"We know who we are..." Part I

I wanted to share this one, Sabine's left side tattoo in progress. 
The colors are done today in one go and she sat like a trooper!
I am amazed how much some people can take in one session... a lot. 
Lots of respect!

Wakey wakey a hand with snaky

Today Robert got his new addition to his collection. 
Wakey wakey Robert's hand with snaky!!!

This year I will be working at International Tattoo Convention in Brussel. 

It will take place on 23 till 25 Nov. at Tour & Taxi- Shed 2 Havenlaan 86c in Brussel.
At this moment I still have some spots available.
If  You are interested in getting tattooed by me message Your idea to jankowzki@gmail.com

 www.brusselstattooconvention.be   

 

Dit jaar zal ik werken op International Tattoo Convention in Brussel.
Die vindt plaats op 23 t/m 25 november in Tour & Taxi-Shed Havenlaan 2 86c in Brussel.
Op dit moment heb ik nog wat plaatsen beschikbaar.
Alle ge�ntereseerden in een tattoo uit mijn hand, stuur mij een bericht met je idee naar:

jankowzki@gmail.com

A japanese proverb: Even monkeys fall out the trees

Hi, everyone. In this post I'd like to present you a nice japanese proverb: Even monkeys fall out the trees (japanese pronunciation: Saru mo ki kara ochiru)

This proverb reminds us that everyone, even the best, make mistakes, so is better not to become overconfident in our own skills/knowledge/power/abilities, etc. On the other hand, this proverb reminds us that mistakes do happen and we should be tolerant when others make mistakes.

This japanese proverb is equivalent with the latin dictum "Errare humanum est" (=to err is human).

In the image below you can see this proverb written in japanese:

If you want to print this image (or to use it for a tattoo) you can find the image without watermark on my website, www.seiza.ro

Sneak peek and stuff

I would like to announce that this year I will be working at International Tattoo Convention in Brussel. 

It will take place on 23 till 25 Nov. at Tour & Taxi- Shed 2 Havenlaan 86c in Brussel.
At this moment I still have some spots available.
If  You are interested in getting tattooed by me message Your idea to jankowzki@gmail.com

 www.brusselstattooconvention.be   

 

Dit jaar zal ik werken op International Tattoo Convention in Brussel.
Die vindt plaats op 23 t/m 25 november in Tour & Taxi-Shed Havenlaan 2 86c in Brussel.
Op dit moment heb ik nog wat plaatsen beschikbaar.
Alle ge�ntereseerden in een tattoo uit mijn hand, stuur mij een bericht met je idee naar:

jankowzki@gmail.com

 www.brusselstattooconvention.be   

 

And now a sneak peek of some projects that I am working on lately. 

En nu een voorproefje van een aantal projecten waarmee ik bezig ben de laatste tijd.

Nekogami from today's session

 

Fantasy dragon in progress, part of a tattoo that I've started while ago

Animals forest half leg sleeve in progress 

Part of an religious 3/4 arm sleeve

Huge coverup in progress

Tattoos fails: kanji / hanzi mistakes

Recently I found this image on ratemyink.com:

and here is the description of the image, sent by the tattoo's owner: "This is technically my third tattoo. The artist is Dan Greuling from Creepy Creations in Londonderry, NH. With my design idea, Dan did the entire work freehand. The symbols come from the Five Phase (constructive/destructive) Cycle of Traditional Chinese Medicine (clockwsise from top: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water). They show growth and break down ie. how everything is connected. The root system now extends down to my left foot ending in the double koru. There is much more to this. Please ask. (For those who don't know how this website (ratemyink.com) is working: if you have a tattoo and you want to find out what other people think about your tattoo, you can send a picture with the tattoo along with a short explanation about the meaning of the tattoo.)

Unfortunately, the symbol on the top of the tattoo is not the ideogram for tree, but a meaningless phonetic katakana syllable 'ho'. The "tree / wood / timber" symbol (?) has no hook at the bottom and the 3rd and 4th strokes are attached to the 1st. In the image below you can see both the ideogram for "wood / tree" and the katakana character "ho":

In conclusion, before you get a Kanji / Hanzi tattoo it's better to spend some time researching the authenticity of the symbols� meaning.