiptasia]

14. Tatts are highly personal

Why are you asking us, dude?

You should be looking for something you can live with for the rest of your life. Use yahoo's picture search and see what you can come up with.

Like we know what you want on your arm.... :shrug:

If it were me, i'd get another boognish but one is enough already.

[DS1]

15. sucks being out of balance, doesn't it?

;-)

[matcom]

16. i keep wanting to walk to the right

:scared:

[DS1]

17. get one of those G-Shock watches for your left wrist

It'll hold you over

[matcom]

18. the kind where YOU control the remote?

no thanks :scared:

[youspeakmylanguage]

21. Just my two cents...

...but my G-Shock watch is the best watch I've ever worn. I don't use any of the extra crap, though.

[VelmaD]

19. You must get this taken care of ASAP...

No one at the piercing place told me I would list to starboard if I only got one nipple pierced and not the other. I still feel wobbly. ;)

[kick-ass-bob]

20. I've been trying to think of something since I posted my smartass one...

And nothing I really think of would stand the test of time, unless you did some sort of Asian character like I think someone else mentioned above.

:shrug:

[matcom]

23. well, i DO appreciate the thought

i was leaning toward a John Lennon image but i'm just not sure

[VelmaD]

24. I know what you mean...

it's easy to be a snark but much more difficult to come up with an actual idea. I think Asian characters are pretty but only meaningful if Asian culture is somehow a part of your life.

All I got is maybe something with little Grateful Dead bears. :)

[kick-ass-bob]

25. you callin me a snark?!

:P

[youspeakmylanguage]

22. Symbols.com

...is just the site you need.

[Willy Lee]

26. Find a tattoo artist whose style you like.

Talk to him/her about it. After all- that is who will be drawing the work and pushing the needle. If they are truly good (and why settle for anything less?) then they should be thrilled to help you come up with a design.

Just my 2c!

[Mizmoon]

27. The "Mystical Almond"

well, that symbol site says this is a "mystical almond", but I think that Freud would disagree :)