I had a few ideas for this new tattoo I want to get. Though I don't feel right getting one if it doesn't have any meaning. That's silly to put a picture you saw on the wall on your body permanently. Forget that.
I want a Circus. Even better than a circus, I have specific items from the carnival/circus realm I'd like included.
-The Strong Man (complete with oversized mouth-stache)
-The Pretty Ladies (3 dancers? Long Eyelashes and blush on their cheeks)
- The High Wire (Silhouette)
-Tigers + Whip Guy with Top Hat
-Elephant Line
- The Big Top
- A Ferris Wheel
- Balloons
-Big Poofy Swirly Clouds
I can't decide how/where I'd like it done. Part of me wants to start a sleeve but I doubt I have arms that would accent the work well. I want it to be super bright colors. And haven't decided if it should be super Cartooned or in a different style.
A Quote or poem or line from a poem shall be included. I thought about just getting the Ferris wheel and the big top as an outline and the line being comprised of the words of the quote.
If it turns out to be a Salvador Dali Quote I want the whole thing drawn like a Dali painting.
Here's some quotes I've gathered lately:
"One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened as reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams." Dali
"You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life." Dali
"Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it" Dali
"Everything you can imagine is real" Picasso
"I pay no attention to technique. The ideas dictate everything. You have to be true to that or you're dead." David Lynch
"The whole world is wild at heart and weird on top." David Lynch
"The very meaninglessness of life forces men to create his own meaning. If it can be written or thought, it can be filmed." Stanley Kubrick
"I believe in the imagination. What I can't see is infinitely more important than what I can see." Duane Michals
"Return, forgetful Muse, and straight redeem
In gentle numbers time so idly spent;
Sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteem" W. Shakespeare
Point is, The circus is life in general. There are many pieces to the act that need to work together cooperatively. The strong man represents will power, the high wire is fearlessness, the tigers+top hat = courage and control, the elephants are wisdom, the ferris wheel is to remind me that there are ups and downs and no matter where you are the other is around to corner... so don't take anything for granted. The balloons are hopes, dreams, ambitions. The pretty ladies are the past present and future. Perhaps two will be standing together and a reflection will be in the funhouse mirror, distorted.
This is a major piece and I want it all done soon. I can't think of why I would't get it. I just need someone to draw a couple for me so I have elements to pick from.
Anyone interested?
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