Description
People get tattoos for many different reasons, and it’s a highly personal thing. For some, tattoos represent a moment in time or to carry the memory of someone, someplace or something. Others like to get tattoos because they love them and enjoy them.
A Japanese Calligraphy Tattoo is unique and special. Japanese Calligraphy, SHODO in Japanese, is the art of writing Kanji characters with beauty, elegance, and vitality. Kanji characters carry both a pronunciation or reading and meaning. A skillful Japanese Calligrapher can convey the meaning of the Kanji through the lines drawn on paper filled with KIAI (spiritual force, vital energy). Therefore, a Japanese Calligraphy Tattoo is a powerful thing to experience which encompasses the beauty of art with the meaning of words.
There are numerous images of Japanese and Chinese characters available at tattoos studios, however, often these images use generic fonts and are neither personalized nor unique. A Custom Japanese Calligraphy for Tattoo is a digital calligraphy artwork hand brushed and scanned at a high resolution to ensure the capture of every detail in the artwork. Because calligraphy is a hand-made piece of art, no two calligraphies are ever the same even with the same Kanji character. Consequently, this results in a piece of art that it is one of a kind.
When you order a Custom Japanese Calligraphy for Tattoo, I will contact you via email to discuss with you the style, look and feel of your calligraphy. While I specialize in martial arts and zen artwork, I will work with you to create the perfect piece of Japanese Calligraphy that fits your needs. The process of creating a Custom Calligraphy for a Tattoo may take 1-3 weeks. Once completed, you will receive a PDF file containing your digital calligraphy as well as the line art for your tattoo artist.
At the moment, I do not offer translation for Custom Japanese Calligraphies for Tattoo; therefore before you begin the ordering process, you must have the word, phrase, or sentence already translated to Japanese. At the time of ordering specify how many Kanji characters is your tattoo, and let me know which are those characters in the “additional information” input box at checkout. If you can’t type in Japanese, you can email a picture.
