Nick Aresgado tattooing

Premium custom Baybayin design and translation

Custom Baybayin translation & design service for only $5. I’ll send you a graphic file within 48-72 hours you can print and take to your local tattoo artist. I’ve done about 100 designs since this site started in May 2007. Here are some samples:

“Pambuan Arnis”

“I will die a Catholic”

“Lakas”

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Dutdutan 2007 - MIX Interview

Too bad you can’t hear it….

Dutdutan 2007: Indigenous tribal tattoos

Photo by Redsago. I think the ink was done by Nik Arriesgado

Dutdutan 2007: Hitler, WTF?

Photo of a big Adolf Hitler tattoo on someones back at Dutdutan 2007

Ms. Bautista

After months of offering free Baybayin tattoo designs and translations, someone finally sent in a photo. This is a photo of BA-U-TI-S-TA going down the middle of her spine (ouch).

Tattooist Daniel Cueto in action

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Kali = Kana? Kala?

Found this photo on Flickr that’s supposed to say KA-LI (Filipino martial art) but it actually says KA-NA because instead of the the “L” character, it’s an “N”. Notice the difference between the two.

Let’s say it’s artistic license and the “L” and “N” characters just look alike, there’s still the issue of the missing kudlit above the “LA” glyph. Kali done correctly would look like this:

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Sexy “Light” - Liwanag

This is probably the hottest Baybayin tattoo I’ve ever seen. Modern translation is LI-WA-NA-G. *The black writing near the bellybutton isn’t a tattoo, it’s on the image. What do you think?

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2008 update

Website
PinoyTattoos.com v.2 will be launched soon. This site has grown a lot since introducing free Baybayin designs and translations a few months ago. Since launching the service on 10/01/07, about 100 translations and designs have been done. This new site will have a cleaner design and much more intuitive navigation system.

Custom Baybayin translations
The translation service will be spit in two. Since the # of requests have been increasing every month, it’s hard to keep up with my initial turnaround time of 48-72 hours. The wait is now about 1-2 weeks. Don’t worry, there will still be a FREE service and will not go away. I look at it as my way of giving back. The value added service will have a quicker turnaround time (48-72) hours depending on when you confirm what you want. I’m still playing around with the price structure but it will be a fair price. While I know that most wont pay for a quicker turnaround time, some people have made tattoo appointments without even knowing what they want to get. My question is, how much do you think a fair price would be for a quicker turnaround time? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you

Sister in Baybayin = SI-TI?

I came across this “Alibata” tattoo of “Sister” in the BMEInk gallery. The person probably went to an online Baybayin / Alibata any typed in “Sister” choosing original Baybayin. The result would be SI-TE as you see in the photo below. They might have thought that it was also a language translation as well.

A couple problems with this 1) There’s a Tagalog translation of sister (Kapatid or Ate), why not use that? 2) Sister could also be phonetically translated but would need to use modern Baybayin.

Below is a Kapatid (KA-PA-TI) and Ate (A-TE) in Baybayin.

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