Finally entering the world of visible Tattoo's

Last night I finally started work on tattooing my arm, I have been thinking about it for a while and decided that I wanted to sleeve my arm. I have always stayed away from getting visible tattoos, but I am at a point in my life now where I know it doesn't matter. I don't have to worry about it effecting work and when it comes to what people might think.... Well I don't really care about that! ha.

I got the design transferred onto my arm and started work, I realized that it is a lot harder than I had realized. Just because you can reach it does not mean that it will be easy to tattoo. I found myself getting frustrated with not being able to get the right angles on some of the lines, and it was really hard to do it all with only one hand. Usually I will use my left hand to hold the skin tight and to wipe away the ink. With only having my right hand to work with, every time I had to wipe away the ink I had to put down the machine and pick up the paper towel. It made the tattoo take a whole lot longer than it normally would.

As for the meaning of the tattoo so far, I think the guitar fret board kind of speaks for itself but at the top of the fretboard is a pattern. That pattern is called the "Golden Ratio". It was said to be first discovered in ancient Greece by Pythagoras and it was used in their architecture and art. It is said that the perfect golden rectangle is the most pleasing to the eye. Credit cards, Ipods, sheets of paper, etc. all follow this formula and it is no accident. It is also found in nature and in music. Da Vinci used this formula in pretty much all of his art and he did some studies on it as well. That is another reason why it is part of this tattoo, the rest of the lower half of my arm will be mostly revolved around Da Vinci's work, Music, and the Golden Ratio.

The top part of my arm I will have to get done at a tattoo shop because it is too hard to reach. But the theme for the top part of my arm is my other obsession.... KNIVES! If you know me, or have been in my basement, you know that I love knives, blades, and any other kind of pointy weapon. I am not really sure why but it has always been an interest of mine. So, the top part of my arm is going to be a tangled mess of blades in a tribal kind of formation going onto my shoulder. I can't wait to get it all done!

Here is a link to the detailed information and the Mathematics behind the golden ratio for those of you who care to learn! http://www.jimloy.com/geometry/goldenz.htm