tolkien tattoo?

Sminty_Smeagol · 07-03-2006, 07:14 PM

So, I think I want this.

tattooed maybe on my wrist.

Didn't Tolkien draw it / wasn't it on the cover of the first edition "The Hobbit"?

Sam · 07-05-2006, 03:42 AM

Hmm... I've Always thought that the coolest Tolkien Tattoo would be either an arm band with the one ring inscription around my bicep, or the white tree of Gondor covering my back. But now that you mention it, old school Smaug would look good around one's wrist. Although, I am wondering, are you planning on getting it tattooed around your wrist, or up and down across your fore arm?

mithrand1r · 07-05-2006, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sminty_Smeagol

So, I think I want this.

tattooed maybe on my wrist.

Didn't Tolkien draw it / wasn't it on the cover of the first edition "The Hobbit"?

I would think carefully about getting a tattoo before I actually get one. While you may like the tatoo now, your opinion may change in 15-20 years.

If you really want a tatoo, maybe you should try a henna (sp?) tatoo. they are not permanent, yet can last for many weeks.

Cool design of Smaug.

hectorberlioz · 07-05-2006, 05:09 PM

I don't know about a tatoo (on me), but that would make an awesome embroidering on a shirt.

Sminty_Smeagol · 07-07-2006, 01:28 PM

I'm not for sure going to get it, i'm just considering it. I've wanted it for around 3 or 4 years now. I'm not really all that in to tolkien anymore but I still want it for some reason, out of respect or something. I guess that's good, atleast I know it's not as likely just a phase?

I was either going to get it around my wrist or just on the underside, although it would have to be rather small that way.

Insidious Rex · 07-08-2006, 01:40 PM

Sminty your wrists are too skinny for that. Get one of gollum skulking around on your forehead.

Sminty_Smeagol · 07-08-2006, 08:31 PM

well this is quite peculiar-feeling.

durinsbane2244 · 07-08-2006, 08:58 PM

ah, well..er..uh...does he actually know you/has seen you, or did he just say that out of the blue? i would feel peculiar as well, mate

Sminty_Smeagol · 07-09-2006, 12:44 AM

Haha I met him on here YEARS ago, like 3 or 4 years? And I've met him in person and I still talk to him online but I haven't been here in forever so it's weird to remember I met him on here to begin with. Haha. That's our story.

durinsbane2244 · 07-09-2006, 09:42 AM

ooook, see, i thought he just said "your wrists are too small" randomly... now that would be creepy...

The Gaffer · 07-11-2006, 11:53 AM

There was another tattoos thread in here once upon a time. One excellent suggestion was the Uffington White Horse:

Might wait till my mid-life crisis and get this instead of a Harley. Less fun, but cheaper and safer methinks, and also a design classic.

PS - nice to see you Sminty, I think the dragon could be rather cool, though I'd get your artist to stylise it slightly.

Sminty_Smeagol · 07-12-2006, 11:37 PM

I've designed tattooes for other people. But another reason I want this tattoo is because an alternative would be to design one for myself, and I don't want to do that because as I improve artistically my older work is difficult to look at because I see all the flaws and whatnot... so I don't want to design my own tat.

So I'm letting Tolkien do it.... ha

Sam · 07-20-2006, 03:00 AM

I must admit, that Uffington White Horse is pretty sweet!

i will most deffinately add it to my list of awesome tattoos

Acalewia · 07-24-2006, 07:57 PM

I've been thinking about getting a tat myself. My name in Elvish script, though I have yet to deside if I want it on my right arm or on the back of my shoulder.

Huorn · 07-24-2006, 08:19 PM

A tat? I have never considered getting a tat, not even now. There is nothing in this world I love enough to get tattooed on my body.

It would be like having someone carve grafitti in my bark. Ouch! Besides my Ent wouldn't like me marking up my bark.

Acalewia · 07-24-2006, 09:01 PM

I want one cause my parents don't want me to have one

And it would make people ask questions
I can see it now:

Perfect Stranger: 'cuse me, but what the hell does that say?
Acally: My name
PS: *Look of complete confusion*
Acally: *goofy smile as she walks away*

Sminty_Smeagol · 07-25-2006, 03:31 PM

A lot of kids my age are getting random, little, (relatively) meaningless tattoos around their 18th birthdays. I don't want to be like that... I either want nothing, or a huge backpiece or something. Option 2 is more likely.

I'm looking into getting this....

Here's a pic of it on someone else:
http://www.eurotattoo.co.nz/escher.shtml

Sam · 07-25-2006, 05:55 PM

i don't know... i think that that back tat is a bit too elaborate for my liking, althogh it might look good if you get it without colour.

actually, i think that tat would probably look best on your shoulder.

Insidious Rex · 07-28-2006, 02:11 PM

That would cost a fortune and take days to do.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 07-31-2006, 04:37 PM

i shall be getting a tattoo as soon as i can afford it, whilst not strictly tolkien, it is a dragon...covering my back, grasping a pentagram in his claws, with the head coming down my left arm, and the tail ending on my right ankle...very expensive, so it'll take a while to save up

07-03-2006, 07:14 PM	#1
Sminty_Smeagol Manic Cardboard-Box Dweller Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a house Posts: 1,071	tolkien tattoo? So, I think I want this. tattooed maybe on my wrist. Didn't Tolkien draw it / wasn't it on the cover of the first edition "The Hobbit"? __________________ I love the fishes.

