MikeWheeler Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I did this Firefly Tattoo, and it has a moon in it. Figured it was relevant HaydenRose, Delicious, CultExciter and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-78444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWheeler Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I did this firefly tattoo, Its got a moon in it. So i hope its relevant. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-78445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnPorter Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 There's a long story about the 'why' of us getting that particular design... To condense it- when we started dating a mutual friend told us that our being happy was 'just the honeymoon phase. don't worry, it will pass' and we were blown away by how snarky and shitty a comment it was. So we started joking about getting a tattoo that was ambiguously a nod to Honey Moon Phase as a bigolfuckyou joke. I've never gotten a tattoo with a partner before and when we were discussing it we decided not to add initials or date or anything to 'play it safe' but ultimately it was a really great experience. Delicious, 9Years, cookietruck and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-78469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookietruck Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I've never gotten a tattoo with a partner before and when we were discussing it we decided not to add initials or date or anything to 'play it safe' but ultimately it was a really great experience. is there a thread for significant other tattoos? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-78685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnPorter Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 is there a thread for significant other tattoos? I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-78712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieFaux Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 When you started this thread @Delicious, I didn't think I had a moon, then I remembered I did have the faint outline of a crescent moon shaped jewel. Today Kim shaded it in along with some other stuff, this is a pic taken from the table: (better pic now on Latest Lowdown) SeeSea, SStu, Reyeslv and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-79306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumpleton Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Obviously not a tattoo as yet, How good is this going to be when done Artist is Matthew Houston recently posted on instagram. Delicious and daveborjes 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-79312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathenist Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Doesn't Dietzel have an old flash with the lady head in the curve of a crescent moon? Delicious and daveborjes 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-79313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Robson Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Sorry to be off topic with the way this thread turned out but regardless of any "witchy witchy" (whatever that means) or other current tattoo trends. Sometimes we gotta take it back and look at why?... Not just why you got a particular tattoo but why certain symbols are grouped together in the first place. Female figures and the moon make more sense than most associated designs. - As a side note, Diana worship became very popular in Europe in the early 19th century as part of the revival of earlier religious ideas by the middle classes (who had more time on their hands, probably because of the Industrial Revolution) which led to more works of art, visual, written and performed that included these ideas and symbols. These are often the very works that modern tattooers appropriate. Remember that some tattooer, somewhere knew this when they included a moon in a design of a lady head. (or they took it from an illustration by someone who knew.) Then it was imitated because it looked cool or resonated in some way. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I strongly believe it's a tattooers job to understand the mechanism of symbols and apply them to create relationships that have a deeper value than just looking cool. There's nothing wrong with looking cool and often I don't bore my clients with a lecture about the historical connections with the symbols I include. I just try to make their tattoo look cool. Hopefully one day they will discover the meanings and connections behind the symbols and realise it makes the design slightly richer. Sorry to derail yet another thread with a boring self-righteous rant... irezumi, Fala, TrixieFaux and 18 others 21 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-79314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnPorter Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Sorry to derail yet another thread with a boring self-righteous rant... Where would we be without your self righteous rants, Stewart? I for one (usually) enjoy them. I interviewed David Bruehl back in 2008, and he had some similar thoughts on the more abstract concept you're talking about: "I take on the role of the educator. We live in an entire world of symbology, and I think everyone who chooses a tattoo does so because it resonates with them, albeit sometimes on a very subconscious level, so I don’t judge. They likely may not know the specific significance, but a part of them speaks the language." - Bruehl "On the same subject, but an even more light-hearted note: Every time a person has ever come in wanting to get a yin yang tattoo, I’ve joked with them that I won’t do it unless they tell me what religion/philosophy it’s associated with. In my seven years of tattooing, I’ve never had someone correctly answer “Taoism” or even “Chinese” philosophy. So they may be ignorant of the origins surrounding the symbol, but they do correctly seek to realize the balance that it represents." -ibid missmaralaena, Reyeslv, irezumi and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-79335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SStu Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 and often I don't bore my clients with a lecture about the historical connections with the symbols I include. I, for one, would relish being better educated on symbolism that might add to or detract from the overall project. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-79345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathenist Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Sorry to be off topic with the way this thread turned out but regardless of any "witchy witchy" (whatever that means) or other current tattoo trends. Sometimes we gotta take it back and look at why?...Not just why you got a particular tattoo but why certain symbols are grouped together in the first place. Female figures and the moon make more sense than most associated designs. - As a side note, Diana worship became very popular in Europe in the early 19th century as part of the revival of earlier religious ideas by the middle classes (who had more time on their hands, probably because of the Industrial Revolution) which led to more works of art, visual, written and performed that included these ideas and symbols. These are often the very works that modern tattooers appropriate. Remember that some tattooer, somewhere knew this when they included a moon in a design of a lady head. (or they took it from an illustration by someone who knew.) Then it was imitated because it looked cool or resonated in some way. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I strongly believe it's a tattooers job to understand the mechanism of symbols and apply them to create relationships that have a deeper value than just looking cool. There's nothing wrong with looking cool and often I don't bore my clients with a lecture about the historical connections with the symbols I include. I just try to make their tattoo look cool. Hopefully one day they will discover the meanings and connections behind the symbols and realise it makes the design slightly richer. Sorry to derail yet another thread with a boring self-righteous rant... This is great, no need to apologize for the history lesson, I love this kind of stuff. And yeah, it is cool how much tattoo imagery comes from Victorian artwork. Mario Desa clued me in on this one of the times I got tattooed by him, sure enough when I did a google search for Victorian art woman moon, got a bunch of hits. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-79366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple123 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I have a cat on a moon Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-79376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootermcgavin125 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 I have seen the popularity of moon tats grow a lot. Whats the story behind the bleeding moon?? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-79416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delicious Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 Small arm filler I got a month or so ago from Jeremy Swed at Inksmith & Rogers...based off a Zeis flash piece. Stole this to bump the thread. Great tattoo by the way @velvetlover36 SStu, motsimus and kimkong 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-89326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimkong Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 i have a small one from tim pausinger on my arm. the picture is really small too :) MadeIndelible, Graeme, Delicious and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-89339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetlover36 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Thanks. - - - Updated - - - Stole this to bump the thread. Great tattoo by the way @velvetlover36 Thanks. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-89340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PickingUpDust Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I've posted this one on the site elsewhere but here's my lady moon from @Valerie Vargas. Delicious, motsimus and MadeIndelible 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4352-moon-tattoos/?page=2#findComment-89529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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