daedric tattoo !

sapien · Post by **sapien** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:51 pm

Yes i know you may think it seems a bit crazy but im tired of seeing people with tattoos in kanji script or chinese script , and so i was thinking of being unconventional and getting a tattoo in daedric script

only thing is im trying to decide what to get as a tattoo you know what to get written , although ill come to a decision , it would be nice to have a tattoo thats different from the norm.

Do any of you know anyone with a daedric tattoo?

widsith · Post by **widsith** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:49 pm

I suppose you dont see anyone running around with a Daedric tattoo because it is from a game series. People have LOTR tattoos but those are books and movies and have been around for 50, 60 years. The Elder Scrolls do not have that kind of audience and is not that popular yet. Altho once, in the beautiful future. One day.

But dude, get a Daedric tattoo, you'll know it's uique because noone else has it, and it looks cool.

Erik

Morgoth · Post by **Morgoth** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:01 pm

Why not have it say "Tamriel". Or, you could just get your own name. Or your initials, girlfriend's, mother's, favorite pet's, Most beloved character...

Lady Nerevar · Post by **Lady Nerevar** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:24 pm

or go with something from lore. CHIM would look nice

Harke the Apostle · Post by **Harke the Apostle** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:09 pm

Do think it over. Removing them is neither easy nor cheap.

Jale · Post by **Jale** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:33 pm

Personally I'm going for some classical mongolian:

http://www.linguamongolia.co.uk/front.jpg

But whatever you want! Good luck. Why not get it really small and discrete, so if you don't like it, its no big deal.

El Scumbago · Post by **El Scumbago** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:34 pm

Why don't we tatoo our avatars as well? But I agree that Daedric font would be cool for this sort of thing. It's only that tatoos aren't the kind of thing you'd want to have on your body after 3-5 years, when you'll be a different person. Trust me, 'coz I've been stupid enough to do it.

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:15 pm

Jale wrote:Personally I'm going for some classical mongolian:

http://www.linguamongolia.co.uk/front.jpg

But whatever you want! Good luck. Why not get it really small and discrete, so if you don't like it, its no big deal.

Ooh,where's it gonna be, love?

Macar · Post by **Macar** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:54 am

El Scumbago wrote:Why don't we tatoo our avatars as well?

because tatooing an eyeball hurts!

Dexter · Post by **Dexter** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:00 am

Not to be the party-pooper, but I don't think you can get a tattoo in an exotic script and be unconventional, no matter what that exotic script may be...

Harke the Apostle · Post by **Harke the Apostle** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:54 am

Dexter wrote:Not to be the party-pooper, but I don't think you can get a tattoo in an exotic script and be unconventional, no matter what that exotic script may be...

For originality with symbols, try something like a logical proposition.

I'd trust my own judgement if I where you, but I'd walk around with the tattoo design painted on my arm for three months before I decided to have it. There are lots of useful sites with good advice on the interweb, so just look around.
PS: I don't mean those sites that tell you to cut your ears with serrated shears, or to pierce your ears with safety pins.

Morgoth · Post by **Morgoth** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:42 pm

I do kind of agree. You like daedric now. When you're 50, you'll be saying "WTF was I thinking?".

Harke the Apostle · Post by **Harke the Apostle** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:54 pm

Morgoth wrote:I do kind of agree. You like daedric now. When you're 50, you'll be saying "WTF was I thinking?".

Then again, you may think "Why did I never have the guts to do what I wanted?".

Zalzidrax · Post by **Zalzidrax** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:18 pm

Though Dex is probably mostly right, I think if someone got a tattoo that was in the form of a quantum physics equation, that would manage to be pretty damn unconventional.

Jale · Post by **Jale** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:22 pm

Dexter wrote:Not to be the party-pooper, but I don't think you can get a tattoo in an exotic script and be unconventional, no matter what that exotic script may be...

It's not so much to be unconventional, more just because its a thing of beauty.

Some russian was also an option.

And I haven't decided what to have, but most likely some pithy little phrase.

Dexter · Post by **Dexter** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:47 pm

I think if you're going for something that is beautiful, you need to huck your ideas of script out the window. Find an artist and ask them to draw you some concepts for a linear-based tattoo, with emphasis on the fluid of movement. Beauty in art is much easier to achieve when we aren't hindered by silly things like sets of symbols.

jackston · Post by **jackston** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:55 pm

Harke the Apostle wrote:Do think it over. Removing them is neither easy nor cheap.

.

but writing over them with another is less of a scarring problem...

Morgoth · Post by **Morgoth** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:53 am

The good thing about having the tattoo in a lost/madeup language is that it can mean different things to different people. For example, if a hot girl asks about it, you can tell her it says "Can I have your number?", but if somebody you dislike asks, you can tell them it says "Fuck off".

And it would definitely be a conversation piece.

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:10 am

Jale wrote:And I haven't decided what to have, but most likely some pithy little phrase.

Yeah yeah yeah, but where.

Morgoth · Post by **Morgoth** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:49 am

Sload wrote: Yeah yeah yeah, but where.

On his forehead of course! It's all the rage.

