#fantasy tattoos

[scorpionsandhoney]

omg i never showed you guys my new pan’s labyrinth/secret garden(1993) tattoo

[the-scottish-art-guy]

My friends fire genasi character has cultural scarified “tattoos” that reperesent his life so far. He’s still young so he doesn’t have many, but he told me what he wanted them to look like and I gladly drew this up for him. Because he’s a fire genasi the scars glow. “Kindling” as he’s known in the mercenary company he’s a part of, was born during one of the bloodiest and darkest wars in recent history. His father was a blacksmith and is represented by the warhammer, his mother was a soldier and represented by the sword. Kindling connected with his god during the final years of the war and became a cleric, healing the injured and represented by the staff. He believes all three aspects are needed to protect people during times of hardship. The handles of his parents weapons end at his wrists, as if offered out for him to weild.  Two sapplings grow out of this symbol of war, representative of his own growth as a person and hopes for the future. Rebirth - rising from the ashes.  The two axes are the symbol of the mercenary company he belongs to. 

[yousadclownofaman]

Dawn Elf Kuobi

Kuoba (plural, Kuobi) is a cultural practice developed in the early Third Age following the Semideucide & the Splinter Wars that followed, in order to combat a genetic neurosis which began appearing in Dawn Elf populations. This illness known as Sun Sickness is thought to have risen from an injury dealt to Daidara’s God of Mountains who governs over memory and legacy. Sun Sickness (also known as Light-ache and Suncurse) manifests as a slow deterioration of sense of self, if not provided with reminders as to one’s past deeds and triumphs in the form of a journal, or social engagement; individuals fall into exceptional melancholy if left isolated, and the process begins early after puberty as a form of progressively-worsening forgetfulness.

To battle this, clerics and scholars developed a method of tattooing concentric shapes, lines and symbols onto the pale flesh of Dawn Elves afflicted with severe symptoms of Sun Sickness that, combine with prayer, seemed to stave off the effects of their species’ illness. Rapidly developing as a social norm, an individual’s Kuobi are seen as symbols of status, health, and general prosperity. Specialized Kuobi have been developed by thieving & assassin guilds to conceal magical weapons & to house spell-effects when anointed with particular balms and oils.

Placement ranges all over the body according to specific symptoms of the Suncurse, but commonly are found on the face, ears, joints, calves, feet and hands, with the torso usually kept empty for superstitions still abound that a needle close to the heart serves only to invite an untimely end.

[gentlesmash]

progress shots on my back piece!

24 hours of work (so far) by Adam Rose at Fallen Owl Tattoo in Lakewood, Colorado

[fidds6]

My fifth tattoo!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[thelastingimage]

One of my predrawn custom one offs from my Instagram @tli_draws

Tattoo by Kirk Sheppard Urge 3 Tattoos Penticton BC Canada 2026

Kirk Sheppard is a custom tattoo artist in Penticton, BC Canada, in the Okanagan valley. Kirk has been tattooing since 2001 and specializes

[strawbabymcgee]

New tattoo ♡♡♡♡ :D

(I am wearing second skin, a better picture will be posted soon :3)

[trevorwrightauthor]

There and Back Again: A Hobbit Day Reflection

“There’s some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.”—Samwise GamgeeSeptember 22nd is Hobbit Day. And every year, I come back to the same place: Middle-earth. Not because it’s trendy, and not just out of nostalgia, but because I need the escape. I need stories like this—the kind that pull me out of the noise and give me something grounded, something real, even in all its fantasy.In a…

There and Back Again: A Hobbit Day Reflection