Showing posts with label fish tattoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fish tattoo. Show all posts
Friday, March 2, 2012
THE Tattoo...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
ἰχθύς Tattoo
Recently, a former student asked me if I would be able to come up with some designs for a potential tattoo. He wanted a tattoo with the ancient Greek letters ἰχθύς (icthus). The early Christians used the Greek word icthus which means fish as a way of communicating their faith. Icthus was an anagram, each of the greek letters stood for a word which ended up being the phrase : "Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ", (Iēsous Christos, Theou Yios, Sōtēr), which translates into English as "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior". I think that is pretty cool. Thus, the origin of the Jesus fish. The persecuted christians, when meeting secretly, used the sign of drawing a fish in order to know they were followers of the Way.
Anyway, I have been thinking about how to go about this for a while. I have been sketching out some ideas. A couple of my ideas are a mix of different types of letters/languages, in a way. In the ancient early Christian church, symbolic letters and words often were a mix of latin and greek, so I thought that in the same general way, I could try my own hybrid fish.
A brief explanation of each of these designs follow:
The first one is traditional, although I did not actually draw the fish shape around the letters, I wanted the letters themselves to form the shape. I added a hopefully unique tail.
The second is a basic variation of the letters, my own style.
The third was inspired by a Hobbit font. Instead of using the greek letter Theta, I substituted the English TH equivalent.
The fourth was inspired by the Elder Scrolls font, which is a video game that I know he loves. Again, I substituted the TH.
The final sketch is a variation of a Lord of the Rings elven font, but with the greek letters only.
I think I will find out if he likes any of the concepts, before continuing, but this has been enjoyable to play around with.
Anyway, I have been thinking about how to go about this for a while. I have been sketching out some ideas. A couple of my ideas are a mix of different types of letters/languages, in a way. In the ancient early Christian church, symbolic letters and words often were a mix of latin and greek, so I thought that in the same general way, I could try my own hybrid fish.
A brief explanation of each of these designs follow:
The second is a basic variation of the letters, my own style.
The third was inspired by a Hobbit font. Instead of using the greek letter Theta, I substituted the English TH equivalent.
The fourth was inspired by the Elder Scrolls font, which is a video game that I know he loves. Again, I substituted the TH.
The final sketch is a variation of a Lord of the Rings elven font, but with the greek letters only.
I think I will find out if he likes any of the concepts, before continuing, but this has been enjoyable to play around with.
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