Filipino Style and 3 Stars & a Sun
November 2, 2009 by Poty · Leave a Comment
If you want to see a Filipino style tattoo, then you have to see this one by Jay-Are Chy of Moreno Valley, Ca. It is literally with “Filipino Style” text and another version of 3 Stars and a Sun. The sun, which is in the center, is composed of the three colors of the Philippine flag (red, blue and white).
Jay-Are has only one meaning for his tattoo and it is “THE FILIPINO PRIDE.” So, just like him, be proud and do the Filipino style around the world.
Praying Hands
October 28, 2009 by Poty · Leave a Comment
This praying hands is a memorial tattoo of Ed Cruz from London to his nephew. Aside from the hands, he incorporated the 3 stars and a sun to show his pride and love for his country which is the Philippines.
According to him, he is already settled and living abroad for few years now and his tattoo reminds him of his root as well as his beloved nephew.
This only shows that Ed is a very loving Tito and a proud son of “Mother Pearl”.
Middle Name with 3 Stars and a Sun
September 30, 2009 by Poty · Leave a Comment
This tattoo image was submitted by Chris B. Valdez of Lahaina, Maui. Out from the usual last-name-tattoo, he chose to engrave his middle name “Bigornia” with 3 Stars and a Sun in his chest. The design is originally from him and with the help of his artist they came up with this tattoo. Along with the description of his tattoo, Chris included a very cool phrase that really described his tattoo and it’s “F*ck the rest, i’ll take on to the chest.” Cool and brave as he is!
It’s Baybayin
July 13, 2009 by Christian · Leave a Comment
Jerweezee (San Diego CA)
Filipino Sun/Alibata/Tribal by Salvation Ink San Diego “The Kuya”
“We have the Filipino sun on the back and on the arm the word Pinoy with Alibata of kids name and Filipino/Hawaiian fusion tribal.”
Ancient Filipino script shouldn’t be called in any other way but Baybayin.
Baybayin was coined alibata by a National Language Institute member Paul Rodriguez Versoza in 1939. The said term was based on a Maguindanao alphabet related to the Arabic alif, ba, ta. There are no supporting evidences though on Versoza’s theory of baybayin and the Arabic language’s relation.
The word baybayin originated from the Tagalog root word baybay which literally means spell. And the shapes of the baybayin characters have a similarity to the ancient Javanese Kavi script. Usage of baybayin is known to have started as early as the 1400s.
The baybayin is a syllabic writing system called abugida and made up of 17 characters which can increase into 45 when the characters are combined with vowel-modifying marks called kudlits.
Baybayin.com offers more information about this ancient script.
Francis M’s 3 Stars and a Sun tattoo
September 29, 2008 by Christian · 83 Comments
Here are some tattoos of Francis M’s 3 Stars and a Sun clothing line logo.
More photos after the jump….
Sucks to have the same tattoo as someone else
