Inked!

Hades · 01-20-2006, 12:55 PM

Ladies and Gents,

I'm getting inked!

My brother and sister conspired to get me a Christmas / Birthday gift that would be very special, so they are going to pay for me to have a tattoo done! My brother, sister, and 15 year old nephew all have tattoos, so they thought it was only fair that I have one also.

It's kinda becoming a tradition for the younger generations of my family (and many other Hawaiians and Polynesians) to get Hawaiian / Polynesian inspired tattoos as a way to acknowledge our Polynesian heritage and to pay respect to friends and ancestors. Much about the traditions behind tattooing has been lost in the Hawaiian culture, but is slowly making a resurgence.

I had been thinking of getting a tattoo done for a couple of years, but never really put any ideas down until recently. I think it is why my sister and brother came up with this gift idea. In the tattoo I will have done there will be three circular windows on a shield-like background. Each window will have a theme. The center window will have a Hawaiian fish hook. This will pay homage to my father. He loves to fish and my favorite gift I have got from him was a Hawaiian fish hook necklace. The right window will have a Honu (turtle). This is a symbol for good luck. It is also on my brother's and my nephew's tattoo, so it will be a nod to them as well. In the left window will be a depiction of the Island of Kauai. It will have a pattern of waves in the foreground to represent all of the years I used to body surf. I spent much of my best days of my youth body surfing. Above the island will be the symbol of a bird repeated six times. The symbol of the bird signifies returning home from where ever the person my be. Each bird symbol will represent a member of my immediate family (my father, mother, brother, sister, nephew, and myself), as we will all return to Kauai someday.

The tattoo session will take place tomorrow and will be done by a close friend of the family who has done both my brother's and my nephew's tattoos, so I know it will be done well and look great. I'm very excited about this! I will try to post pictures of the tattoo as soon as I can. Wish me luck for a relatively painless session!

01-20-2006, 12:55 PM	#1
Hades Silly Rabbit! Tricks are for kids! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 80	Inked! Ladies and Gents, I'm getting inked! My brother and sister conspired to get me a Christmas / Birthday gift that would be very special, so they are going to pay for me to have a tattoo done! My brother, sister, and 15 year old nephew all have tattoos, so they thought it was only fair that I have one also. It's kinda becoming a tradition for the younger generations of my family (and many other Hawaiians and Polynesians) to get Hawaiian / Polynesian inspired tattoos as a way to acknowledge our Polynesian heritage and to pay respect to friends and ancestors. Much about the traditions behind tattooing has been lost in the Hawaiian culture, but is slowly making a resurgence. I had been thinking of getting a tattoo done for a couple of years, but never really put any ideas down until recently. I think it is why my sister and brother came up with this gift idea. In the tattoo I will have done there will be three circular windows on a shield-like background. Each window will have a theme. The center window will have a Hawaiian fish hook. This will pay homage to my father. He loves to fish and my favorite gift I have got from him was a Hawaiian fish hook necklace. The right window will have a Honu (turtle). This is a symbol for good luck. It is also on my brother's and my nephew's tattoo, so it will be a nod to them as well. In the left window will be a depiction of the Island of Kauai. It will have a pattern of waves in the foreground to represent all of the years I used to body surf. I spent much of my best days of my youth body surfing. Above the island will be the symbol of a bird repeated six times. The symbol of the bird signifies returning home from where ever the person my be. Each bird symbol will represent a member of my immediate family (my father, mother, brother, sister, nephew, and myself), as we will all return to Kauai someday. The tattoo session will take place tomorrow and will be done by a close friend of the family who has done both my brother's and my nephew's tattoos, so I know it will be done well and look great. I'm very excited about this! I will try to post pictures of the tattoo as soon as I can. Wish me luck for a relatively painless session! __________________ And you were waiting for the other shoe to drop?!!
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