Brainstorming Thread

Le Rack

Right, so, I don't intend this as a thread for people to come along and say they want a tatt but don't know what, so what do we think, ie. the people who deserve STOOPID inked across their foreheads. It is however a thread for those of us, who know what we want, just need help with the imagery, eg. you want a dragon, but you're not sure if you prefer tribal design or japanese design, so ye come here and ye go, "oi lads, what dye think of such'n'such?!"

Just thought it might be handy for us, rather than starting a load of threads on it...

So here go's, me first, I have cherries with a star on the front of my thigh, I'm getting lucky dice, with sort of shooting stars attached at an angle up my thigh/hip region, I'm now debating working this into a sorta half "sleeve" round my thigh, with a vegas/casino theme, however since I have, cherries, and will have shooting stars and lucky dice, I'm actually running out of imagery that I think will work, all extra I've got is cards, like an Ace or summit...anyone got anymore idea's?

Molberts

A vegas themed pin up perhaps? I pin ups

Diceicle

Vegas theme could be cool. Throw a One armed bandit in there and that neon cowboy sign, aces / cherries and all are cool but there's alot of them out there, unless you're specifically going for a traditional style.

Le Rack

hmm...yeah...not really sure, I do want a more old school look about it as opposed to all newey stuff...

Diceicle

By "old school" I take it you mean you're looking to incorporate traditional imagery such as the cherries and aces as you mentioned as oppossed to "old school" meaning Sailor Jerry 3 colour style of tattooing? TBH there are plenty of these type of tattoos, nothing wrong with that, its just the imagery and style are already represented as you could see on bmezine etc, so there plenty to reference off there. Traditional is traditional really.

Le Rack

this is true, just lookin if anyone has an imagery suggestions, I like to try design my own tattoos so colour and styling will be my own...

Diceicle

Maybe if you start thinking more Rockabilly style as opposed to Vegas style. the reason I suggest this is that with Rockabilly you have more options on the imagery front plus you can incorporate Vegas style images and it would all flow nicely.

RubyXI

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/img/health/fruitmachine.jpg

Cherries could make up part of a fruit machine

rstans

Any ideas here appreciated.
Got the ogham tat done months ago and it loks like e rugby ball. Posted here a while ago and had a few ideas but didn't get anything done because of a leg infection.
Anyway I've done one drawing that is definitely the favourite so far. As I said, any opinions/suggestions much appreciated.
The original tat is 8 inches high by 3 wide and is on my calf.
Thanks.

c - 13

You had another one in your other thread with a kind of Celtic style frame around it. That looked pretty good.

If you tilted the celtic frame at an angle though and went with a kind of diamond shape around it though it might look better.

Toots

Le Rack wrote: »

this is true, just lookin if anyone has an imagery suggestions, I like to try design my own tattoos so colour and styling will be my own...

You could maybe do some poker chips and a few dollar bills or something? I think Diceicle is right though, you'd probably have a wider choice of images with the Rockabilly style, and you'd probably be able to merge them quite well. Molbert's idea of a pinup is great too! You could get a Vegas showgirl, you know with the little costumes and feathers etc

Edit: also maybe some of the other fruits/things that come up on a fruit machine? And some quarters?

Kya1976

pin-up
So I'm thinking about getting this pip up done with a mermaid body, any suggestions?? I originally wanted to get one in black an grey but maybe color would look better??

Diceicle

Kya1976 wrote: »

pin-up
So I'm thinking about getting this pip up done with a mermaid body, any suggestions?? I originally wanted to get one in black an grey but maybe color would look better??

Colour for sure. Black n Grey would make it look like a nice B/W photo but at the end of the day with a sea themed, mermaid pinup piece you've got scope to use loads of nice blues, greens etc. It'll make a great tattoo as long as you dont skimp on size and pick only the best artist, which may mean travelling abroad but it would be well worth it.

