Another New Tattoo

The most recent post that I did about the Litany tattoo became reality. Yes the tattoo I designed Friday night has already been put on my arm. This one went on my left arm. I will have both my half sleeves. My guess is probably within the year I will have the outside of my arms will be done. Then I will start working on the inside of my arms. Probably 2 years total. 3 tops. I have even spoken to the tattoo artist that did this tattoo and my other 2 I did last month. Gave him some ideas and he is on board. June will probably be my next sitting. And without further ado my newest tattoo and by the way I've officially got to the point where I have lost count on how many I have.

Litany Against Fear Tattoo Design

I'm as much a Dune fan as I am a Star Wars fan. I started reading Dune when I was young. Saw the original movie on cable TV. And when I mean original I mean the one from 1984. That's right the one with Sting in it.

There is a quote from the books and the movie that has always stuck in my mind. It is more or less a prayer. It's the Litany Against Fear and this is the whole quote.

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dune

Like I said before this has always been on my mind. Everyone has their prayers they use. Instead of one of the more common prayers used, I heard it spoken on TV once and it was not Dune. It was an episode of Law & Order SVU. I don't remember the exact episode or what was going on but it surprised me when that character said the words. I immediately went back and listened more closely and she was repeating the whole Litany.

As some of you know I have been working on doing half sleeves on my arm and what would be a better addition to my sleeves then the Litany. Since the Litany is fairly long I choose one part of it to use in a design. I will face my fear. It sums up the Litany with just 5 words. But of course I can never do anything simple when it comes to my tattoos. I couldn't decide on how or what I wanted it to look like. So instead of describing it I will show it in transformation from text to how it will look on my arm.

A Work In Progress

These 3, well it's actually 2 when they are all said and done are my version of parts taken from the Naruto manga. I started working on them along time ago (in a galaxy far far away, sorry couldn't resist) and I never really finished them. Every now and then I work on them for maybe 30 minutes. One day I'll finish them. All of these were done in Photoshop.

This is Sakura from Naruto. It's taken from the issue where she is fighting Sasori a puppet master. She in fact is being controlled by the puppet master's grandmother by attached chakra strings. It's almost done. I'm just really missing her face.

These 2 actually are part of the same piece that is made up of 3 seperate pieces. This is also taken from the Naruto manga as well. The one on the right being Naruto and the one on the left is Gaara. This is right during an emotional scene when Gaara is dead and they are working on bringing him back. This is literally right when he comes back to life. I've got alot more work to do to these. The middle one will be a mix of the two. The first is them as kids and the second is the scene where Gaara comes back to life.

My Back Tattoo...

...well maybe in a few more years. This is a design based off 3 tattoos I already had on my back. 1 has been added since. By doing that after 5 years I finally finished my wings. Which are a pair of tribal phoenix. Part of the bottom tattoo was my very first tattoo. As you can see more has been added to it for what my idea is to tattoo my whole back. The top at the neck is my astrological sign.

This one below is marked to show which ones are done and which ones aren’t.

New tattoo design

This is a tattoo I designed the other night. It is Aurebesh which is the Star Wars Basic language. When I found out that there will be a tattoo pavilion at SWCV I wanted to make my own tattoo to be done. My thoughts are to put this above my current right wrist tattoo.