The Best Literary Word Tattoo Designs | Lifestyle

by ChrisSmith

One of the quickest and most popular trends brewing right now are word or literary tattoo designs. Be it one word to a whole poem word tattoos are hot. In order for people to yet again differentiate themselves from others many people are choosing to have the tattoo word written in a foreign language. For a long time Kanji tattoo were very popular. To get a saying writing in Japanese Kanji was super cool. These trend is kind of dying out these days and now people are getting designs in Italian, Sanskrit and even Arabic. One has to admit there is a certain beauty and mystery in a foreign script. Just think of the moment when Frodo holds up the One Ring in the movie "The Lord Of The Rings" after the ring has been in the fire. Frodo holds up the ring and looks at the beautiful glowing elvish script inscribed into the ring. One can not deny the mystery and beauty of the foreign elvish script. Thus is the same beauty and mystery that leads people to get word tattoos in a different language.

Things To Be Careful About - If you have been considering your options and kind of debating on getting a written word tattoo design or even a word in a foreign language then you should proceed carefully. That does not mean abandon the product all together. You should also realize that the tattoo artist is in the business to make money at the end of the day. Therefor if you want a Kanji design many will produce something like Kanji but it might not be the exact correct one or it might get flipped over or turned around int he process. Many tattoo artists don't know the difference. So the word of warning is to select your tattoo artist and design very carefully and double check with a native speaker that is says exactly what you want it to.

So How Do You Get A Design - After reading what I said above you might just want to ditch the project all together. Luckily there are two easy ways to make sure you don't fall into the trap. First you can serk a tattoo artist that specializes in the types of designs that you are looking for. In other words a person that specializes in Japanese tattoo designs is probably not going to mess up the kanji. The other way is to use the power of the internet and search for a native speaker of the language you want your tattoo done in. They will often check or verify the final artwork for you. This can be done pretty easily for free and sometimes you might even have a to pay a bit of money. In the end is is money well spent.

Another thing that can be very helpful to the translator and make the words and the final tattoo design more accurate is to choose words that are common and not slang. For example if you wanted to get the word "pimp" tattooed across your chest in Kanji it would be very difficult for the translator to find Kanji that would translate that word. There is no word for pimp in the Japanese language and for sure in the older script or writing of Kanji which is thousands of years old. So choose your words wisely and try to find words that are not slang or culturally based words. Also don't be locked into exact translations. Often words don't translate straight across from one language to the next. It takes some finesse and alter of the words to truly express the meaning of the saying in another language.

Find Your Ideal Tattoo Artist - Realize that doing tattoos is an artistic profession for many tattoo artists. They love their work and are proud of their accomplishments and designs. Also as with anything artist each artist has his or her own unique style. You are paying for your design but they will be doing the design and trying to take your ideas and put them into ink. They can not help but put some of their own ideas and skills into the final design. So you want to ideally find a tattoo artist that you love their artwork and their designs. Do you like black and gray scale tattoos without color? Or maybe you like full color very detailed and intricate designs? Well whatever your taste is their is a tattoo artist out there that specializes in those type of designs you just need to take your time and find him or her. Also you want to make sure you connect with them well and that they listen to your ideas.

If you are still seriously considering getting a written word tattoo and one that is in a foreign language then you are well on your way. Remember you want to verify and double check your design with a native speaker of the language. You also want to take your time to find the right tattoo artist. You want to find someone that you can work with and someone that will listen but also give input in to the final design. Take your time and enjoy the entire process of getting a tattoo. It might come together really quick and other times it can take a long time to find the right design and the right artist to tattoo it. Either way fast or slow just enjoy the process and don't rush it.

DISCLAIMER: This article is provided as information only and is not to be taken as financial advice.

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