#myths of tattoo

[bambiilooloo]

trying to figure out my apollo design (ft: free ibis paint background)

[toothy-crow]

The Achilles and Patroclus statue, but from Hades Game 🖤

[katerinaaqu]

Now Odysseus getting inked is one of my most random and in a way cute headcannons ever! 😆

Like:

Agamemnon: Hey, Menelaus. Where is Odysseus? Cannot find him anywhere

Menalaus: Probably by the ships. It was resupply day today.

Agamemnon: But that was hours ago. What on earth is he doing?

Menelaus: Yeah you are probably right let's go and check it out

*They find Odysseus on the beach sitting on a rock while a Scythian probably covered in tattoos of his people is tattooing his upper arm*

Agamemnon: Odysseus, what in the gods' names are you doing?

Odysseus: Oh, can't you see? I am getting a tattoo from this man. He is very good actually.

Agamemnon: Seriously?! We are at war and this is a military camp!

Odysseus: Don't worry, he's cool. I checked.

Menelaus: But weren't you wounded a couple of days ago? Surely shouldn't you be taking it easy? I know they call you "equal to gods" but you ain't immortal

Odysseus: No worries. I am accustomed to pain. This is nothing.

Agamemnon: Even so! That is not a king's behavior. What is wrong with you?!

Odysseus: Why not? Besides look!

*shows his half-done olive branch tattoo*

Odysseus: Olive for my homeland, flowers for my wife and the bittersweet fruit is my dear Telemachus. I want my family with me. I might die tomorrow and my body will not be buried to my land. I want my family with me to the funeral pyre...

Menelaus: *sniffing loudly* You know, brother, you have to admit that is the most fucking adorable thing ever!

Agamemnon: Humph! Whatever! *turns around to hide a manly tear*

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Even better imagine the funny and adorable interaction with Penelope! Hahahahaha like:

Penelope: *sees the tat when she prepares Odysseus for bed* Darling...what is this exactly?

Odysseus: *innocently looking for he had forgotten he had it* Oh, this? I got it at war...

Penelope: But but...this isn't exactly the most...noble behavior isn't it?

Odysseus: Well...it wasn't very "noble" where I was, Penelope but still look here...

*touching the branch*

Odysseus: Olive branch for our homeland...our bed and palace...

*tracing the tiny flowers*

Odysseus: Flowers for my beautiful wife, whom I longed for, for years

*pointing the olives*

Odysseus: the sweet fruit of my dear Telemachus whom I never saw growing and this...

*touching a tiny detail that looks like the silhouette of a bird*

Odysseus: The bird, the swallow coming home is me. I swore to come back to you no matter what I would need to do. Back to our land and our sweet Telemachus

*Penelope smiling now touched and embraces his neck*

Penelope: I still am not sure that I like this idea but it looks good because it is you who has it...

Sorry guys hahahaha 😆 random cheesy brainstorming. Blame my dialog with @aaronofithaca05 for it hahahaha 😆

[heebee-jeebies]

could you draw Artemis and Aphrodite as besties? I feel like their friendship would be so incredible and so wholesome

Shhhh the girls are bonding

I speed ran this but I hope you like it

[hoplessartist]

Medusa because i wanted to

[carabiner-pansy]

some harpy gals… they r all in love with each other.

ink on paper

(tattoo tickets available)

[bogglebeam]

Return of the King

Ascendant Midas Fortnite fanart WIP

[szynkaaa]

tumblr: fandom tattoos are a bad idea wait a few years and if you still like it go for it

me: *sending out inquiries to different tattoo studios to get a Black Myth Wukong tattoo*

[russica]

How many Durges are too many?

Meet Naerym! It is a terrible person 🖤 Dark!Durge playthrough

Name: Naerym

Race: High Elf

Class: Monk/Rogue

Gender: Agender Pronouns: It/He Sexuality: Queer

Meet Naerym. A Chaotic bag of Darkness 🖤 Its memory loss hasn't at all curbed the bloodlust deep in its heart. Naerym is pretty self-serving and sees people kind of like bugs; some are more interesting than others. Pale man who attacked it? Stupid but iteresting. Hand in a portal? Interesting. Chick in a pod? Eh. Violent lady in a cage? Interesting, only because she is also bloodthirsty. Evil drow lady? Eh. It still had 0 issue taking the life of that pretty bard, siding with the Goblins, and massacring the Grove.

