my tat
Ive been trying to finish off the design for my tat, and ive encountered many design flaws in what ive been trying to do. To encorporate all the fundamental elements of my beliefs. last night i had a dream and in this dream i was revealed the solution to this problem. Only two years after starting and now ive finally coe past this block hole. i do seem to take my sweet ass time with important things anyway, the chesh way. long hard and painfully annoying but when i get there its bloody great adn well worth it. So when its finally finished its gunna be a great tat that i drew myself (except for the dragons which ill get vic to draw which is ok) and its original and it has alot of meaning for me.
so now ill explain a little about what its about. (for an interesting read)
The whole thing is a i ching ming coin (chinese of course). The heaven and earth coin, the outer circle represents heaven and the inner square the earth residing inside the boundaries of heaven. The Very inner hexagon is the yin yang which is absolute balance within the boundaries of the earth realm. (Everything having a equal and opposite). The eight trigram surrounding the represent the infinite possibilities of existence. Each trigram is made up of three lines broken or unbroken, beginning middle and end, and the eight trigrams are the eight possibilities/ probabilities or arrangement (or fate, parralel universes or futures depending on how you look at it). Surrounding the earth is the four dragons of the elements earth air fire and water, they fly around the earth eating each other in turn giving birth to each other. refering to the snake motif that eats its own tail. (of course this pic only has two atm. sorry). and they exist within the realm of heaven.
This is just a design so far but the octagon will be a subtle earth and each trigram clouds while the dragons will all be elemental in their own right. The heavens will be a coin and the dragons stamped on them. should look good once its done. Full black and white too.
size about the size of my hand and on my upper back to the left (shoulder blade)
Allan
so now ill explain a little about what its about. (for an interesting read)
The whole thing is a i ching ming coin (chinese of course). The heaven and earth coin, the outer circle represents heaven and the inner square the earth residing inside the boundaries of heaven. The Very inner hexagon is the yin yang which is absolute balance within the boundaries of the earth realm. (Everything having a equal and opposite). The eight trigram surrounding the represent the infinite possibilities of existence. Each trigram is made up of three lines broken or unbroken, beginning middle and end, and the eight trigrams are the eight possibilities/ probabilities or arrangement (or fate, parralel universes or futures depending on how you look at it). Surrounding the earth is the four dragons of the elements earth air fire and water, they fly around the earth eating each other in turn giving birth to each other. refering to the snake motif that eats its own tail. (of course this pic only has two atm. sorry). and they exist within the realm of heaven.
This is just a design so far but the octagon will be a subtle earth and each trigram clouds while the dragons will all be elemental in their own right. The heavens will be a coin and the dragons stamped on them. should look good once its done. Full black and white too.
size about the size of my hand and on my upper back to the left (shoulder blade)
Allan
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