Failed tattoos : misspelled tattoos 1

Unless you're getting a temporary tattoo, it's important to double check - even triple check - things like spelling and translations. These guys, apparently, didn't know this rule :)
Now, let's start the show:

This dude things he's "too cool for scool". Well, let's say he's too stupid for school:

This tough young fellow seems to know what he wants from life. Ok, dude, you've made your point: we'll let God to "Juge you" and we'll just laugh at you.

It's summser timme. It's timme to have somme fun... or maybe it's time to learn how to spell "summer": s-u-m-m-e-r - as you can see, it's not a difficult word.

This year, forget about Puerto Rico. Let's visit "Puerto Rirco", the new attraction of South America:

"Swet pee?" I can't argue with her, I've never tasted pee :)

2 Owl chicks

Another cover up project. The letering is not done by me... and Art Saves really.

This is before:

 

And this is after:

Mouse the Collector

Small tattoo as a nice finish for this week.

Archer Samurai with Dragon

Dragons, dragons, dragons.. it's always lots of work while tattooing dragons but it brings so much fulfilment and pleasure when the task is accomplished.
Some parts are fresh and some are healed.

Draken, draken, draken .. het is altijd veel werk met het tatoe�ren van draken, maar het brengt zo veel voldoening en plezier wanneer de taak uiteindelijk volbracht is.

 

 

Something from last weeks:

Tattoo of a Middle Ages dragon that I've started years back. It was a time for some background.

Tattoo van een middeleeuwse draak die ik tijd geleden had getatoe�erd. Het werd tijd voor wat achtergrond.

 

 Small and fun Sparrow with an arrow

 

And this tattoo can cause you lots of troubles where I live. But come on! Greek Heroes are so cool to tattoo!

Bye bye tribal, welcome Tiki!

Want to share one of my challenging mission impossible projects. Some parts are healed some parts are fresh.

This is how it was before: 

 

And this is after: 

 

 

A cool guy... or a bad woman?

Recently I found this image on freetattoos.net (the image's url is: http://www.freetattoos.net/designs/8890)

First, let's take a look at the picture:

Well, I don't know what this dude thinks about his tattoo and why is he so proud of it because the meaning of the tattoo (??; reading: akujo) is "bad woman" or "wicked woman" which, let's face it, isn't exactly an appropriate tattoo for a man. But who knows, maybe he is trying to get in touch with his feminine side :)

Now, let's see what the person who uploaded the picture thinks about it:
title="Tattoo of Chinese Letters Kanji on the Back" (the description of the image is included in the Html code to share on Myspace, Blogs and other Social Networks:)

As if it weren't bad enough that the tattoo itself is pretty weird, the description is even worse:
1. The Chinese ideograms are called Hanzi and the Japanese ideograms are called Kanji. The "Chinese Letters Kanji" is a nonsense.
2. Both the Hanzi and the Kanji are ideograms, not letters (is a big difference between the two concepts)
3. The ideograms of the tattoo are Kanji, not Hanzi, because the ideogram ? is not used in Chinese; in Chinese we have those ideograms instead: ? (in the traditional Chinese) and ? (in the modern / simplified Chinese)

"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.

Anatomy tattoos

Anatomical tattoos (or anatomy tattoos) are a relatively new trend in the tattoo fashion. They are 3d tattoos based on optical illusions, quite similar to the biomechanical tattoos. The most important difference between the two categories is the main theme of the design: various parts of the human anatomy versus mechanical and robotic components mixed with allien-like tissues that are enhanced by natural systems in the human body in the case of biomechanical tattoos.

The tattoo artist must have must have advanced knowledge of anatomy, because these tattoos mimic the contours of muscles and bones, following the human musculoskeletal system. The point of these tattoos is to appear natural or even possible, to be believable and realistic (they don't need to be actually plausible, but must appear so). Because of this, placement is an essential component of these tattoos. The tattoo must be placed over the correct joints and muscles in order to look as believable as possible. Furthermore, the tattooer must be able to blend the tattoo into the normal, un-tattooed skin. If the tattoo looks like a sticker or out of place then the entire effect is ruined, even if the actual tattoo is nicely executed. These tattoos are only successful when they appear to trick the eye, known as a trompe l'oeil in artistic terms.

The most popular themes for the anatomy tattoos are:
- the human skeleton (especially the bones of the back, the ribs, the wrists and the ankles)
- the muscles (especially the arm muscles and the leg muscles)
- various organs (the heart, the brain, etc)
- scars (like post operative scars or Frankenstein-like scars)
- the blood circulatory system

Anatomical tattoo (muscles and tendons) covering the entire arm

Anatomical tattoo depicting the muscles and the tendons of the arm

Anatomical tattoo (muscles and tendons) covering the shoulder and the arm

Anatomical tattoo covering the upper arm

3d tattoo: the skeleton of the human hand

heart tattoo

anatomical tattoo on the leg

3d anatomical tattoo on the arm

3d tattoo: a human brain

anatomical tattoo: the skeleton of the human foot

Anatomical tattoo: scar tattoo

3d tattoo creating the illusion that the skin is ripped off and the ribs are revealed

3d tattoo depicting a giant heart inside an empty body

Scar tattoo which creates the illusion that the arm was attached to the body (like in Frankenstein)

anatomical tattoo: the spine and the ribs are revealed under the ripped skin

Anatomical tattoo: the human hand's skeleton

He has hemorrhoids... and he is proud with that

I know, it's not a tattoo, but it's funny. I assume that the poor kid has absolutely no idea about the meaning of the ideogram imprinted on his sweater.

What doesn't know the lucky owner of the sweater is that the ideogram means "piles, hemorrhoids" (both in chinese and in japanese). Fortunately for him it's easier to get rid of a sweater than it is to get rid of a tattoo.

Now, I would like to give you an advice: if you want to decorate your skin (or your clothes) with ideograms (Kanji or Hanzi) you should avoid the ideograms which contain the radical depicted in the image below:

This radical means "sickness" and the kanji / hanzi composed with this radical are usually associated with diseases, sickness, illness, etc (e.g.: ? = ulcer, ? = colic, ? = scabby eruption, ? = wart, ? = itchy) - in short, not the kind of words that one would normally choose for a tattoo.

There are several ideograms composed with this radical which are not related to illness and diseases, (e.g.: ? = fast, rapidly) but there are very few and, unless you are absolutely sure about the meaning of the ideogram, it's better to avoid the Kanji / Hanzi which contain the above-mentioned radical.