Help me design a tattoo

[Almighty Beanchild]

Sup Hyper arty types,

I posted this on that OTHER forum but they are all bad people full of hatred so I got no helpful advice.

I want to get a tattoo on my forearm and the tatt I've wanted for a long time is an Atreides Hawk (from Dune). Problem is the basic description from the books is "a red hawk crest."

Some of the art I've found online:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/AlmightyBean/Atreides_Hawk_by_verreaux.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/AlmightyBean/200px-Atreides_Crest.png

The hawk without the background from the first one strikes me as okay, but I feel maybe I could get something better. So I was gonna put out a call to any arty-types I know to see if they want to design something to mar my flesh forever.

Basically I would like something with a stylised hawk, in red. I think House Atreides have a motto, "Here I am; here I remain." or you could work in the house name (Atreides obviously) if you wanted, I dunno. Go nuts :P If you don't care, don't bother trying. :P Or just offer an opinion or something.

[Slippery]

Rawksuga, you can do it!

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Screw those guys, you came to the right place.

http://i348.photobucket.com/albums/q321/fishfishmonkeyhat/My%20Photoshops/AlmightyBeanchildTattoo.jpg

[Second]

This is all strangely familiar...

[Mellomaniac]

look up EAGLE images. you might find more pics that you like

[RawkSuga]

Rawksuga, you can do it!

This will be my first post here since it's been back.

Never tried to design tatts before...

[Xanafalgue]

Sup Hyper arty types,

I posted this on that OTHER forum but they are all bad people full of hatred so I got no helpful advice.

I want to get a tattoo on my forearm and the tatt I've wanted for a long time is an Atreides Hawk (from Dune). Problem is the basic description from the books is "a red hawk crest."

Some of the art I've found online:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/AlmightyBean/Atreides_Hawk_by_verreaux.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/AlmightyBean/200px-Atreides_Crest.png

The hawk without the background from the first one strikes me as okay, but I feel maybe I could get something better. So I was gonna put out a call to any arty-types I know to see if they want to design something to mar my flesh forever.

Basically I would like something with a stylised hawk, in red. I think House Atreides have a motto, "Here I am; here I remain." or you could work in the house name (Atreides obviously) if you wanted, I dunno. Go nuts :P If you don't care, don't bother trying. :P Or just offer an opinion or something.

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6627/1246725323722.jpg

Well it looks like an eagle if you squint and has the same effect.

[Almighty Beanchild]

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6627/1246725323722.jpg

Well it looks like an eagle if you squint and has the same effect.

Considering I'll be wearing it under a shirt almost constantly, pretty much anything will have the same effect. :P

[Ashmaran]

Is the emblem prominent in the movie / TV series? Might be a good source of inspiration.

[SOX]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/168/455331053_79a9b5b136.jpg

Eagle's are dodgy. Go for some other bird IMO

[Xanafalgue]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/168/455331053_79a9b5b136.jpg

Eagle's are dodgy. Go for some other bird IMO

Ahahahaha :D

or even

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HY0bWSN8aAc/SGNpXBfQyWI/AAAAAAAAAx0/atB775Dkcg4/s320/big%2Bbird%2B2.jpg

H is for Hyper :)
:rolleyes:

[Almighty Beanchild]

Ahahahaha :D

or even

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HY0bWSN8aAc/SGNpXBfQyWI/AAAAAAAAAx0/atB775Dkcg4/s320/big%2Bbird%2B2.jpg

H is for Hyper :)
:rolleyes:

Man, tempting!

[RawkSuga]

What about a falcon? I actually did a tattooish design of a falcon for my portfolio. As my last name Falk, family name background means keeper of falcons.

[Vindik8or]

The Atreides aren't eagles or falcons! THEY ARE HAWKS!

[Almighty Beanchild]

The Atreides aren't eagles or falcons! THEY ARE HAWKS!

This ^

[Manny M]

This could go well;

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/093/3/e/Hawk_Tattoo_by_Xpoetic_destructionX.jpg

or

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a158/JL_Hawk/HawkTattoo.jpg