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Wear it with Pride

Poty — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:01:33 +0000

Pinoy pride, Shane Chinnock (the bearer) is half-Aussie and half-Filipino. He is a navy from his land. He decided to have this tattoo so he wouldn’t forget his heritage and the values that his Filipina mother brought him up with.

He wear this tattoo in his forearm with a big pride. Actually Shane, you made us proud of you too. Your mother had brought you up very well.

My Heritage

Poty — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:22:37 +0000

This tattoo of Rodney Lucindo from Manila, Philippines was done when he was in the US. He wanted everybody to know that he is a Filipino.

Above his tattoo are the words “Pinoy Pride” and the whole tattoo looks like a tiger with different face. It’s up to you on how you will interpret this tattoo.

Credits to Puppet for this tattoo.

Family Design

Poty — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:45:07 +0000

Respect and faithfulness are the two distinguish characteristics of Filipino when it comes to their family. Unlike other Asian countries, there are no booming orphanage in the Philippines for Filipinos love to keep and take care of their own parents or relatives till they grow old.

This also denotes the high respect and love of Edward with his family for his tattoo design showed it. This one is consists of 3 Stars and a Sun with the letters in family design that says his name “Edward Tumanan Tribue”.

Looks great but one character is upside down. Can anyone guess? If your going to get Baybayin tattooed, don’t use an online translator is they don’t know pronunciation and context. Either learn the script or ask someone for help.

In Good Times and in Bad Times

Poty — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:45:52 +0000

Filipinos used to smile in good times and in bad times. This is the meaning of Vince Talde’s tattoo.

If you will look closely, you will see a lot of image in this Philippine map tattoo including a man’s face, mask and more. Study the tattoo and I’m sure you will also see something.

Vince would like to thank Leo Roque of L and T tattoo for this marvelous job!

What Do You Think Of This?

Poty — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:55:53 +0000

Matthew D. of French Camp, California wants to hear your comment about this tattoo design. His friend drew this out for him because he is very very proud that he is a Filipino. Instead of going out with the usual 3 Stars and a Sun they came up with this one. They got creative and Matthew wants to know if you guys liked it too.

Tattoo Artist: Carl Syyap

Poty — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:27:18 +0000

Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like you to meet Carl Michael Syyap, a tattoo artists from Long Beach, California. He grew up in California but was born in Philippines.

Below is an example of tattoo that he made for a client. For more information about him. please visit these sites: www.myspace.com/tattooan
www.facebook.com/CarlSyyap

You can also contact him at his email add: carl_lucas14@yahoo.com or through his phone no. and address: 1 (562) 506-5536
1240 E. San Antonio Dr. # 308,.Long Beach,CA 90807.

Famous Stars and Straps Filipino

Poty — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:00:08 +0000

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

Poty — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:00:52 +0000

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

Christian — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:00:18 +0000

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

Christian — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:40:49 +0000

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

Christian — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:02:25 +0000

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?