Posts Tagged ‘tibetan style’

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Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

After the holidays and the mariages it’s back to work again..
here are some people and their tattoos that I’m working on..(Lots of new Tibetan projects!)










sorry for the bad quality of the pictures, but most of the work is not finished and the photos are just study material for myself…

Shining Tara

Monday, May 10th, 2010

My latest painting, just finished it…

I’m happy with it but it is difficult to make a picture of.

Two sides of a coin

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Love the Tibetan symbolism and what it stands for.
Hope to learn a bit more about it the upcoming week when Sogyal Rinpoche wil teach in Amsterdam.
The Ghanta & Vajra on this customer represent the male(scepter) and female(bell) principle.

The bats probably come from chinese symbolism where they mean good luck.

Iron Tiger !

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Last Sunday:14-2-2010, was the beginning of the Tibetan/Chinese New year, in TIbetan called “Losar”…It will be the Year of the Iron Tiger..
So here’s to the new year! May it be a special one , and may it bring clarity & wisdom.
To accompany this New years message I’ve enclosed a drawning and tattoo of Padmasambhava, the Buddha of Tibet…Tashi Delek!

Cutting though…

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Again a tattoo of a “Phurba” or a  Tibetan ritual dagger…

There’s one more on this site, On the forearm of singer/actor Jake la Botz

He’s a student of Tibetan Buddhism (lineage of Chogyam Trungpa)

And he told me it cuts through Passion, aggression and ignorance…

Most Important Qualities

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

This tattoo represents the six qualities you need to achieve enlightenment…

They are called the Six Paramitras en they decorate some thangkas and  sometimes even the throne of the Dalai Lama…

From sketch to Tattoo

Friday, April 10th, 2009

More Tibetan design… From the rough design to the finished

tattoo..Done in one session of 3 and and a half hours…