This seemed like the most appropriate forum for this. Sorry if it's not.

Anyway, I'd like help from someone who's good with a pen to sketch out a tattoo I want to make. I can't draw for shit, and don't want to walk into the shop with a ten year old level drawing that vaguely resembles what I want done.

What I want done is the five kanji of the elements (As seen here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godai - Chi, Ka, Fu, Sui, Ku). Basically, I want the Ku sign (Void, Heaven) Slightly (30%~) bigger than the other four kanji. The Ku would be in the middle of a fancy circle, with the four other elements around it (Chi beneath the circle, Ka on the right of it, Sui on the left, Fu above it.)

This will go on my inner forearm most likely (Shoulder second option). I realize this is pretty basic but I honestly can't do this kind of shit, so if anyone has a couple minutes to sketch something out I'd appreciate it.

Cheers.

 

Oh, lord. Vaguely spiritually symbolic kanji tattoo on a teenager without a trace of Japan in their ancestry. Everybody loves that.

 

If you go into the shop and describe exactly what you just told us, more than likely the tattoo artist will be able to draw it. That is their job.

 

I think you mean the tattoo artist will refuse to draw it again for the nine quadrillionth time, and plead for some measure of originality...

 

Thanks for the help, guys. These 3 sketches you sent help me, but I'll wait on a few more.

And yeah. Every tattoo has been done to death. So srsly.

 

I enjoyed looking at different tattoos that were apparently terrible translations.

http://hanzismatter.blogspot.com/

 

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I'll think up a design, just for the sake of doing something extremely cliche and eye-roll-worthy from my sharp (see what i did there?) Japanese eyes.


Although, I'd recommend using Furinkazan rather than the Godai, since using any 'ancientasianelementalsystem' is pretty tacky at best. Furinkazan is, in that respect, much more acceptable.