Harke the Apostle · Post by **Harke the Apostle** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:05 am

Sometimes I think about having an 'H' tattooed on my forehead. (like in Red Dwarf).

sapien · Post by **sapien** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:25 am

hahahah that would be class !

jackston · Post by **jackston** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:20 am

on the other hand do consider trying to explain "yeah, it's a tattoo in a language from a computer game where I play this wizard elf"...that is not going to get you laid....

widsith · Post by **widsith** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:12 pm

jackston wrote:on the other hand do consider trying to explain "yeah, it's a tattoo in a language from a computer game where I play this wizard elf"...that is not going to get you laid....

Well, you'll never know.

sapien · Post by **sapien** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:35 pm

well i wont need to try n get laid !i have a girlfriend , and im gettin married so !

but anyways its not the tattoo that gets you laid , its your 78 charisma, 89 personality, 85 intelligence that gets you laid oh and your good looks

Nalin · Post by **Nalin** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:17 pm

sapien wrote:well i wont need to try n get laid !i have a girlfriend , and im gettin married so !

but anyways its not the tattoo that gets you laid , its your 78 charisma, 89 personality, 85 intelligence that gets you laid oh and your good looks

Don't forget a "Charm" scroll

I think if you like the script then it's a good idea - people get all kinds of tattoos just because they like the look - why does it have to be something that is regarded as "cool/aceptable" by everyone else.

I think you should do it if you have a good idea of how you want it to look - that said, I'd recommend you get it in a small "font" as big Deadric letters could look a bit tacky... Look at some of the Temple artwork in Morrowind - some of those would make really nice tattoos...Yes, I've considered one.

If you're unsure of a good word to put into daedric script why not go with the classic "AVS" shown here:
http://til.gamingsource.net/gallery/mw_TAoM_p24.jpg

Morgoth · Post by **Morgoth** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:29 pm

Get the entire Azura intro! Or at least this part: "You have been taken from the Imperial City's prison, first by carriage, and now by boat, to the east, to Morrowind." Just make the font small.

Post by **Gnomey** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:37 pm

For some reason that makes me think of bumper stickers... Temple imagery and scrawling does seem rather fitting when it comes to tattoos. Or you could just go with the painted faces of some dunmer.

Nalin · Post by **Nalin** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:56 pm

Macar wrote:
El Scumbago wrote:Why don't we tatoo our avatars as well?
because tatooing an eyeball hurts!

But it's nothing new
http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Eyeball_Tattooing

Jale · Post by **Jale** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:33 pm

Sload wrote:
Jale wrote:And I haven't decided what to have, but most likely some pithy little phrase.
Yeah yeah yeah, but where.

Well I chose a vertical, linear script for one big reason.

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:22 pm

You're limited to a pretty short word then love.

Macar · Post by **Macar** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:24 pm

sapien wrote:but anyways its not the tattoo that gets you laid , its your 78 charisma, 89 personality, 85 intelligence that gets you laid oh and your good looks

If all else fails- try some Telvanni Bug musk. "I dont like the Telvanni, but even humans love the musk!"

And I can tell you what Jales tatoo will not say... Egg

Morgoth · Post by **Morgoth** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:45 pm

Macar wrote: And I can tell you what Jales tatoo will not say... Egg

Heheh.

Harke the Apostle · Post by **Harke the Apostle** » Tue May 01, 2007 12:28 pm

Try dressing up as Darth Vader...It used to work miracles in the eighties. (if those teenage movies are anything to go by).

sapien · Post by **sapien** » Wed May 02, 2007 9:58 am

I was just wondering i read in the imperial library that most people in tamriel dont right from right to left , but instead right in cluster form , how then would that work , can anyone give me an example as i want to remain as true to the lore as possible !

im also thinking of doing something similar to the tatto that that charachter has on her back in the morrowind art !

or maybe some of the ink styles that lutemoth has done !

Harke the Apostle · Post by **Harke the Apostle** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:58 am

sapien wrote:I was just wondering i read in the imperial library that most people in tamriel dont right from right to left , but instead right in cluster form , how then would that work , can anyone give me an example as i want to remain as true to the lore as possible !

You should probably ask on the Official Forums, as TIL doesn't have that information IIRC.

Lady Nerevar · Post by **Lady Nerevar** » Wed May 02, 2007 6:33 pm

thats in daedric. iirc normal script is read same as english, right to left in a line.

sapien · Post by **sapien** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:27 am

yeh i figured that , but i was looking at the temple art or even the banners everywhere in vivec and temple district , they are in cluster form !

the tattoo that almalexia has is very cool , maybe something along the lines of that !

thanks for the input

Nalin · Post by **Nalin** » Thu May 03, 2007 8:32 pm

sapien wrote:yeh i figured that , but i was looking at the temple art or even the banners everywhere in vivec and temple district , they are in cluster form !

I think that's mainly for the look (aesthetics) - That'd make a pretty nice tattoo though - maybe add a little colour into it aswell?

sapien wrote:the tattoo that almalexia has is very cool , maybe something along the lines of that !

She has quite a few/a big one, can you post a picture of the part you mean...Tattoos really are "my thing" at the moment

sapien · Post by **sapien** » Fri May 04, 2007 7:08 am

This is the part of the tattoo that i wanna take ideass from

[img]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y284/intron/almalexiatat.jpg[/img]