Friday, December 4, 2009
Colorful Snowflakes
These pretty snowflakes come from the Flickrstream of tattoo artist Shannon Archuleta who works out of San Francisco. Shannon's work has been featured previously several times on NeoPagan Ink. To see more of her work visit: Cat People Tarot, Mandala Back Piece and the Colorful Eastern Dragon.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Cornucopia Ink
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This gorgeous tattoo comes from the Flickrstream of my_new_wintercoat and is licensed under Creative Commons. (To see another cool tattoo from my_new_wintercoat, go here.)
This tattoo was inked by Mike at Black Cat Tattoo out of Boise, Idaho.
The word "cornucopia" means "the horn of plenty" and is most closely associated with the Greek goddess Copia, a goddess of prosperity and plenty, who carried it with her. She belongs in the posse of the goddess Fortune, goddess of fortune and luck. There are various versions of its origins. The most popular one states that the cornucopia was originally a goat's horn from which the god Zeus drank as a child. To protect him from his father Chronus, who was eating all of his children to prevent them from usurping him, Zeus was sent away to live in a cave. The story goes that either the goat herself tore off her horn to nourish the infant Zeus or that he, jerk that he could be, tore it from her head. Now, you might ask, how does a horn, from the head of animal, provide milk to feed a child? I don't know, I really don't, I just work here. To read more about the cornucopia visit The Flower Shop Network.
Friday, November 27, 2009
More Froud Ink: Crumb
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This amazing tattoo, a take on Brian Froud's Crumb, comes from reader Daniel who says:
Watching over me...still to be joined to some dog roses and vines.Thanks to Daniel for sharing this tremendous tattoo!
P.S. Be sure to check out the comments on this post! Daniel chimes in with some more background about this tattoo. The artist who inked this tattoo is Lisa Schmoldt of Otherside Ink out of Florida.
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