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I'm one of those "Tatts have to mean something SIGNIFICANT" people.

The top: Combination of the Omega symbol and the Libra symbol. I'm a libra. Omega commonly represents "The End" or death, which is inevitable ad I've accepted this.

The Triangle and circle: Therianthropy symbol [link] , but also doubles again as Delta and Theta. Meaning, basically, life, death, the universe, complex concepts, change, and everything on this existential plane and others (lol). Or in religious terms, God, I guess. But for me personally, just the driving force that keeps me here living through life.

Under that is a modified Eye of Horus. [link] In this sense it represents the moon (left eye) and again, just another symbol for life and what drives us through it, or God if you want to be religious.

Furthermore, the entire shape as a whole was supposed to mimic an Ankh [link] or in some ways a Celtic Cross (But I was specifically aiming for an Ankh shape). Ankh is basically the "Key of life". Both representing this life and the after life (should there be one).

I'm not big on egyptian theology, I just chose symbols that both looked cool and represented life.
So this is the Tattoo of life. My life, that is. A symbol that represents everything I live for. =3

PLEASE GIVE ME **HARSH** CRITIQUE
First "real" tattoo design and I will get it on myself eventually, but I want it to be "perfect".
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~The-Mad-Prophet- Apr 10, 2010
It's hard to critique something you have obviously put a lot of thought into and attached a lot of meaning to.
Overall design-wise, the only thing that bothers me a little is the fact that it's not symmetrical. Usually when I look at tribal pieces like this I expect symmetry, but the altered Horus eye throws it off. If you moved the eye a bit to the right (screen wise) and the arrows to the left and centered it, like the Ankh it's based off of, it would look even and you wouldn't have to sacrifice the curvatures you have surrounding it on the bottom. Little hard to explain.
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~QuatreBornes Apr 19, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
Sorry I waited so long to reply. I changed it a bit, but ultimately I don't think I helped anything.
I'm unsure how to make it more symmetrical without changing the horus eye to... not be a horus eye?
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