Looking For Sanskrit Tattoo Designs? Try The Internet
The internet is the great leveler - it lets you find anything you want, including Sanskrit tattoo designs. While its true that you get what you pay for, you can still find some very beautiful pieces of tattoo images inspired by Sanskrit art and literature. This is not surprising, given that some of the greatest complete works of literature are in Sanskrit, for example the three epic poems Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bagavadgita.
The variety of Sanskrit tattoo designs you see is still very small, despite the wealth of imagery available. Most Sanskrit tattoos feature the Om, Padma (lotus flower) or Trishula (trident). While they remain beautiful and striking images, they have become too common to be remarkable.
You may have chosen an Om tattoo for spiritual or mystical reasons of your own, but try a different script. Because Sanskrit was originally a spoken language, many different writing systems were eventually developed around it. The common Om symbol you see is in the Devanagari script. However, there are other scripts with equally striking and elegant Om symbols - Tamil, Tibetan, Balinese, Bangla, Jain, Gurmukhi (Sikh), etc.
The smaller, simple Sanskrit symbols are ideal for a first tattoo. They are affordable even if you go to a first class tattoo artist. They are also reasonably fast to execute, and you get to experience a real tattoo with minimal risk. Getting tattooed is not for everyone - some people have very sensitive skin or just cannot stay still long enough to complete their tattoos.
There are many magnificent pieces of Sanskrit art, e.g. Rama rescuing his beloved wife Sita from the demon king Ravana. It is a pity that you almost never see them on tattoos.
At least Sanskrit word tattoos are a little more common. The X-Files co-star, Gillian Anderson, has a wrist tattoo which says “Everyday” in Sanskrit. If you like beautiful quotes and inspiring poetry, you have many choices from the great Sanskrit classics. You can find English translations of three of the great Sanskrit epic poems - the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Bagavadgita. A good book will have the original Sanskrit (most likely in the Devanagari script) on the left page and the English translation on the right. You can easi
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ly pick out the passages you want for your tattoo.
You can find all these Sanskrit tattoo designs from books or on the internet. Many free websites and forums have some good Sanskrit tattoo, and if these are not to your taste, you can also join paid websites and forums. Many tattoo enthusiasts openly share their experiences and unique tattoo designs on forums. Just by lurking, you can pick up some very juicy tattoo art you can use.
By: Tim Newton
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Searching for a scary Halloween mask? This Halloween makeup idea is not for the faint-hearted! This gruesome brew is for those who love the horror of HELL-oween. If you are nifty enough, Granny’s goodies could turn you into this!
The base of this Halloween makeup design is plain gelatin and strawberry jam. Remember, although this recipe sounds ghoulishly delicious, it’s not to be eaten!
Follow directions on the gelatin box, adding the proper ratio of boiling water to plain gelatin. To this, add about 1/3 ratio of glycerine to your mixture. (Glycerine is available in most pharmacies.) The glycerine will prevent the gelatin from cracking and give you ghoulish lasting power. Bring the mixture to a gentle boil and simmer for five minutes. When it starts to cool, skim off the milky froth that floats to the top. Clear gelatin is all that should remain.
Pour part of the gelatin mixture into a cup that you will work from. You can reheat the remaining mixture on the stove or just microwave the cup you are working with, as the mixture will cool and become difficult to work with.
Take your artist’s spatula and put a small amount of gelatin on the back of your wrist to test the temperature. The mixture should be warm and fluid, but not uncomfortably hot to the skin. Now apply the gelatin to the face as if you were icing a cake.
Purposely do some sections of your subject’s face thicker than others to develop different textures and levels. The gelatin will want to drip sometimes, so catch these drips with the tip of your spatula and change their direction so they don’t set. Do one layer, let it dry and proceed with the next layer. As each layer gets tacky, use the tip of the spatula to create nooks and crevices. After 3 to 5 layers have been completed, you can create small holes to look like open, rotting wounds! (For those of you that are completely grossed by this Halloween mask, stick to lip gloss!)
Take the tip of your artist’s spatula and carefully dig a little hole through the layers until you arrive at the skin. You must be careful not to scratch the skin for obvious reasons – it hurts. A pair of cuticle scissors will help snip away small parts of gelatin to create large craters. Now fill the small holes and craters with strawberry jam (no tasting) and let the jam bleed slightly out of the wound…..Yum!
Ghouls in training may take this scary Halloween mask a step further by darkening the eyes with red, purple and black eye shadows. A grey and blue eye pencil will give a gorgeously ghastly color to the mouth. And remember, no nibbling on the jam, just on your victims!
About The Author
Robert Closs is the founder and managing director of The School of Professional Makeup in Toronto, Canada. He has been a successful makeup artist for 25 years, and is currently appearing on Life Network’s popular makeover show “So Chic” with Steven & Chris.
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