Kya1976

Diceicle wrote: »

Colour for sure. Black n Grey would make it look like a nice B/W photo but at the end of the day with a sea themed, mermaid pinup piece you've got scope to use loads of nice blues, greens etc. It'll make a great tattoo as long as you dont skimp on size and pick only the best artist, which may mean travelling abroad but it would be well worth it.

wow love the pic!!:D yeah it's gonna be all over my lower leg so it'll be fairly big. Yeah color is prolly the best choice it really wouldn't stand out in black and grey as much.
Thanks!:)

Sofaspud

I had my nipple pierced during the summer, and there was a slight arse-up made of it, it was done freehand and too deep. It's still healing nicely though.
I was considering having a cross type thing done on it, but that wouldn't be possible because of the deepness, so and idea popped into my head to have a ring put in under the bar, as in, towards the bottom of my nipple.

I've never seen an off-centre nipple piercing, and think this would look realy cool. Are aff-centre nipple piercings feasible?

CianRyan

Got my plans together for my first.

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm139/Comebackchild/P9080164.jpg
Plus
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6919/nemhainorangera9.jpg
Plus
http://streetanatomy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/aman_agah_heart.jpg
Or maybe
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm139/Comebackchild/chesttattoo.jpg
(writting and all)

All in the style of...
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm139/Comebackchild/marsvolta.jpg




Opinions lads and lassies?

pixiestix

CianRyan wrote: »

Got my plans together for my first.

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm139/Comebackchild/P9080164.jpg
Plus
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6919/nemhainorangera9.jpg
Plus
http://streetanatomy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/aman_agah_heart.jpg
Or maybe
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm139/Comebackchild/chesttattoo.jpg
(writting and all)

All in the style of...
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm139/Comebackchild/marsvolta.jpg




Opinions lads and lassies?

it'd look cool if you got the heart as the body of the guitar and the whole thing is hooked up to the speaker, and the writing/branding on the speaker reads 'follow your heart' or something. have the wires coming out of the arteries/veins on the heart/body of guitar and attaching to the speaker.

just a idea

CianRyan

Actually that does sound really cool!

Gotta get my sketch on!

vangoz

pixiestix wrote: »

it'd look cool if you got the heart as the body of the guitar and the whole thing is hooked up to the speaker, and the writing/branding on the speaker reads 'follow your heart' or something. have the wires coming out of the arteries/veins on the heart/body of guitar and attaching to the speaker.

just a idea

Yeah sounds cool!!!!

pixiestix

no bother, been designing tattoos for a while, so ideas just kinda come to me:o

Star Lord

pixiestix wrote: »

it'd look cool if you got the heart as the body of the guitar and the whole thing is hooked up to the speaker, and the writing/branding on the speaker reads 'follow your heart' or something. have the wires coming out of the arteries/veins on the heart/body of guitar and attaching to the speaker.

just a idea

That's exactly what I was thinking when I was reading Cian's post and looking at the images

pixiestix

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

That's exactly what I was thinking when I was reading Cian's post and looking at the images

we thinked the same thing cos we rock...yupyup

vangoz

Gonna start a sleeve early next year maybe march..... I want the it to be centered around a post apocalypse, mixing both the human side(nuclear fallout, zomies???? etc) and a dark fantasy side (demons etc)

I have sourced feck all material so far, only kinda bits and pieces out of magazines and so.

Anyone know of artists that have maybe done similar kinda work to this???

Ta

c - 13

Okay if anyone can help me out on this one i'd be really appreciative. Its a theme i've been researching with almost a year now but i'm kind of running into a brick wall.

I'm trying to run together a design of the war paint that the celts used to wear going into battle but obviously being that long ago there are very few artist interpretations of how it might have looked.

The only thing known is that it was based on spiral patterns and was woad blue in colour. I've been researching celtic spirals and everything seems to come back to the Triskele or the triple spiral.

