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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:21 pm
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My tattoos all have deep meaning for me. I have a incredibly long list of designs I've drawn (all of my tattoos are my original artwork) but I wait until I find the "right moment" to get it done and inked into my skin to show my stepping stones forever.
My batwing tattoos have dual symbolism... my animal totem is the bat, and it symbolizes change, and I got it after I had moved out on my own for the first time, to a state I had only visited, at the age of 18. My wings are the symbol of my freedom, and remind me that I did it, even if I eventually moved back home for school. My only regret about this tattoo was that I didn't get it bigger, but I was really broke at the time and the size I wanted it at would've cost me $100 extra. ^^;
I also have a piece on my lower back, and I grimace whenever someone asks "IS THAT TRIBAL!?" It has no tribal meaning, no symbolism beyond my own, and is actually based on a filigree iron fence I saw in a book of castles. It also has a dual meaning... the symbolic bat, and the iron fence. I had this tattoo started when I was going through a period of drug withdrawl, for "iron strength", had a second part added when I was clean and no longer had the desire to put everything white and powdery up my nose, and I'll eventually have the third part completed when I go a year clean and sober. Which, as I'm going now, will be March of next year! I might just splurge and get it finished for my 22nd birthday in February, though.
Its cliche, but I have a heart on my left breast. My heart is an icon I've used online for a while now, a angular heart with pins stuck into it, and stitches holding it together. I actually had this put to ink as a whim, after I broke off the engagement I had been in and finally stopped crying over him every day. Again, its a symbol of strength.
The most recent tattoo I've gotten is a seven-pointed star on the front of my shoulder, and is my own sort of badge of my family, the Fay family. We're "fayfolk" (harhar), so it only makes sense to use such a beautiful and otherworldly symbol to represent us. I had this done around the time my father announced his engagement to my new stepmother, and both she and my sister eventually got the same tattoo, my sister's on her hip, my step-mum's on her inner forearm. So now the symbolism of this one is "unity" and "family".
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:30 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:53 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:49 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:49 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:41 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:36 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:31 am
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:44 pm
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:11 am
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Mine is a botanical illustration of the impatiens, my mum's favourite flower. I'm really close to her, so this is a good way to remember her as well as have a really pretty piece of art on my leg ;3
Next is going to be a hibiscus, which will symbolise the way getting into gyaru-kei has really motivated me to change myself. Maybe it sounds silly, but it's pretty important to me. It's motivated me to change so much of my appearance for the better, including losing weight and getting in really good shape. So thanks, gyaru-kei 8D.
I also want a fleur de lis. I'm part French Canadian, so there ya go. I want to find a pretty way to symbolise my Italian heritage, too, but I haven't yet -- as you can tell, I'm a big fan of floral tattoos (I think they're really pretty and feminine and classic) so if I can find something resembling that I'm going to start drawing up sketches.
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:32 pm
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