cragdw Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 what is the skull / mortarboard (graduation cap) / book and pipe tattoo from? any origin? and what is the butterfly with the skull as a body? kinda like on the cover of Silence of the Lambs. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/899-does-anyone-know-the-origin-of-these-two-skull-designs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogg Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 The skull and mortarboard is sometimes called "The Scholarly Skull." I wanna say it's an old Owen Jensen flash design, but I'm probably wrong. I got one from Mike Wilson last year. Like most of his tattoos, it is perfect (and I am lucky). daveborjes and irezumi 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/899-does-anyone-know-the-origin-of-these-two-skull-designs/#findComment-11224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Noir Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Hmm, I'm not too sure what you mean about the silence of the lambs thing- do you mean the actual moth in the poster, or the tattoos some people have where a butterfly has a human skull for a head? If it's the moth in the poster for Silence of the Lambs, look really closely at it- the skull is actually a picture of naked wimmins! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/899-does-anyone-know-the-origin-of-these-two-skull-designs/#findComment-11228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsRad Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 the moth from silence of the lambs is the death head moth. not sure where the actual tattoo design for a skull with butterfly wings came from. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/899-does-anyone-know-the-origin-of-these-two-skull-designs/#findComment-11229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario desa Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 most americana designs have either a military origin, popular culture (comics, actresses, toys, etc.) origin, or come from victorian scrapbook designs.and of course, some where just kind of invented, from the sources mentioned above. i know this doesn't answer your question, but it's a place to start. Stewart Robson and Shannon Shirley 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/899-does-anyone-know-the-origin-of-these-two-skull-designs/#findComment-11251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
irezumi Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 from Lil Dave a few years ago when he was still at Inksmith. kind of a shitty pic. really damn difficult to get a picture of the back of your own knee. post yours Hoggy hogg 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/899-does-anyone-know-the-origin-of-these-two-skull-designs/#findComment-11258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogg Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Also hard to get a pic of a tattoo that wraps around your shin/top of your foot, but here goes: Excuse the bloody teeth. irezumi, s33ktruth and daveborjes 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/899-does-anyone-know-the-origin-of-these-two-skull-designs/#findComment-11266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Shirley Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 very cool, Macbeth? Im guessing, you read Shakespear? Hell i don't know,ask chuck. cw eldrigde , he's researched it all. i first met him in 89' and he knew it all back then. BTW we need him here. I havent figured out how to contact him lately. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/899-does-anyone-know-the-origin-of-these-two-skull-designs/#findComment-11295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboyer Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 calling chuck at the tattoo archive is the best way to contact him. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/899-does-anyone-know-the-origin-of-these-two-skull-designs/#findComment-11299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hyena Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I ran into a small inkwell that was a "scholarly skull" last week from the late 1700's in an antique shop. Pipe, book, and mortarboard. Shit looked just like a piece of flash, was the size of a baseball, but it cost 900 bucks. mario desa and irezumi 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/899-does-anyone-know-the-origin-of-these-two-skull-designs/#findComment-11326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
irezumi Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 you should change your location status Ron. you dont live in this damn oppressive heat any more. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/899-does-anyone-know-the-origin-of-these-two-skull-designs/#findComment-11337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hyena Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Ha! Will do. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/899-does-anyone-know-the-origin-of-these-two-skull-designs/#findComment-11382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaperz Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Everyone always asks me about my winged skull tattoo and if I'm in a biker gang. People don't seem to realize how far back this symbols go. Long before bikers started using them. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/899-does-anyone-know-the-origin-of-these-two-skull-designs/#findComment-84846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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