I'm trying to incorporate this into a war paint design for the upper arm/shoulder/chest area but i'm having a couple of problems.

Firstly lets have a look at the below design -
untitled.jpg
Its basically multiple Triskele sitting together but it doesn't "flow" at all. (Apologies for the blockiness but i'm useless at image editing, you get the idea).

I have a few books with weaving patterns too but they seem to look more like standard tribal when drawn out properly.

Can anyone recommend some ideas for me to go with based on this I want it to look similar to what the original may have looked like - not to be mistaken for standard tribal or maouri style stuff.

My other concern is that it will just look like a pile of blue squiggles when its done. I spoke to one tattooist about it who suggested having it look like it was embossed on an armor plate but while it sounds cool, not quite what I'm after either.

Any suggestions etc would be great.

c - 13

vangoz wrote: »

Gonna start a sleeve early next year maybe march..... I want the it to be centered around a post apocalypse, mixing both the human side(nuclear fallout, zomies???? etc) and a dark fantasy side (demons etc)

I have sourced feck all material so far, only kinda bits and pieces out of magazines and so.

Anyone know of artists that have maybe done similar kinda work to this???

Ta

Have you ever read the walking dead comics ? There's some really good zombie artwork in those IIRC. No idea about artists though, sorry. Maybe if its going to be very detailed someone specializing in portrait style work like Joe Myler in JMD's waterford maybe ?

Diceicle

vangoz wrote: »

Gonna start a sleeve early next year maybe march..... I want the it to be centered around a post apocalypse, mixing both the human side(nuclear fallout, zomies???? etc) and a dark fantasy side (demons etc)

I have sourced feck all material so far, only kinda bits and pieces out of magazines and so.

Anyone know of artists that have maybe done similar kinda work to this???

Ta

For something like what you're looking for my artist for suggestion would be Marius up in Snakebite. Take a look at his portfolio, he has a nice selection of Black n Grey / horror stuff that should suffice. Just try and bring in as much reference as possible to give him a good idea what you're thinkin.

Star Lord

Mariusz is not there at the minute though:

http://www.snakebite.ie wrote:

Mariusz has returned to Poland, watch this space for news of his return.

vangoz

Thanks guys

RubyXI

Hey guys. My bf wants a tatt of some kinda devil or demon but with angel wings. I've been googling and found a few. I havent had a chance to show him yet. Just wondering if ye have any ideas.

enimakat

phi3 wrote: »

Hey guys. My bf wants a tatt of some kinda devil or demon but with angel wings. I've been googling and found a few. I havent had a chance to show him yet. Just wondering if ye have any ideas.

love the wings of the second (without the curly bit at the front) put with the stance of the third but maybe with a hood to cast a shadow but still being able to see the eyes. some nice ideas there tho.

Cherryvega

c - 13 wrote: »

Okay if anyone can help me out on this one i'd be really appreciative. Its a theme i've been researching with almost a year now but i'm kind of running into a brick wall.

I'm trying to run together a design of the war paint that the celts used to wear going into battle but obviously being that long ago there are very few artist interpretations of how it might have looked.

The only thing known is that it was based on spiral patterns and was woad blue in colour. I've been researching celtic spirals and everything seems to come back to the Triskele or the triple spiral.

I'm trying to incorporate this into a war paint design for the upper arm/shoulder/chest area but i'm having a couple of problems.

Firstly lets have a look at the below design -
untitled.jpg
Its basically multiple Triskele sitting together but it doesn't "flow" at all. (Apologies for the blockiness but i'm useless at image editing, you get the idea).

I have a few books with weaving patterns too but they seem to look more like standard tribal when drawn out properly.

Can anyone recommend some ideas for me to go with based on this I want it to look similar to what the original may have looked like - not to be mistaken for standard tribal or maouri style stuff.

My other concern is that it will just look like a pile of blue squiggles when its done. I spoke to one tattooist about it who suggested having it look like it was embossed on an armor plate but while it sounds cool, not quite what I'm after either.

