|
bookworms · with · ink
 |
|
I finally got the tattoo I had been pining over for the last several years. It's a Jack Kerouac quote that has a lot of depth and meaning to me. I got it on my rib cage despite everyone telling me it was terribly painful. To me, the words mean be your word. Be what you say. Be honest and be true-- and you shall need no witness.
I place a lot of sentiment and faith in honesty and truth. I think that being who you say you are and doing what you say you're going to do is the most important quality man can have. ( If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime. ) |
|
|
Hi there! Okay so I've been a serious lurker here for sometime now. I'm just seeking some placement/font/pain advice. I'm planning on getting a quote from Romeo & Juliet that I've wanted ever since college. I got my first tattoo a few months back and think I'm ready to get my next... ( Clicky )
Current Location: |
lounge |
Current Mood: |
 bored |
Current Music: |
the girl is mine : michael jackson | |
|
|
i want to get the following tattoed: " in the very temple of Delight
veiled melancholy has her sovran shrine" it's from keats ode on melancholy and it's not only one of my favorite poems but it's also applies to me quite a lot. my only current issue is that i have NO IDEA where to place it. i would like wrists but i have both of mine tattoed already. does anyone have any placement suggestions? or two lines tattoos you could show me? i would prefer if it was not visible because i currently teach at a nazi/communist (not literally of course) school. thanks :) |
|
|
Hi everyone.... Long time lurker dont really have any literary tattoo's as yet. Just wondering on a font of a tattoo that was posted in here.
The girl with the white inked "Mischief Managed" tattoo. I'm doing up a Harry Potter themed flyer for my friends birthday party and it was a great looking font. Thanks! :) |
|
|
WARNING -- THIS IS TEXT ONLY!
well, howdy! i've posted here a few times before and shared two of my tattoos and i believe it's time for fourth. for a long while now, i've been wanting to do a lord of the rings quarter sleeve but haven't been able to focus my ideas into something. however, i think i've got it. i either want to do an entirely rohirrim piece with the horses, quotes, people, etc or the fellowship. the trouble is that i haven't been having much luck with finding the pictures. so, basically, i guess i'm asking to be spammed with many many pictures, sites, or really just thoughts. thank you so much! this community has been so positive and supportive before and i always come here first for questions that i know you guys would be able to handle. EDIT:sorry, as it was pointed out to me, i wasn't quite clear. i do know what i want. for the rohirrim, i would want words from either theoden's speech before his last battle or part of eomer's poem when he believes that eowyn is dead. as for pictures: banners, the horses, the characters, and oter such things of that nature. (i can only hope this is making sense!)
Current Mood: |
 chipper | |
|
|
These double as the literary tattoo I've always wanted and a reference to the Amanda Palmer song of the same name. I got them about a month ago. ( not gonna live my life on one side of ) |
|
|
Does anyone have any The Lovely Bones tattoos? Or quotes from Sarah Dessen books? I'd love some ideas. I already have a list of ones that I want to think about for awhile. - book quotes
.. nothing is ever certain - the lovely bones
.. He wore his innocence like a comfortable old coat - the lovely bones
.. one word can change the whole world - this lullaby
.. don't think or judge, just listen - just listen
.. There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment. - the truth about forever
.. Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend. - someone like you
.. There has to be a middle. Without it, nothing can ever truly be whole. Because it is not just the space between, but also what holds everything together - just listen I just have no idea which one means the most to me, or where I'd place them! I also have a lot of lyric tattoo ideas, but I figured I'd spare you. If you want to see, just ask! |
|
|
I found this site while researching fonts for my tribute to my late g-ma. I didn't know that literary tattoos were this was popular until I found this site! I think that it's great! Anyway, I am a distant relative of John Updike (on the same side as my g-ma), and when she passed, this poem comforted me. Perfection Wasted
I plan to get a line or two from this poem added to a tattoo I have on my neck just above the my shoulder blades. The existing tattoo is a tribal celtic knot but also has stylized fleur-de-lis designs on the four outer loops (a symbol that has meaning btw my g-ma and me) and seperate lines/curly cues that originate around the knot then extend over my shoulder blades (sorry no pic, can't get a good one). The text would go under it. I have an idea of which lines, but what would you all pick?
Thanks!
