Ambigram Style
September 11, 2009 by Poty · 1 Comment
If you’re a tattoo fanatic, you are most likely familiar with “Ambigram” style. For those who are new to this, Ambigram style is a graphic figure that can be read upside down yet spells out the same thing.
This tattoo by Steve Ruivivar of New York City is an example of Ambigram style tattoo. It says his last name and he said he was very hooked with this after reading Angels and Demons few years ago.
Pinoy Pride
August 14, 2009 by Poty · 1 Comment
“You have to represent who you are! Be proud to be who you are!” This is the message of Rob Palomo along with the picture of his tattoo with words “Pinoy Pride” and the Philippine flag at the middle. True, nothing beats the spirit of being a Filipino especially when you’re outside and representing our country. Being nationalists is one way of showing love and support to our country. So make yourself a quality product of the Philippines and make your homeland proud of you!
Langit
August 3, 2009 by Christian · 1 Comment
My dela Cruz (Seattle)
Langit by Laughing Buddha
Old English
July 15, 2009 by Christian · 1 Comment
Archgie (California)
3 Stars and a Sun by Ink Assassin
Its old-fashioned feel and historic charm style are some of the reasons why this type of font is famous and can be seen almost everywhere in the tattoo community. But very little is known on how the Old English Text font started. Nevertheless, one thing can best describe it: it was wonderfully made and developed.
Being compared to the famous Cloister Black by Morris Fuller Benton (1904), the Old English Text is classified under the Serif category as Blackletter and is known for its ornate capital letters and diamond-shaped serifs. Blackletter is one of the main kinds of Gothic letters and characterized with fiddly bits in the middle which are noticeable in Old English Text.
This font designed by William Caslon under Monotype Corporation Foundry is compatible with both Macintosh and Windows operating systems using the TrueType (.ttf) and OpenType (.otf) formats.
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.
