Some parts fresh, lots of it healed.
Those pictures were taken after last touch up. So some parts are fresh most of them are healed.
Special thanks to Pixie who flew overfrom Sunderland UK to get this Grumpy Cat tattooed. Pixie you made me a happy man!
A new tattoo design available on my website, www.seiza.ro. For this tattoo design I've combined some swirled elements with a tribal butterfly design. Because the butterfly is both a symbol of the ephemerality and a symbol of the joy of living I've also included a Japanese expression: ????? (reading: ima o tanoshime; meaning: enjoy the present / the present moment; this expression is equivalent with the famous Latin maxim "Carpe Diem").
This tattoo design was drawn using Adobe Illustrator. If you like this tattoo design and you want to draw a similar one, you might find some useful informations in the tutorials available on my other blog, http://123-graphic-tutorials.blogspot.com
Butterfly tattoo design. If you like this tattoo design and you want to use it as an inspiration for a future tattoo, you can find it in a larger format on my web site www.seiza.ro
Dear All,
There is a new book by Jinxi Caddel in which I had a pleasure to participate!
Eight Arms of Inspiration: The Octopus Art Project
A wonderfully published collection of tattoos, drawings, paintings as well as other art- inspirations of the octopus creature.
Must have for tattoo fans but also those interested in exploration of the various art-media of great artists gathered just in one book!
You can order it at www.OOSBooks.com , a percentage of each book purchase goes to arts education charity!
Dear All,
I became a part of Tattoo Fest Brand project - the collection of awesome designed t-shirts by tattoo artists.
You can find there an American Apparel quality t-shirts with the design that I did specialy for TFB.
Check out their collection under this link: http://www.tattoofestbrand.com
Dear Dudes and Babes, I will be working at the Amsterdam Tattoo Convention this year that takes place on 31 of May - 02 June in RAI Amsterdam.
There I will be doing small tattoos (like a hand-palm size) using lots of black with only 2 additional colors.
All interested in the designs from the flash-sheet below or other idea mail me to: jankowzki@gmail.com
Hope to see you there.
Best wishes,
Pawel Jankowzki
Besides those already mentioned, there are some other meanings of the skulls tattoos that have their roots in some ancient beliefs and practices.
Skulls as trophies - it was a common practice to keep the skulls of the killed enemies and to display them as trophies (eg.: to decorate with them the city walls and towers, to keep the skulls on the palisades as a warning sign, to display them on pikes at the Traitor's Gate, etc) or even to use them as wine-cups. Skulls-tattoos as trophies are a very common theme when it comes to the gang tattoos, prison tattoos, etc. For example, if we consider the russian criminal tattoos, a skull tattoo signifies murder (a significant one). When a tattoo design combines skulls with military insignia (especially with the epaulets tattooed on the shoulders), it usually designates a murderer.
The epaulets are distinctive decorations for the inmates who are members of the "Vory V Zakone" (aprox "Thieves in law"). An inmate who has this kind of tattoo is a person with a high position in the prison hierarchy. The presence of the skull designates the wearer as a murderer. Read more about this topic on this blog: russiancriminaltattoo.blogspot.com
A russian criminal tattoo. The presence of the epaulets indicates that the wearer has a high rank in the prison hierarchy. The presence of the skull designates the wearer as a murderer. The spider is a symbol with multiple meanings; it may symbolize racism, doing time in prison, drug addicted, etc. Read more about this topic on this blog: russiancriminaltattoo.blogspot.com
In the Mexican tattoo-culture, skulls and skeletons are linked with the celebration of the Day of the Dead. The most common themes and representations are: the sugar-skull (brightly colored and highly decorated), the partying skeletons (because El Dia de los Muertos is not a time for sadness, but for joy and celebration) and the in-loving-memory-tattoos (these tattoos include attributes of the passed person in the skull's design: her favourite flowers, his / her weaopns, facial features, etc).
In-loving-memory-tattoo. Some of the passed person's features are still present (the moustache and the hair)
Typical Mexican tattoo: a fancy dressed skeleton playing a violin
For the Mexicans, El Dia de los Muertos is not a mournful day, but a day of family gatherings and holiday cheer.
Alchemy and Magic - the skull is an ancient symbol and it has several embodiments of the alchemical �union of opposites�, an ancient doctrine which accepts a syncretism of conflicting views, a harmony as opposed to a never-ending conflict between Good and Evil.
The skull is a one of the alchemical symbols
Wisdom - sometimes, a skull tattoo is a symbol of the mature realization of a continuity of life into death, and the ability to accept death. This is very important because it is only when a person can live with the presence of death that he can fully learn to appreciate life.
A medieval depiction of the skull as a symbol of wisdom.
Related posts:
Various elements which can occur in a Death tattoo: skulls and skeletons (1)
Skulls and skeletons tattoos (2)
Death tattoo - various elements which can occur in a Death tattoo
Death tattoos: the main depictions of the Grim Reaper
Death Tattoos / Grim Reaper Tattoos: themes and meanings
Death tattoo - various elements which can occur in a Death tattoo - animals
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