#star wars tattoo design

[derickbatista31]

The Jedi Code

[senaararts]

Pretty Sabacc cards anyone?

[mayhw]

Star map inspired by Ahsoka’s ending credits

[milkcioccolato]

Little tattoo design I was commissioned by @love-life-dead-or-alive

I am SO EXCITED SOMEONE WANTS TO GET SOMETHING OF MINE TATTOOED ALBSJSJBALS IM CRYING REAL TEARS OF JOY!😭💖

[zealfruity]

212th beach scene!!!

Shoutout to these guys for living the dream. This thing is over 17mb. I can't even send it on Discord for the homies.

Apologies for the excessive amount of tags:

[redbean-nom]

Bacara's horrible Fullfall ensemble

inspired by @thefoundationproject, @lumateranlibrarian, and @evilkillerpoptarts!

[adhd-coyote]

Designed some clone wars ship tattoos! It started off as just CodyWan cause I was musing about what kind of tattoo I’d get (if I ever got one) and then it spiraled from there. So have a CodyWan, a Codex, and two versions of WaxerBoil (as was suggested by @thivell <3).

Later I will post the various combinations of Neyo, Bacara, and Ponds (which was also suggested by Thivell)

[cethlyarlo]

Shin's Belt

I really rather like that the symbol on Shin's belt is that of the alchemical symbol for chaos. Let me tell you why:

Chaos represents the concept of everything doing everything all at once; existing together, in tangent, or not at all. It represents all paths and what lies beyond what was made to believe is set in stone. The definition of chaos is not particularly the opposite of order in this circumstance, but it can be used that way.

More clearly, chaos provides an opening for new beginnings; to disrupt what is stagnant or what doesn't feel right to present alternative pathways. Chaos is needed to undo pressures, expectations, norms, etc. so that an individual can learn to be themselves; to grow and change as needed.

It's very much not the evil or negative symbol pop culture and Hollywood would have you believe. I've even seen it used to refer to Satanists, which is very much not true. Dark practitioners can and do use this symbol, but this symbol does not represent them. They don't own it nor can they control it/assume authority over it. It's not exclusive to one group either: anyone can utilize it however they see fit and like with most things, that could go in any direction. We will be focusing on the balance between the negative and positive aspects of chaos here in this write up.

That being said, on to why this symbol is important for Shin's character arc:

Firstly, Shin is devout and loyal to Baylan; her Master and depending on how you look at it, potential father figure. He's everything she's ever known and his own views, teachings, and opinions have been pressed on her since she was young. There's nothing particularly wrong with that, seeing as that's usually how parenting/teaching goes, but it isn't allowing her to see beyond that. The box is small and she finds herself unable to think outside of it due to her loyalty to him.

When Baylan begins to refuse to tell her crucial details about his plans and goals, she begins to question him and her idea of him. This is the beginning of chaos' disruption over her life and as the show progresses, this disruption continues to grow. It's a butterfly effect, if you will; the seeds of disarray have been planted and they have the potential to grow into something exponential.

She comes into contact with Sabine Wren, who has lived a very different form of life compared to her own and I believe the simple interactions between them helps to spur the questions she suddenly has about her life in general. There are things and people that can and do live outside of the box in her mind and while she's probably aware of this, she hadn't truly understood what that meant until this point. With her master's increased elusiveness and the lack of answers, plus the eye-opening revelations that witnessing bits and pieces of Sabine and Ahsoka's relationship (I.e Seatos), the seeds of distrust and further questions begin to take root and sprout. Her mind is opening to other things; the walls of the box are beginning to crumble.

By the time they're on Peridea, Baylan's motives are entirely unclear and somewhat unpredictable to her. She's confused by him and what he wants. Chaos is taking greater hold of her now; her life is changing so quickly and in directions she can't forsee like the arrows of the symbol that gesture to all directions simultaneously. The seeds begin to uncontrollably grow into trees regardless of her attempts to reconnect with him.

Then he abandons her.

Without a word on where he went, Shin's found herself alone. The walls of her box have been destroyed, the wound made worse by Ahsoka's offer to help. Chaos has upended her normalcy, her comforts, her mental and emotional stabilizers, her trust, her view of self; her life. What began as seeds have rapidly grown into a sprawling forest and now she has to deal with the wreckage.

The change is for good though. With Sabine and Ahsoka stranded with her, she has the opportunity to step into her own person. She now has the opportunity to find herself; to make her own decisions, to spend some time with other people like her. She has the ability to learn and grow free of her box and the restrictions that had been pressed on her since joining Baylan, however long ago that happened to be.

Shin gets to be her own person now, and she can do whatever she wants with that :)

Edit: I realized I forgot to mention the little dots within the wheel!

Symmetrical to the Norse story of Hati and Skoll [who were sons of Fenrir (and Fenrir is the son of trickster God Loki and Jötunn giantess Angrboða)], the wheel of chaos on Shin's belt sports two little dots which I believe represent the sun and moon [and thus the wolves that chase them; Skoll (the one who mocks) and Hati (the one who hates) respectively]. As it goes, the celestial bodies rise in the East (right quadrant on the belt) and set in the West (left quadrant on the belt). The little dots are doing just that. The dot on right I believe represents the moon, or Shin, and that the dot on the left represents Baylan. The moon is rising and the sun is setting, showing that Baylan's time in her life is ending and her own time is just beginning.

Either way, it's a very hopeful symbol in my opinion :)

[dinjoyer]

God of War Ragnarök Ezra character design! Not sure why I didn’t do a full body for Thrawn too 💀💀💀 also realized I hate the borders so they’re gone

[derickbatista31]

The Code of the Sith

[lifblogs]

How drunk do you think Crosshair and Hunter were when they got their tattoos, and did they come up with the tattoos for each other?

[fishhhwithlegs-tattoo]

Star Wars flash designs! Lemme know which one your fav is! 🪐

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[zhakyria]

I totally didn't buy the Manaan stronghold to make a photobooth. I don't know WHAT you are talking about. Anyway, I now have a photobooth for my characters. :D To celebrate I took some shots of a couple of Zahkiel's new outfits and redid the base images for their tattoos and scars.

I also re-designed Zhakiel's tattoos. I like these better, they feel more cohesive and connected to me.

[squirrel-art]

Decided my knight and my consular are besties. I was gonna finish this but I got sick of looking at it

Don’t be fooled by Sav’s hair, she’s like, 27. What sacrificing your vitality via force ritual does to a motherfucker

[lhumminglbird]

Since I haven’t posted this week-

Finally have this little baby in my collection!

I got this new tattoo(s) from on of my originals I posted last year- I loved it sm I had to get it.🥲

[adhd-coyote]

Posting this a day later than I meant to but oh well. Here’s part 2 of making clone wars ship tattoos because I feel like shit for no reason and need a distraction.

This one is various combinations of Neyo, Bacara, and Ponds! I used the 91st symbol for Neyo, Bacara’s two little helmet dots, and the design on Ponds’ pauldrons.

Yes, Ponds/Bacara one looks wonky. That’s because I used the warp tool instead of manually extending it because I was feeling lazy. Also, I didn’t do transparent versions for this post because that would require me to get on my iPad and I don’t feel like grabbing it rn lol. If u want a transparent version just lemme know <3