Current Mood: |
amused | |
|
|
I know how hard text tattoos can be, especially when requesting a particular font. Does anybody have shop recommendations for Orange County, Ca? |
|
|
Hello friends! I'm a newbie here. A friend of mine told me about Bookworms with Ink after she saw my latest tattoo. I'm a huge Great Gatsby fan and decided to permanently declare my love for the book. I re-read the book over and over again, writing down quotes that stood out in my head. Of course, the last line of the book ("So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past") is immortal, so I orignally was going to go with that. Instead, I decided to just bite the bullet and get the entire last paragraph. At first, I wanted the piece to look exactly like it had been photocopied from the original prints of the book to my back. However, the artist ( a really good friend of mine) couldn't physically do so...so I found a font that, to me, suited the effect of the words. Here are some pics:
 I'm getting professional pics done soon, so you all can see what it looks like now that it's healed. if you're in the Central Florida area, you should check out my artist: http://tattoomason.com/
He is amazing! |
|
|
Hello! This is my first post here, but it won't be the last! So, uh, hi! :) I've been planning on getting a Neil Gaiman tattoo for several years, but hadn't found anything that really struck me in a way that I could get it done. And then The Graveyard Book came out. What I'm going to get is from the lullaby that Bod's mother sings him:
Face your life
Its pain, its pleasure
Leave no path untaken I have a nautical star on my left forearm and my tattooist and I have discussed getting it done around my arm to start and finish on either side of the star, but I don't know if I'm completely sold on that. [My other thought is to get it done around my upper arm where it'll end near the top point of the star, idk for sure. I think it'll be easier to figure out once I solve my other issue.] The main issue I'm having is I can't find a font I'm completely happy with. I like the fonts that are sort of handwritten/scripty. I don't want anything too "girlie". I rather like Freebooter Script, but it's just a wee bit curly. Does anyone know any fonts that are similar to that, but a little less, ah, embellished [I guess that's the word]? Here's my arm, for a bit of reference. I know it's dark, but I had to make do with my laptop!camera and it doesn't like anything less than a brilliantly-lit room.
 Thank you! I really appreciate any help that can be given! |
|
|
So, I'm very seriously considering getting "Don't Panic" (from A Hitchhiker's Guide To The Universe) on the inside of my upper arm. I want to do a typewriter-y font, does anyone have any suggestions? Also I'd love to see any other Hitchhiker tattoos! Thanks, sorry for the lack of photos in this post. |
|
|
I've been thinking of tattoo ideas like crazy lately, and I've been toying with the idea of getting a Beatles/Across the Universe inspired one sometime in the future. Do any of you have one or have pictures of any? I'd love to see others' and get ideas. sorry for text only |
|
|
i was rereading someplace to be flying by charles de lint, and realized how vivid his writing is, and that there is so much that would make for great tattoos. which brings me to my question: anyone have any charles de lint tattoos, or know of any?
thanks!
|
|
|
I've been watching this community for about two years, and finally, I have a literary tattoo of my own to share :) ( The Guide and I into that hidden road now entered )"The Guide and I into that hidden road
Now entered, to return to the bright world;
And without care of having any rest
We mounted up, he first and I the second,
Till I beheld through a round aperture
Some of those beauteous things that Heaven doth bear;
Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars."
Current Mood: |
 giddy | |
|
|
Hi! I'm looking to get a 2 tattoos of a dogwood tree along with text from Ovid's Metamorphoses . I have come up with this mspaint sketch of how I want them to look, but my problem is WHERE DO I PUT THE LETTERS!? I want it to flow around the trees in some way but with the trees so large and the font so tiny, I wouldn't know how to accomplish that. Do you have any suggestions? They will be going on my upper thighs.  and this was my first tattoo (for reference):
 |
|
|
Opinion question... I know a lot of people think its a bad idea to get something tattooed in a language you don't speak and I agree. However, I really want to get Beati pacifici (Blessed are the peacemakers) as a tattoo.
Its always been one of my favourite Bible quotes (making it literary), but the reason I want to get it in Latin is to commemorate my time studying at Oxford.... Beati pacifici is inscribed on one of the Bodleian library buildings. Any thoughts on using Latin and not speaking knowing it?
I know, its my decision, but I'd like opinions. |
|
|
I posted a few weeks back asking font advice for my "Stay Gold" tattoo, and I finally got it! (actually, I got it 10 days ago, but i forgot to post until now hahahaha) ( pictureee ) |
|
|
a while ago i posted asking for advice about my 'Live deliberately.' tattoo idea which was a culmination of existentialist philosophy, henry david thoreau, my favorite memoir author and my own personal views. after much consideration, i did choose the typewriter font and went to get it yesterday. ( pictures... ) |
|
|
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small}
literarytattoos