Any suggestions etc would be great.

Are you considering going totally tribal and blocky or would you consider a more fluid, organic celtic?
I think you'd get more movement if it was done in dot work, Skull in Celtic Resurrection in Sligo would def be the guy to do it. He's done some amazing freehand and celtic is one of his specialities

Shelli

Ok peeps, here’s one for ya.....

I'm getting a cover up on my back soon to cover this malicious piece:



I'm hoping to turn the centre piece into a large sacred heart, and above that two swallows carrying a scrolling banner between them, and also possibly carrying a set of rosary beads. I wanna flesh the bottom out with some more roses and other blooms.

My main concern is that I'm a stickler for symmetry....which is why this piece p*sses me off hugely right now, that and the fact that it's crap! :L


What think ye with many talents? Doable? Any other suggestions?

Star Lord

I think that's quite do-able Shelli, and the idea that you have sounds pretty good!
As it is only the outlines, and they aren't too bold looking, then there shouldn't be too much trouble getting this covered up, but it'll cost you as it's going to have to be quite a large piece, with lots of filling...

Can I ask what that thing in the middle was meant to be, as I just can't figure it out apart from the crown!

Shelli

it's an eye, tribal style, well it was supposed to be, with a crown and some flame type things.

I've been saving for my back piece for ages so I'm ready to get started!

Star Lord

Shelli wrote: »

it's an eye, tribal style, well it was supposed to be, with a crown and some flame type things.

I've been saving for my back piece for ages so I'm ready to get started!

Awesome

Make sure you pick the right artist this time though :eek:

Shelli

Ah I was young and naive, and my ex wanted to be a tattoo artist.................

in all fairness though, from what I've seen of his more recent work, he's pretty good now.

But yes, I think I'll be a tad more selective when it comes to the artist this time, don't regret it though LOL

Star Lord

Lol! The things we put up with for loved people we cared for...

Sweenox

vangoz wrote: »

Gonna start a sleeve early next year maybe march..... I want the it to be centered around a post apocalypse, mixing both the human side(nuclear fallout, zomies???? etc) and a dark fantasy side (demons etc)

I have sourced feck all material so far, only kinda bits and pieces out of magazines and so.

Anyone know of artists that have maybe done similar kinda work to this???

Ta

If your looking for ideas for demons and stuff check out Paul Booth at last rites tattoos,hes got loads that tou could use as a reference

c - 13

Cherryvega wrote: »

Are you considering going totally tribal and blocky or would you consider a more fluid, organic celtic?
I think you'd get more movement if it was done in dot work, Skull in Celtic Resurrection in Sligo would def be the guy to do it. He's done some amazing freehand and celtic is one of his specialities

Definately not tribal, i'm going for the fluid natural style, curves and spirals, dotwork was something I never thought of thanks.

I'm just unsure if it will look like a bunch of blue spaghetti like lines when its done instead of what its supposed to.

Good call on Celtic Ressurection - I looked up the portfolio there and something like this -
http://www.celticresurrection.com/portfolio/File0005.html

The spirals style on the face - I know thats the whitework style look but the shapes and spirals are similar to what i'm looking for.

Star Lord

Some really nice knotwork pieces in that portfolio!

Readers beware tho, some NSFW pics near the end.

Cherryvega

c - 13 wrote: »

Definately not tribal, i'm going for the fluid natural style, curves and spirals, dotwork was something I never thought of thanks.

I'm just unsure if it will look like a bunch of blue spaghetti like lines when its done instead of what its supposed to.

Good call on Celtic Ressurection - I looked up the portfolio there and something like this -
http://www.celticresurrection.com/portfolio/File0005.html

The spirals style on the face - I know thats the whitework style look but the shapes and spirals are similar to what i'm looking for.