07-05-2006, 03:42 AM	#2
Sam Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 251	Hmm... I've Always thought that the coolest Tolkien Tattoo would be either an arm band with the one ring inscription around my bicep, or the white tree of Gondor covering my back. But now that you mention it, old school Smaug would look good around one's wrist. Although, I am wondering, are you planning on getting it tattooed around your wrist, or up and down across your fore arm? __________________ Sam, son of Mark

07-05-2006, 05:09 PM	#4
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	I don't know about a tatoo (on me), but that would make an awesome embroidering on a shirt. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

07-07-2006, 01:28 PM	#5
Sminty_Smeagol Manic Cardboard-Box Dweller Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a house Posts: 1,071	I'm not for sure going to get it, i'm just considering it. I've wanted it for around 3 or 4 years now. I'm not really all that in to tolkien anymore but I still want it for some reason, out of respect or something. I guess that's good, atleast I know it's not as likely just a phase? I was either going to get it around my wrist or just on the underside, although it would have to be rather small that way. __________________ I love the fishes.

07-08-2006, 01:40 PM	#6
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	Sminty your wrists are too skinny for that. Get one of gollum skulking around on your forehead. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

07-08-2006, 08:31 PM	#7
Sminty_Smeagol Manic Cardboard-Box Dweller Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a house Posts: 1,071	well this is quite peculiar-feeling. __________________ I love the fishes.

07-08-2006, 08:58 PM	#8
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	ah, well..er..uh...does he actually know you/has seen you, or did he just say that out of the blue? i would feel peculiar as well, mate __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

07-09-2006, 12:44 AM	#9
Sminty_Smeagol Manic Cardboard-Box Dweller Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a house Posts: 1,071	Haha I met him on here YEARS ago, like 3 or 4 years? And I've met him in person and I still talk to him online but I haven't been here in forever so it's weird to remember I met him on here to begin with. Haha. That's our story. __________________ I love the fishes.

07-09-2006, 09:42 AM	#10
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	ooook, see, i thought he just said "your wrists are too small" randomly... now that would be creepy... __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

07-11-2006, 11:53 AM	#11
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	There was another tattoos thread in here once upon a time. One excellent suggestion was the Uffington White Horse: Might wait till my mid-life crisis and get this instead of a Harley. Less fun, but cheaper and safer methinks, and also a design classic. PS - nice to see you Sminty, I think the dragon could be rather cool, though I'd get your artist to stylise it slightly. Last edited by The Gaffer : 07-11-2006 at 11:55 AM.

07-12-2006, 11:37 PM	#12
Sminty_Smeagol Manic Cardboard-Box Dweller Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a house Posts: 1,071	I've designed tattooes for other people. But another reason I want this tattoo is because an alternative would be to design one for myself, and I don't want to do that because as I improve artistically my older work is difficult to look at because I see all the flaws and whatnot... so I don't want to design my own tat. So I'm letting Tolkien do it.... ha __________________ I love the fishes.

07-20-2006, 03:00 AM	#13
Sam Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 251	I must admit, that Uffington White Horse is pretty sweet! i will most deffinately add it to my list of awesome tattoos __________________ Sam, son of Mark

07-24-2006, 07:57 PM	#14
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	I've been thinking about getting a tat myself. My name in Elvish script, though I have yet to deside if I want it on my right arm or on the back of my shoulder. __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

07-24-2006, 08:19 PM	#15
Huorn Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Fangorn's Treeherd Posts: 393	A tat? I have never considered getting a tat, not even now. There is nothing in this world I love enough to get tattooed on my body. It would be like having someone carve grafitti in my bark. Ouch! Besides my Ent wouldn't like me marking up my bark. __________________ Silver Valley Oak As for me and my house we will serve the LORD Just call me Oakie

07-24-2006, 09:01 PM	#16
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	I want one cause my parents don't want me to have one And it would make people ask questions I can see it now: Perfect Stranger: 'cuse me, but what the hell does that say? Acally: My name PS: Look of complete confusion Acally: goofy smile as she walks away __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

07-25-2006, 03:31 PM	#17
Sminty_Smeagol Manic Cardboard-Box Dweller Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a house Posts: 1,071	A lot of kids my age are getting random, little, (relatively) meaningless tattoos around their 18th birthdays. I don't want to be like that... I either want nothing, or a huge backpiece or something. Option 2 is more likely. I'm looking into getting this.... Here's a pic of it on someone else: http://www.eurotattoo.co.nz/escher.shtml __________________ I love the fishes.

07-25-2006, 05:55 PM	#18
Sam Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 251	i don't know... i think that that back tat is a bit too elaborate for my liking, althogh it might look good if you get it without colour. actually, i think that tat would probably look best on your shoulder. __________________ Sam, son of Mark Last edited by Sam : 07-25-2006 at 05:58 PM.

07-28-2006, 02:11 PM	#19
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	That would cost a fortune and take days to do. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

07-31-2006, 04:37 PM	#20
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	i shall be getting a tattoo as soon as i can afford it, whilst not strictly tolkien, it is a dragon...covering my back, grasping a pentagram in his claws, with the head coming down my left arm, and the tail ending on my right ankle...very expensive, so it'll take a while to save up

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