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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: Sagii on Thu, 27 November 2014, 12:30:32

Title: Tattoo
Post by: Sagii on Thu, 27 November 2014, 12:30:32
Alright, fellas. I want some brainstorming to happen here! I've been wanting a tattoo since god knows when, but never really found anything I wanted. Yesterday I did. Only problem is; .. it's a sound. Namely the first "scream" you hear in this song: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gZMEWgZBcQs
or any other similar scream for that matter. Has anyone got any good idea of how to actually symbolise or picture that? What I've come up with so far are soundwaves and notes, but both are fairly unoriginal. Anyone got something?
I'm busting my head on this one :)) I'm a pretty noncreative guy, so I ain't got nothin ._.

EDIT: "better" (none of them are good) quality of the same song:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uC-MsO1gfpU
Title: Re: Tattoo
Post by: ddot on Thu, 27 November 2014, 13:46:50
The only thing I can think of is Edvard Munch's The Scream.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream
Title: Re: Tattoo
Post by: Sagii on Thu, 27 November 2014, 14:04:22
The only thing I can think of is Edvard Munch's The Scream.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream
Haha.. honestly, I don't think it fits the bill :))
Title: Re: Tattoo
Post by: mauri on Thu, 27 November 2014, 14:17:44
<insert oriental characters here>
Title: Re: Tattoo
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 27 November 2014, 14:23:21

Title: Re: Tattoo
Post by: Sagii on Thu, 27 November 2014, 14:46:01


Uuuuuh... I don't get it...
Title: Re: Tattoo
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 27 November 2014, 15:27:07
GH tattoo thread (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37253.0) if you are looking for inspiration.
Title: Re: Tattoo
Post by: Grim Fandango on Thu, 27 November 2014, 16:35:36
(http://www.motorcycleforums.net/forum/attachments/marauder-m50-secret-hideaway/13839d1213105518-mucking-exhaust-sound-wrapped-baffle.gif)

Just kidding.

However, try to match something that works with something that you like or that means something to you. I have seen plenty of tattoo's that were "great ideas" but in the end it is still a tattoo. It is ink on skin, and whatever you do should work well. You can always talk to tattoo artists and see if they have any ideas. Make sure you go to a good artist that is creative for something like this. In the end, it is also the artist's on style and specialization that will dictate the way it is going to look. In my experience, you end up with a better tattoo almost 100% of the time if you match your own ideas with the thing the artist is good at.
Title: Re: Tattoo
Post by: iri on Thu, 27 November 2014, 16:50:32
something from norse mythology?
Title: Re: Tattoo
Post by: Sagii on Fri, 28 November 2014, 00:44:00
GH tattoo thread (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37253.0) if you are looking for inspiration.

Ah, cheers! Didn't even think of searching.

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(http://www.motorcycleforums.net/forum/attachments/marauder-m50-secret-hideaway/13839d1213105518-mucking-exhaust-sound-wrapped-baffle.gif)


Just kidding.

However, try to match something that works with something that you like or that means something to you. I have seen plenty of tattoo's that were "great ideas" but in the end it is still a tattoo. It is ink on skin, and whatever you do should work well. You can always talk to tattoo artists and see if they have any ideas. Make sure you go to a good artist that is creative for something like this. In the end, it is also the artist's on style and specialization that will dictate the way it is going to look. In my experience, you end up with a better tattoo almost 100% of the time if you match your own ideas with the thing the artist is good at.

Well, reason I want that "scream" is simply because it does mean a lot to me. For me, it really is the definition of my music and what I love. Music means a lot to me (what a shock. I guess music means a lot to most people, but you get what I mean), and I've always wanted something that could really capture the essence in what I love. And that hard rock scream might be just that.
And when you mention tattoo artists, both my mom and I have a tattoo artist in mind. He's very good technically, and he's got a style I like. But, I'm still on the lookout for a good artist with the exact style I want, and who's good at exactly the things I think are awesome. As you said, someone with the right mindset and skills, might end up making your tattoo 10 times better, and that's also why I want to give my tattoo artist very free hands when drawing my tattoo, when it finally comes to that. One thing I'm also careful with, is getting someone that I really hit the tone with, in person, I feel like that has quite a lot to say as well.

something from norse mythology?

There's nothing there that really means something to me. However, there's a lot of cool stuff to tattoo from there, that's for sure.