Custom Baybayin translation & design service. 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”

Too bad you can’t hear it….

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

dutdutan, originally uploaded by jolengs. Photo of a big Adolf Hitler tattoo on someones back at Dutdutan 2007

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

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 [...]

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? Upload your tattoo photo here.

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 [...]

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 [...]