Yea he's a mate of mine, savage tattooist. You should give him a shout, or if you've got a chance call into him in the shop I'm sure it won't be a problem getting exactly what you want.

enimakat

hey guys appealing to the irish speakers out there! i think (i hope) i have this right but i just have school irish so can never be too sure!

mo chumas,
mo theorainneacha,
is mé féin

basically, what i wanna say is my potential, my limits, and myself. i like the content so dont wanna change that but if theres mistakes in my irish plz let me know! dont want it to be another one of those tats!!

il scan in a design when i get a chance! sorry if this is the wrong thread for this sort of thing!

Star Lord

Rubbish at Irish myself, but I know a few posters here (Will and a few others) are pretty fluent with Irish, so may be able to help when they get on!

enimakat

Not sure if this is the proper thread but i was planning on placing my tattoo on the side of my thigh. well the upper part as in so it would still be covered by shorts or boxers even. would putting it here restrict my design? with text being involved is there a particular way i should do it? i had planned on a circle filled in with all the letters but would that work?? if not how would ppl recommend doing it?? i know im being the typical and probably annoyingly ignorant newbie so please excuse me for that!

Diceicle

enimakat wrote: »

Not sure if this is the proper thread but i was planning on placing my tattoo on the side of my thigh. well the upper part as in so it would still be covered by shorts or boxers even. would putting it here restrict my design? with text being involved is there a particular way i should do it? i had planned on a circle filled in with all the letters but would that work?? if not how would ppl recommend doing it?? i know im being the typical and probably annoyingly ignorant newbie so please excuse me for that!

Hi Enimakat, the only restriction with regards the placement of your tattoo would only be for aesthetic reasons, by that I mean if your tattoo is quite wide and is curving around your thigh slightly, it may require a slight rethink regarding size or some such.
As for your design, I'm not sure what you mean, do you intend on getting a circle with the letters of the alphabet inside it?? Give us some more info.

enimakat

Diceicle wrote: »

As for your design, I'm not sure what you mean, do you intend on getting a circle with the letters of the alphabet inside it?? Give us some more info.

sorry see like 3 posts up i have the words that i wanna use.
i know that my last post was kinda confusing sory i have serious problems trying to put words with the ideas i have in my head!! god knows i aint never gonna be a journalist! anywho, so i wasnt really looking for too big a tattoo just someway of portraying those words in the coolest way possibly basically!

Shelli

I've been thinking a lot over the last week or so about my upcoming back piece, especially seeing as I have the money now to get it sorted....

I'm not sure I want a straight forward sacred heart anymore?? So I was thinking of a Claddagh Heart....but in new school cartoon style with a bold outline and bright colours....

Now the only thing that worries me is that a claddagh heart has no flames.....and I was kind of relying on the flames to help with the cover up.

Personally I like the idea of having a Claddagh on a flaming background....but I just wanted to check if there is some reason I shouldn't do this, like some underlying meaning to the Claddagh heart that I’m not aware of:
I only know of the traditional meaning.

Anyone? Or can anyone suggest an alternative background that could work with the cover up?

jenizzle

tbh I think flames may be a bit too harsh for it mebbe?? I'm thinking something more delicate like maybe clouds or the like?

Something like the filler in this :http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1076/1415283764_44e3f32547.jpg?v=0

I think it would look great especially if you're still going with the swallows...

Gah... really crap explaining things! Anyhow, think less invasive than flames

Shelli

ooo, those clouds are really pretty, I'd love some clouds with negative space starts possibly, but if you look at the piece that needs covering I'm not sure coulds would cover the lines??

ZzubZzub

Been thinking for the last few months bout another tattoo.... Doubt anyone will like it but Im really into it but just curious whats the possibility of getting it done so it looks good! I want a tattoo of a bite mark on my ass. Very corny I know... I want there to look like there is bruising and possibly a drip or two of blood! Who would ye recommend?

Melion

This is my next piece, doing it on Tuesday