Capital Letter Tattoos: An Alternative Tattoo Lettering Design

Name tattoos are the kings of the tattoo lettering world, but some choose to be more subtle and less in-your-face by just using the initials of their names. Some even just use the first letter. That’s how capital letter tattoos came about. It is now a sub genre of the entire tattoo lettering motif.

A lone letter as a tattoo design might seem pretty plain on the get-go, but tattoo lettering itself began primarily with the inking the initials of a person or group anyway. The secret to making a capital letter tattoo spectacular is to pull out all the stops in embellishment. The influx of countless new fonts in the English alphabet and the gradual evaporation of language barriers make tattoo lettering, especially capital letter tattoos, all the more interesting and popular.

People can choose tattoo lettering in different fonts and in different languages like Latin, Old English, Chinese, Japanese, Greek, spanish, tribal etc. There are gazillions of flash tattoo lettering designs available to choose from. If you decide on a capital letter tattoo in a foreign language, make sure it is sketched properly. Countercheck with a native speaker or expert to verify your drawing.

Regardless of what font or language you choose for the capital letter tattoo design, it helps to give it a little embellishment. An extra flick of the pen or an added stroke here and there could mean all the difference between a plain and beautiful capital letter tattoo. After all, letters have been elaborated for over a thousand years. That’s what calligraphy is all about, and you would do well to go over the many different calligraphic styles of the language of your choice. The illuminated manuscripts are a marvelous example of the kinds of drawings that can be created with a capital letter as a basis.

A tattoo lettering design can also be decorated with selected images or drawings. The combination of your tattoo lettering design of choice and a picture reflects your style and aesthetic preferences. Supplementing your capital letter tattoo with a drawing can come from either a stock image or from scratch, depending on the look you’re aiming for. The key, however, is to choose images that would match the motif of the tattoo lettering and would be proportional to the size of the tattoo itself. For
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instance, an Easter dragon design will go with Chinese script tattoos. Japanese character tattoos can go along with a sketch of a koi fish. For Celtic tattoo lettering, the capital letter would look great when framed in intricate Celtic knots.

While embellishing you capital letter tattoo with an image certainly adds oomph to the overall design, it doesn’t have to always be the case like an unwritten rule. You can add life to your capital letter tattoo by the ornate style of the calligraphy used and the color template of the entire design. The bottom line is a tattoo doesn’t have to have a picture. Initials can show and mean a lot as well.

By: Romeo Rodriguez

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Romeo Rodriguez is a tattoo enthusiast and blogger. His website, Tattoo Lettering can be found at www.tattooletteringblog.com/

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A BAD REP?

Over the last few years, many people jumped on the bandwagon of being tattooed on their lower back. Many of these people did not spend a lot of time or thought on their tattoos and, as such, tattoos on the lower back suffered from the stigma of being nicknamed “tramp stamps”. You do not have to follow their lack of judgment.

LOOK INTO YOUR HEAD!

To create a particular design which is unique and personalized to you, you will need to undertake a bit of makeshift self analysis! Use a big piece of paper and write your name in the middle and jot down short phrases or words around the edge which could describe you. Begin with your appearance, then go on to how you think others view you, as well as what occupation you have, what relationships you are involved with, what you like to snack on, how you like to spend your personal hours, whereabouts you like to spend your vacations. By doing this, you are trying to get an awareness of yourself onto this piece of paper, so that you can get a shortened idea of your personality from all angles. Go on; give it a try.

SOME HOMEWORK!

Not all of us are gifted artists and the majority of us will need assistance in generating our tattoo. Nevertheless, before reaching out to others for help, you are better off spending a fair bit of time on your own noting down the types of tattoos you like; try and assemble some outline sketches. Check online and stroll around your local city to see what others have for tattoos. If you are drawn to one particular tattoo design, note it down.

SOME DISCUSSIONS

After having put together a shortlist of custom tattoo designs, you should discuss these with your friends to take into account their feedback. This is not for them to change the designs, but for them to offer constructive feedback. If you are totally content with your design, you do not have to do this, but in my experience, lots of folks find this to be helpful.

SOME PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

Once you have done this, you should go and visit a local tattoo joint to ask for their ideas. They are guaranteed to possess a huge selection of tattoo designs to choose from, and it is certainly possible to include your personal preferences to transform one of these into one of the custom tattoo designs from which you will make your choice. Without doubt, there is a sliding scale of involvement, which depends on how solid your ideas are and how artistic you think you are.

SOME FINAL THOUGHTS

In conclusion, the tattoo you choose must be something you adore. Try and envision this love as a soulmate-type love rather than a short term relationship; this should see you on the right path to uncovering the design which is designed just for you.

For further ideas and inspiration, check out my new Lower Back Tattoo Designs blog and connected posts on custom tattoo designs.

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