Famous Stars and Straps Filipino
October 26, 2009 by Poty · Leave a Comment
What can you say about this tattoo? Well, it is unique in its own way as it boldly say the word Filipino. If you will notice, many tattoos are designed with symbols that I think some people don’t understand unless they are familiar with it. In this case, Brando of Gulfport Mississippi, which is the owner, made it straight to the point that he is a Filipino and obviously he is very proud about it. Take a look at the tattoo and you will notice that it is made with outlined straps and one star only, simple yet with impact.
Watch out for his tattoos as he is planning to have more on his side and across the back with map of islands, sun and stars and baybayin as the designs.
Traditional Tribal
October 23, 2009 by Poty · 1 Comment
As what the title said, this tattoo is a traditional tribal one with Alibata saying “Filipino”. The tattoo is located at the outer side of Shawn’s leg.
To give you some background, tribal tattoos are more on black inks, holds up very well and doesn’t fade easily. Plus, this is easy to design and very bold. So the next time you want to have a customized tattoo, you can consider trying this first because there are lot of tattoo artists that can do very well on this.
By the way, this tattoo was made by Kiko of Island Ink located in San Diego, Las Vegas.
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.
Ruivivar
July 3, 2009 by Christian · Leave a Comment
Jason (San Diego)
Ruivivar by Skin N Art
“RUIVIVAR and I’m proud to be a Filipino. This tats is my last name and we’re quite a few in our hometown. So I decided to write it in modified Spanish way and also to show that no matter where I am or who I’m with, I’ll say that I’m proud to be Pinoy.”
Did he not know Third Watch?
If not, then he may not know Anthony Michael Ruivivar, one of the main casts of the NBC’s TV drama series Third Watch which last aired May 2005. And he may be interested in knowing the actor since both of them are of kin to Juan dela Cruz.
Anthony Michael’s father is of Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish descent while his mother is German and Scottish. The actor played the role of Carlos Nieto in the show which allowed him to show off his ethnicity that includes of the Filipino characteristic. Too bad he isn’t that visible on the screen now as he was before.
We wonder if the inked Ruivivar is trying to pull a trick that he hasn’t heard of the actor Ruivivar.
Inverted
June 29, 2009 by Christian · Leave a Comment
Pete (Hawaii)
Pinoy/Pride with Philippine Sun and Stars by Felipe
What’s up with the ambigram? Admit it or not, it started to gain popularity when Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons was released a few years back. The book contains the famous ambigram of Illuminati which, when inverted, reads just the same. But has ambigram something to do with us, Filipinos? Answer is yes.
Ambigram is becoming a famous tattoo subject for most. See Parokya ni Edgar vocalist Chito Miranda’s surname inked on his right arm. In no time, the internet will be bombarded with Filipinos tattooed with ambigram since it is the in-thing.
Since we already are speaking of being a part of the fad, Philippines is now being tagged as a nation of copycats. We have the Pinoy Idol, Survivor Philippines, Kakasa ka bas a Grade 5 and more. We need not to tell you their counterpart. Funny? Not. Whatever happened to Filipino’s creative side?
