Where can I find the best butterfly tattoos?
I was looking to have someone design my tattoo but I just think its going to be extra money and I might not even like the tattoo they draw. So im looking for a butterfly tattoo that I can put on my right shoulder blade. Im also looking for either chinese or arabic letters that can spell out Mimi. Thats what my grandfather use to call me. I am not sure yet what kind of letters I want but im not looking for “dirty” letters like cursive or anything english. I like soft letters that would look nice on a females body. I just think that american letters on a girl looks trashy (thats just my opinion). Please help!

You should look around the internet and modify one yourself. You should also be able to bring up a coupls of pictures you like to the tattoo place and have them do little changes themselves. I don’t know if it will cost more or not, that seems like more of a decision the tattoo place makes themselves.

As far as the letters go you should be able to find a couple of translator websites that have those languages and translate something from English to Arabic (or whatever you want.) Since it is a translating website you can be pretty sure it doesn’t say something random.

keyword:Butterfly tattoos

I’ve recently seen a movie dealing with Russian mafia and crime called Eastern Promises. I had seen a poster for this that had some of the various tattoos used thru the movie and their meanings.

Specifically, I’m curious if anyone knows what is being projected by a tattoo that has the image of a reaper with the phrase “i’m here, i’m waiting” under it in Russian.

Is it to say i’m here and waiting to kill you, or is it a statement that the wearer is not afraid of death.
I ask because I like this tattoo and wouldn’t mind getting it, with it’s original cyrillic writing. I take it to mean the latter, that I know the reaper is coming for me eventually, but I am not afraid of him nor live in his shadow.
Being that Russia is of course a different culture from my own, I don’t know what the generally accepted idea of this design would be should the average Russian citizen see it. What do you think??

How many tatoos do you have and ,what do they mean or reflect?
I have one on my lower back, its a small butterfly with its wings closed……I got it when my dad passewd away and its sort of like means a closed chapter in my life and reflects the beauty of the life and relationship we shared and that since he’s gone No body else will reach the hights that we flew together.

I know this may sound a bit weird to some but hey who cares.Share your story with me!

A worker tattoos a pig in the “Art Farm” of Belgian conceptual artist Wim Delvoye at the outskirts of Beijing November 20, 2008. Delvoye has staff consisting of local farmers to raise the pigs and professionals to tattoo them with cartoons or symbols. The animals would then be displayed at art exhibitions and their skins sold to collectors after they were slaughtered.

New York pet store received a shipment of tattooed fish from Singapore. The first question that I ask, is how in the heck do they tattoo these small fish? Second, is this cruel or okay?

Tattooed goldfish are becoming more and more popular among customers in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
The new type of goldfish are palm-sized and tattooed with various auspicious Chinese characters.

The price of each of these fish has rocketed to 100 yuan, 9 times higher than before.

Custom tattooed fish may be big sellers at markets, but an animal expert say it is a cruel and potentially lethal practice.

In Laitai Flower and Fish Market near the Lufthansa Center in Beijing, four of over 20 fish stores sell marine ornamental fish that are tattooed using laser guns with beautiful images in order to make them more attractive to customers.

“Many people just love these kind of fish, it gives them a unique visual impression,” said Li Jing, the owner of a tattooed fish store at the market.

Li said the price of these fish ranges from 50-100 yuan. Some customers are willing to pay an additional 100 yuan to have Chinese characters tattooed on to the fish. The most popular characters are “zhaocai” (attracting fortune) and “fu” (blessing).

“The color of tattooed fish won’t fade away, and the fish can be cared for as easy as regular fishes,” Li said.

But Ye Zhenjiang, a professor from the Ocean University of China, said the practice would damage a fish’s mackerel scale, which is its protective layer.

“Although I haven’t done any research on the impact of the laser on mackerel scale, it is obvious that the mackerel scale may be infected or even destroyed under the exposure of laser,” Ye said.

“The mackerel scale is derivatives of a fish’s skin which protects them. It may even cause death among fish which have thin mackerel scale.”

A specialist in aquatic animal study surnamed Xu, from the Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, said: “We have no specific regulations to prevent fish from being tattooed.”

An official surnamed Bai from the Beijing Fishery Surveillance and Administration Bureau, said there is no study showing that the laser threatened a fish’s health.

He said a regulation on small animal protection, to be passed in the near future, doesn’t include regular aquatic animals. He said the institution is only responsible for aquatic animals that are on the verge of extinction.

Li said tattooed fish are mainly from south China’s Guangdong province because Beijing did not have the laser technology to tattoo a fish.

“It’s too brutal to tattoo pictures or characters on fishes, even if it makes them more beautiful,” a tropical fish buyer surnamed Chen told METRO yesterday.

“I would never buy fish like that, I prefer them with natural beauty,” Chen said.

I’ve been looking around for a new tattoo — I have a deep love for animals. I’m a dog groomer right now, and I plan on becoming a veterinarian – I’m going to school.

Got any ideas right now?

What about a nice version of the Veterinary Caduceus?
It can be adapted in multiple ways to suit your personal style.
I’m planning on getting one when I graduate vet school too.

Good luck with your studies!