.:Tattoo - what to do? ...read inside...

03/14/2005 10:05:31 PM · #1

Ok, guys here I come to you once more!
I've always LOVED my nickname, ScudS.
It's been like a "name" to me, since I was like, 9! And I'm 24!!!
I've always wanted to have a tattoo, and I liked very much the idea of having it done in my back, below my shoulders!
The thing is, I've been messing with corel draw for a long time today, with no good results.
I've downloaded quite a lot of diff fonts, tried diff setups, none of 'em pleased me!
But I'm quite sure of what I want, I just can't reproduce it.

I want some bold letters, taht look like scratched, rusty, with some noise to it!
It can have a frame around it, or maybe some lines, something that add to the roughness of the image, but still looks good! Like a LOGO.
I've never been any good at logos.

Any genious around? Anybody willing to give me a hand on this?

princess

03/14/2005 10:52:48 PM · #2

Maybe you should try heading around to the tattooing parlors in your neighborhood and see what they can come up with for you. They are artists of their own trade after all and should be able to draw something out for you -- maybe they can work with you and together find something that jumps out at you. Good luck!!

soup

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

03/14/2005 10:56:17 PM · #3

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Message edited by author 2005-03-15 10:04:34.

PollyBean

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

03/14/2005 10:59:47 PM · #4

I don't know much about tatts, but how about old irish lettering and some knotwork?

Maybe something Like this?

03/14/2005 11:24:01 PM · #5

Originally posted by princess:

That's the thing! The guy that's going to do it is a friend of mine, with a degree in arts and all. He's actually very good. But he doesn't want to take the "credits" for it. Coming up with the art itself. He has sort of a different criteria about doing it on ME. I can't really describe what hu thinks, but he doesn't want just to "mark" me. We're really good friends and he want's it to look "special" you know. I think he wants it on me, in such a manner that I can't come up with something that looks really good!
That's gonna be hard........

Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon

03/14/2005 11:25:43 PM · #6

Originally posted by soup:

That's pretty much what I came up with. I mean, it all turned out to be just, LETTERS.
I want something that has impact, lines, like a logo for a videogame, for an action movie, scary yet simple!

Man do I sound confusing!!!!

atsxus

Canon EOS-10D

03/15/2005 12:01:48 AM · #7

Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon

03/15/2005 12:05:43 AM · #8

Originally posted by atsxus:

Holly sh........
Now that's something!
I'm pretty sure I can work this up and turn it into something a bit different, but still following the same idea!

Stephanie, mind if I use it????

atsxus

Canon EOS-10D

03/15/2005 12:12:03 AM · #9

Originally posted by scuds:

Originally posted by atsxus:

Holly sh........
Now that's something!
I'm pretty sure I can work this up and turn it into something a bit different, but still following the same idea!

Stephanie, mind if I use it????

I wouldn't have posted it if you couldn't use it. :) Use it as is if you want, I don't mind. Just take a pic so I can put it in my porfolio. :D

If you want it as is, I'll work up a better quality one for you.

Stephanie

03/15/2005 12:21:42 AM · #10

Originally posted by atsxus:

It doesn't need to be high quality, as it'll be drawn again, in paper, so then he can have it on my skin. Only thing is, the word itself, SCUDS, could be a bit bolder. Maybe without the noise, just the outline as a border, a frame of some sort. Maybe just one S with the word in it, like the one on the right, but using the S facing the right direction.

so many options hehehe! i'll give it another try on corel draw

thank you.....

Plexxoid

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

03/15/2005 12:23:20 AM · #11

That's a good one!

I know I could come up with something that fits your original description in CorelDraw. I'd use Impact and move the letters closer together and shift their height randomly. Then I'd cut it in half diagonally at random angles and move the peices for a broken look, and then I'd add some dust, or random little trangles around for a grangier look.

I can do this tomorrow, if you'd like.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/15/2005 12:45:35 AM · #12

this is my original idea.

it's gonna look something like this

what u say?

Message edited by author 2005-03-15 00:51:34.

gloda

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

03/15/2005 01:01:26 AM · #13

ScudS on DaFont. Many distorted fonts, ready to see how they look with 'ScudS'. Have fun browsing.

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS

03/15/2005 01:14:21 AM · #14

Originally posted by gloda:

ScudS on DaFont. Many distorted fonts, ready to see how they look with 'ScudS'. Have fun browsing.

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

ROTFLMMFAO

Firsty

Fujifilm X-E1

03/15/2005 04:59:10 AM · #15

from that font site I like the "Genocide Rmx 2" on page 7
make the line and the drips red
as a starting point... maybe move the lettering closer together

thatcloudthere

Canon EOS-1D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

03/15/2005 09:29:44 AM · #16

Are you sure you want a tattoo on your back?

I mean, this is something that you'll live with for the rest of your life...

...I'd reconsider putting the tattoo on your forehead.

Apple iPhone

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Nikon

03/15/2005 09:49:28 AM · #17

Originally posted by thatcloudthere:

Are you sure you want a tattoo on your back?

I mean, this is something that you'll live with for the rest of your life...

...I'd reconsider putting the tattoo on your forehead.

LOL
People dont realize that a tatoo will be there forever or until you come up with a lot of money to have it removed. What looks fun at 20 looks not so good at 70

totaldis

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

03/15/2005 09:53:04 AM · #18

heh.. im not really a fan of tattoos and to tattoo an alias on your back i think is even worse. not putting you down or anything just a voice of reconsider.

notonline

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/15/2005 10:11:53 AM · #19

Originally posted by scuds:

Originally posted by princess:
Maybe you should try heading around to the tattooing parlors in your neighborhood and see what they can come up with for you. They are artists of their own trade after all and should be able to draw something out for you -- maybe they can work with you and together find something that jumps out at you. Good luck!!

That's the thing! The guy that's going to do it is a friend of mine, with a degree in arts and all. He's actually very good. But he doesn't want to take the "credits" for it. Coming up with the art itself. He has sort of a different criteria about doing it on ME. I can't really describe what hu thinks, but he doesn't want just to "mark" me. We're really good friends and he want's it to look "special" you know. I think he wants it on me, in such a manner that I can't come up with something that looks really good!
That's gonna be hard........

So let me get this straight. He wants your first time to be special while he puts his stuff on your back??? just wrong...

Anyways I have a tattoo and the trickiest thing about the shoulder blade area is that it can be VERY painful if he hits bone. Second not all lettering looks good and can blend after time and become unreadable and could pose for some ink blot art. My suggestion to you is you use as big of lettering as you can find because the smaller the print the blurrier it gets after time. If you realy want a cool looking tattoo get a grafitti artist to draw one up but remember by letting someone else do it it is there work you put on YOUR back and not your own.

StevePax

Canon PowerShot S50

03/15/2005 11:52:07 AM · #20

When you are 80 or 90, are you really going to want "ScudS" written on your back in saggy, sun-spotted weird writing?

03/15/2005 11:56:52 AM · #21

Originally posted by notonline:

So let me get this straight. He wants your first time to be special while he puts his stuff on your back??? just wrong...

I don't know why but it didn't sound good to me, LoL! C'mon, I'm having a hard timne trying to express myself here.

Originally posted by notonline:

If you realy want a cool looking tattoo get a grafitti artist to draw one up but remember by letting someone else do it it is there work you put on YOUR back and not your own.

That's what I was talking about, when I first wrote about him not wanting to just do anything. It ain't goinna be just his work, it's going to be a blend, a mix of two works! That's why I'm trying to come up with something for the past 3 years and still haven't decided!!!!