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Tag: Religious Tattoos

  • Open hands

    Written by

    Rob

    With the swastika being a spiritual symbol for centuries, to see it depicted on the palms like this really reinforces that spiritual connection.  While the diagonal swastika has gathered a negative stigma in the west, and justifiably so due to the perversion of the symbol, in this instance the diagonal symbol is needed to make the design complete when his hands are put together.

    As you can see, if he had an upright swastika the center line would have disappeared in the crease between his hands.

    1DeX6 sent in this photo to the hand tattoo gallery.  According to the description it was done at Tattoo Мастерская Александра Ветрова, in Omsk, Russia.

  • Ganesha Sahasranama

    Written by

    Rob

    One of the signature traits of the tattoos that come out of Kipod Studio is the sheer excellence of the quality of work.  We’ve seen tattoos by George and Michael in the past, and one from Arad earlier today.  This portrait of Ganesha on a lotus was done by another one of the talented artists, Alexey Zamotevsky.

    With the new gallery format, artists from every aspect of the body modification community can create a gallery for themselves or for the studio that they work out of like the gang at Kipod did.  If you’d like to have a gallery opened in your name just send off an email to [email protected].

  • Holy Roller(coaster)

    Written by

    Rob

    With the way Jesus’ knuckles are glowing, I’d say he’s probably praying at that moment.  Granted this isn’t the first time ModBlog has posted a picture of Jesus white-knuckling it.

    Jesse Smith from Perfect Image in London did this biblical tattoo.  While it probably could go in the religious tattoo gallery, this one can be found in the cartoon and comic gallery.

  • Sacred Points

    Written by

    Rob

    When it comes to dotwork tattoos, Sonja from Punktum Tattoo in Germany is one of the finest artists working today.

    Take this Om/Swastika piece she did recently.  The blending of the lines with the subtle shading of the dots creates an impressive illusion of depth in lower half of the piece.

    You can check out the full sized image in the religious and mythological tattoo gallery.

  • Buddha’s Hand

    Written by

    Rob

    Joey Pang from Tattoo Temple in Hong Kong is back at it again.  Whenever Joey sends in a photo of her recent work I always find myself stopping everything I’m doing and just staring.  Her art breathtaking, and with her philosophy of tattoos being clothing for the body, the effort she puts into her craft in unmistakable.  To Joey a tattoo is like a piece of clothing that needs to be tailored to the wearer.  Not just in the physical sense either.  Joey customizes her art both for the physical form, and the internal being.  Striking a balance between the two and crafting what will be a piece of clothing the wearer can never take off.

    The following are just two of the new additions Joey had added to the BME galleries.  From the religious and mythological gallery you have the image of Buddha’s hand holding a lotus, and from the Chinese lettering gallery you have an example of her large brush calligraphy style.

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