Bench pressing mouse

Daniel got his diehard mouse today. 

Stupidity is painful

I've often heard that stupidity is painful - and recently I found the proof. For the beginning, let's keep in mind two facts about tattoos:

1. Getting a tattoo is a pretty painful process.
2. It's really silly to get a Kanji / Hanzi tattoo without getting informed about the Kanji / Hanzi 's meaning.

Now, with this two things in mind, let's take a look at this tattoo:

The very first problem is that the top character is upside down. But that is just a small problem.

The real problem is the meaning of these ideograms:

The the top character (?) means "pain; suffering; distress; anxiety; trouble".
The next two ideograms (??) mean "fool; simpleton; idiot".

The tattoo's meaning is something like "suffering idiot" or "a fool in pain" or "distressed simpleton" or something of this kind.

In conclusion, stupidity is really painful.

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Nekomata

This tattoo is based on a painting that I did a while ago.

One of my customers liked the painting and the idea to represent as Nekomata his 10 years old cat. That's why I made some changes to make this design more suitable. 

Some parts are fresh and some are healed.

 

 

Angel of Death tattoos: examples and ideas

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Angel of Death tattoo: the Angel of Death offering a rose to a child

forearm tattoo: Angel of Death wearing a hooded cloak; with one hand he is carrying the famous Grim Reaper's scythe and in the other hand is holding a skull; the angel's face is hidden by the cloak's hood and cannot be seen

shoulder tattoo: Angel of Death

Grim Reaper / Angel of Death tattoo; in this tattoo Grim Reaper is depicted as an winged skeleton wearing a ragged cloak

Angel of Death portrayed as a good angel who put an end to the suffering of those who need help

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shoulder tattoo: Grim Reaper depicted with archangel-like feathered wings

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Angel of Death portrayed as a winged warrior-monster

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Angel of Death portrayed as a winged young woman

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Depending on the artist's vision, various elements of an "Angel of Death" tattoo may vary significantly.

Angel of Death's face:

expressionless Angel of Death

1. For some people, the Angel of Death is an ancient, powerful being that is neither good nor evil, but simply neutral. It is his job is to keep the cosmic balance leveled. Death claims the souls of those who die and takes them to the afterlife. It is useless to fight him as he cannot be destroyed for there is always death, there is only life because of death. The Angel of Death cannot be stopped and never gives up a claim; he (or she) cannot be bribed, tricked, or outwitted in order to retain one's life. In accordance with this belief, the Angel of Death's face is beautiful but expressionless.

Angel of Death portrayed as an evil angel

2. If the Angel of Death is portrayed as an evil angel (a fallen angel) his (her) face will contain various demonic features such as red or black horns upon the forehead, reddish skin / ragged skin, dark eyes (or empty eyes), a devilish grin, etc.

Angel of Death portrayed as a good angel

3. The Angel of Death can be portrayed as a good angel who put an end to the suffering of those who need help, situation when obviously the angel has a tender and compassionate face.

Angel of Death portrayed as an evil skeleton

4. Sometimes the Angel of Death is depicted as an winged skeleton. Usually, the skeleton's face has an evil expression: a malefic grin, burning eyes, etc.

faceless Angel of Death

5. Occasionally (especially when the Angel of Death is depicted as wearing the famous Grim Reaper's hooded cloak) the face of the Angel of Death is partially or completely hidden (by the hood of the cloak).

The wings

Most commonly, the Angel of the Death is depicted with long, large, archangel-like feathered wings. The color of the wings can vary according to the main theme of the tattoo: the wings can be white, white with shades of light blue (when the Angel of Death is a good angel), black (probably the most common color), black and white, black and white with shades of gray, reddish, yellow-gold, etc. Although in the most cases the Angel of Death has archangel-like feathered wings, there are many tattoos (especially when the Angel of Death is depicted as an evil angel)that the Angel of Death has demon wings, giant bat-wings, skeletal wings, etc.

faceless Angel of Death with white feathered wings


faceless Angel of Death with black feathered wings


Grim Reaper / Angel of Death with bat wings


evil Angel of Death with monster-like wings


evil Angel of Death with skeletal wings

The weapon

Regarding the weapons, the tattooers have only two choices: the sword (usually highly decorated; the most common choice) or the Grim Reaper's scythe.

Angel of Death carrying the famous scythe


Angel of Death holding a highly decorated sword

The clothes:

Regarding the clothes, there are not too many constraints, so that tattooers can unleash their imagination. The angels of death are depicted wearing monastic clothes, hooded cloaks, ragged clothes and even chained tunics and breastplates (when the Angel of Death is portrayed as an warrior angel).

Angel of Death wearing a hooded cloak


Angel of Death portrayed as a young woman wearing sexy clothes


Angel of Death wearing monastic clothes


warrior Angel of Death wearing a breastplate

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Below you can find a non-exhaustive list containing the main representations of the "Angels of Death" in tattoos:

Angel of Death depicted as a beautiful woman

Mostly, the Angel of Death is depicted as a slim, dark and particularly beautiful young man or young woman. Unlike the Grim Reaper, the Angel of Death is depicted with wings (usually giant archangel-like wings).

Angel of Death wearing the hooded black cloak

The identity of the Angel of Death is indicated by the presence of certain elements: the long scythe, the presence of the human skulls, the presence of a dying human being, etc. Sometimes, the Angel of the Death is wearing the famous Death's hooded black cloak.

Very often, the image of the Angel of the Death results by the fusion of the elements belonging to different characters: angels and Grim Reaper, angels and demons, angels and skeletons, etc.

Grim Reaper / Angel of Death tattoo

As a result of the influence of the Scandinavian mythology, the Angel of Death is often depicted as a winged warrior:

Angel of Death portrayed as an winged warrior

Angel of Death portrayed as a beautiful warrior-woman

Sometimes Satan is identified as the Angel of Death and is portrayed as a slim male dark-angel, as a beautiful, seductive (sometimes even half-naked) female dark-angel, as an ugly demon, etc

female dark-angel of the death

half-naked female dark-angel of the death

male dark-angel of the death

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