Zodiac tattoo: the sign of the Scale (Libra). Ideograms meaning: the sign of Libra / the Scales (Japanese: Kanji: ???; hiragana: ?????; reading: tenbinza. Simplified chinese: H�nz�: ???; pinyin: Tianch�ngzu�).
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Hi, everyone! Usually I say only negative things about the ridiculous Kanji/Hanzi tattoos that can be usually seen on the internet, but today I'm in a good mood and therefore in this post I'll try to say something positive. So, instead of saying that this is an absolutely ridiculous, poorly written, hideous Kanji/Hanzi tattoo, I'll say that this is a first-rate doodle-tattoo.
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Hi, everyone. In this post I'll talk about an extremely popular misconception, which can be resumed into this single phrase: "Glow-in-the-dark tattoos that do not require a light source to glow because they contain phosphorus which can glow by itself". There is a lot of confusion here, so let's try to be clear step by step:
1. The ink that glow in the dark is (usually) phosphorescent ink, and it's different from the fluorescent ink (the Uv-reactive ink).
2. Phosphorescent materials/substances glow in the dark after the end of an excitation with ultra-violet light or visible light. In simple terms, phosphorescence is a process in which energy absorbed by a substance is released relatively slowly in the form of light. This is in some cases the mechanism used for "glow-in-the-dark" materials which are "charged" by exposure to light. Unlike the relatively swift reactions in fluorescence, such as those seen in a common fluorescent tube, phosphorescent materials "store" absorbed energy for a longer time, as the processes required to re-emit energy occur less often (source: wikipedia). So, since the phosphorescent materials need to be charged by expusure to light, it's obvious that if you keep your phosphorescent tattoo away from any source of light, it won't glow in the dark.
3. There are indeed some substances that glow without exposure to light, but these substance aren't either phosphorescent or fluorescent, they are radioluminescent substances (and radioactive).
4. Phosphorescent ink is made from phosphors such as silver-activated zinc sulfide or doped strontium aluminate, calcium sulfide, alkaline earth metal silicate, etc. These substances are called "phosphors". The chemical element Phosporus isn't phosphorescent; it emits light due to chemiluminescence, not phosphorescence (pretty confusing, isn't it?).
5. In phosphorescence, the lifetime of the emission of light lasts from several seconds to several minutes. If a material/substance can keep glowing for several hours, it's not correct to refer to that material as phosphorescent materials/substances. The phenomenon that occurs in this case is called Persistent luminescence and is commonly but incorrectly referred as phosphorescence. In order to make the phosphorescent ink/paint to glow several hours, various activators are added (e.g. the glow-in-the-dark cosmetic creams used for Halloween make-ups are made using the ZnS:Cu phosphor - Zinc sulfide activated with Copper). These activators are one of the reasons why you should avoid a permanent glow-in-the-dark tattoo.
6. As I've said before, there are, indeed, some types of substances that glow by themselves - the radioluminescent materials/substances. Radioluminescent paint contains a radioactive isotope (radionuclide) combined with a radioluminescent substance. The isotopes selected are typically strong emitters of fast electrons (beta radiation), preferred since this radiation will not penetrate an enclosure. Radioluminescent paints will glow without exposure to light until the radioactive isotope has decayed (or the phosphor degrades), which may be many years. They are therefore sometimes referred to as "self-luminous" (source - wikipedia). Tattoos made with radioluminescent ink can be very spectacular, but you don't want radioactive substances on or under your skin, don't you?
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Uv-reactive tattoos and glow-in-the-dark tattoos for the Halloween-party. Are they a good idea or a very bad one?
Lately I've seen more and more articles trat promotes the Uv-reactive tattoos and even the (in)famous "glow-in-the-dark" tattoos. It's true that these two kinds of tattoos are extremely spectacular, but before decide for one of them you should be aware about the possible side-effects of these peculiar tattoo-inks (on the other hand, there is no such thing as an 100% safe tattoo-ink; even the ink used for the temporary-tattoos presents risks for your health).
If the tattoo is meant to last only for one night you might consider getting a fluorescent-tattoo drawn with an alcohol-based ink, which is temporary, can be easily removed, it's cheap, it's pretty spectacular, it doesn't heart and carries fewer health risks than the fluorescent tattoos (not to mention the health risks carried by the phosphorescent tattoos).
I know that in my last post I've said that I'll stop writing about the moronic articles posted on creativefan, but this time they went to far. Let's watch the image below:
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Hi, everyone! In this post I'll continue to highlight the errors that I've found in this absolutely ridiculous article.
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Recently, while I was looking for some ridiculous tattoos to make fun of them I've found this little gem on ratemyink.com:
The person who posted the photo says about this tattoo: My best friend did this one. It means I Love You in Japanese. (see the picture above).
Well, she is wrong, and I'll briefly explain why:
1. The ideogram is poorly written and is missing several strokes
2. "shiteru" is written with Katakana, but it should be written with hiragana (read this article on wikipedia if you want to know more about the differences between Hiragana and Katakana.)
3. The Kana characters should be written on the same line
4. The first character written in Katakana (shi) is missing two strokes, so it's not the "shi" character anymore, it's "no". This mistake transforms the phrase from "ai shiteru" (I love you) in the moronic phrase "ai no teru", which means "The tell of love" (tell = type of archaeological mound created by human occupation and abandonment of a geographical site over many centuries).
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Despite the many positive reviews which can be seen on the Internet (see the PrintScreen below), this tattoo is not a "cool Hanzi tattoo" or a "Chinese symbol tattoo" or a "cool wrist tattoo" or anything else of this kind. In fact this is nothing else than another failed Kanji/Hanzi tattoo drawn by someone who doesn't know anything about Chinese/Japanese writing.
And definitely this deformed ideogram does not mean "bike", as some people think, despite the fact that the ideogram is so poorly written that it looks more like a severely damaged bike rather than the original ideogram (? - Chinese pronunciation:"ch�ng", japanese pronunciation:"naru/nasu/joo/sei"; meaning: "to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to change into"). In the image below you can see what this ideogram should look like:
In the end I have a piece of advice for the guy who wear this tattoo: dude, if you want to be the change or to be a part of the great change (as your tattoo suggests), you should start the change with this ridiculous tattoo.
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