(I did die on the inside playing it though OTL)

It has a few good scars, a split tongue, and several bug themed tattoos, a centipede, a beetle, and a spider. Naerym LOVES bugs and adores Kar'niss! Adopted. Instantly. My big spider boi. It learned to play the damn spider lute just for him.

To address any issues with Naerym that people may point out: I myself am Queer Nonbinary and use they/them pronouns. Naerym allows me to live vicariously through it with its gender expression as it isn't something I can't feasibly attain. The pronouns it/its are perfectly valid, and I myself am very comfortable being addressed by them.

[buttdumplin]

I just finished watching Kaos and I'm a little emotional about it, any of yall seen it yet and wanna chat?

[swiftstigmata]

truly one of the art pieces of all time. name means power. is it king arthur? well it is if you want it to be. it’s nothing and it’s an empty space for projection and it’s national myth making and it’s crumbling and it’s ephemeral and damaged and it’s defending the headland and it’s a fragment of a vanished world and tourists clamber under its cloak and it is entirely pointless and it did in fact make me feel like i was about to have a nosebleed. no notes.

[katerinaaqu]

So since @aaronofithaca05 had asked me about my new tattoo that started one of my favorite headcannons of Odysseus getting a tattoo at war here it is! Done during a small trip I had by the talented artist:

https://www.instagram.com/poporotattoo?igsh=MW1iZThnZGt5NzVrZw==

It is symbol of my homeland, Greece and a promise of me going back there one day one way or another (since I currently live in Sweden). It was inspired by frescoes found in Greece especially in Crete and Santorini

Dolphin: The national animal of Greece and always mentioned as a protective talisman for sailors to a country surrounded by sea. The dolphin comes from the ancient Greek word that means "womb" and was meant to show how Greeks believed that they are mammals. The word Dolphin also sounds similar to the word that means "brother" "sister" or "sibling" in Greek.

The dolphin was an animal linked to many gods and goddesses of Greek mythology with some of the major ones being Poseidon (the dolphin revealed to him the hiding place of his future wife Amphitrite and often seen pulling his chariot), Dionysus (Dionysus transformed the drowning pirates to dolphins) and of course Apollo (linked to the myth of Delphi -giving the name to it- and the rescue of the musician and poet Arion)

Dolphins have been a symbol of freedom, intelligence, playfulness and sexuality by many researchers. It is an animal known to protect the sailors in the long voyages at sea. Their social behavior has also linked them with humans (thus the name "dolphin" also linked to the word "sibling")

To me it is a symbol of greece and my culture in general linked to my language, my land and my family.

Swallow: A little bird linked a lot with spring in Greece for they come to Greece after winter to make their nests and have their babies before flying back to Africa for the winter. A swallow is a beloved bird in Greece and symbol of Greek presidency.

In mythology the swallow was also linked to some gods and goddesses particularly Aphrodite but also Athena (Athena transforms into a swallow and flies away from Telemachus in the Odyssey). Also in the Odyssey it is mentioned that the chord of Odysseus's bow "sang like a swallow" when he used it to kill the suitors symbolizing his homecoming.

Swallow have always been linked to journeys specially to homecoming since they always come back during their migration trips. Their speed and ability when they fly is also linked to their capability of achieving such a dangerous trip despite their size.

To me it is a promise of returning home to my land one way or another and is also linked to my favorite books Iliad and Odyssey that make me feel proud that literature from my land has reached so far in people's hearts 💕

They are also moving in a never ending circle with each other hahaha also unconsciously a symbol of Poseidon vs Athena?! 🤣 dunno maybe hehehehe

[measureformeasure]

genuinely think autobiography of red did something to my gender and sexuality and i'm not kidding

[janewindsorcollage]

“Maneater”

10x16, hand cut collage.

[patience-and-prayers]

Vine wrap tattoo in honor of Apollo!

[basil222]

You know the myth of Icarus?