want to take a stab at designing my tattoo?
here's what i want. i've thought about this.
you know those chinese cats.
so, picture a leopard. a 90-or-so pound cat. sitting...
... as in the picture above. notice the shape and curves of her haunches.
(wow : ain't she beautiful.)
in the picture above the cat seems to be leaning forward a bit. i want mine to have a real sense of lift in the spine. proud. self-assured.
have the leopard lift its left forepaw, like the lucky maneki cat. the left paw raised is to repel evil.
in the picture above the cat faces the viewer, like, pointing to 6 o'clock. for me i want my cat to be sitting at 11 o'clock, like a 3/4 profile. so, not completely square and facing away from the viewer : facing slightly to the left. you shouldn't be able to see the cat's features -- its face will be faced away -- but you have to be able to see its lifted paw, and both of its ears, which should be pricked and alert.
and the tail should be held close, along the edge of the left foot.
as much as detail allows, i like to imagine it done in calligraphy with a bamboo brush like japanese caliigraphy. level of detail is ... i guess a leopard needs spots. which would make for a pretty thin brush, but that is what i envision.
if it helps, the leopard will go on my back, right of my spine, with its raised left paw positioned to be where my heart is along my centre line. so, the cat, facing away and left, looks directly into me.
well that's it. and thanks. what do you say to the person that designs your tattoo? it means a lot. thank-you, whoever you are. if you would like to take a stab at drawing it would you pm me?
stay cool, cats : ) & thanks. wow what a difference six months makes. this is the tattoo i want.
