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      A little help?....Ouroboros pic.

      its a long shot, but i was hoping some of you might be able to help me. i've decided to get a tattoo of an ouroboros (asymbol of a snake eating its own tail). however, i haven't been able to find a version that resonates with me.

      so, in the off chance any of you artists have created an ouroboros, or know of someone who has, it would be a huge help to me if you could point me in the right direction.

      or maybe one of you will feel so inspired by the symbol you'll draw your own

      its a long shot, but i figured i'd ask in case someone has an entire gallery dedicated to this image...stranger things have happened.


      below is the only version i have found in extensive searching that is somewhat close to what i want...cheers.


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      I hope I helped.

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      wombing were you specifically wanting it to have that Celtic design (the braids) ?

      if so you could research artists that specialise in Celtic art design...and ALOT of good tattoo artists do, because celtic tattoos quite popular (I'm searching as we speak)

      incidentally....LOL at this celtic symbol: Sheela-na-gig (Síla na Géige)

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      Originally posted by OpheliaBlue

      incidentally....LOL at this celtic symbol: Sheela-na-gig (Síla na Géige)
      *sigh* Why does it have to be called "alternative religion". Alternative to what? There’s a billion different religions in the world... And it’s amusing how they have the ankh as a ‘new age’ design. WTF? Anyway...

      The Sila/Sheela represents the pathway into life. It looks funny and dirty to people now, but quite a few old religions worship the vagina and breasts because they have the power of creating and nurturing life. And see that fat little goddess statue they drew at the bottom? I have one of those.

      Wombing, nice choice for a tattoo. You probably already know, but for those who don’t and are interested, the serpent eating its own tail represents the cycle of time, creation and destruction, birth and death. One is all, all is one.

      And, in my defence, this post wasn’t meant to sound all know-it-all. I did briefly go searching but I didn’t find any galleries or anything like that. =/ When you do get the tattoo, post a picture of it!

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      I tired looking for you, but I did not find anything. I remember seeing this symbol in a game called The Longest Journey. At the begning of each new "chapter" this thing was in the background.
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      Originally posted by Barbizzle
      I tired looking for you, but I did not find anything. *I remember seeing this symbol in a game called The Longest Journey. *At the begning of each new "chapter" *this thing was in the background.
      It's on the bodies of all the homunculus in Fullmetal Alchemist, too.

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      I like this one alot (came up in google image search for 'celtic snake')


      could probably get a tattoo artist to manage having it eat its own tail

      the auryn is pretty cool looking too

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      Originally posted by OpheliaBlue

      Now that's damn cool looking.

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      You could also try going to various tattoo artists and have them draw some designs for you. I don't know if they would but it would be worth a shot. You could show them some examples and tell them what you want and it might be interesting to see what they come up with. You can also try working with them to tweak the design(s). I don't know how open many artists would be to doing that but it's worth a shot.

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      thanks for all the replies!

      i'm not particularly drawn to the celtic aspect of the image i posted as much as the general proportions..actually, distant clone linked me to a version i'd seen before, but hadn't come across since....its one more step in the general direction...



      i talked to an aquaintance, adn it turns out she looked into getting an ouroboros recently as well. sounds like i will need to enlist an artist to customize..

      i'm tentatively considering the image above as the loose template..i'd like to alter the tongue in some way to increase its symbolic meaning, and perhaps inscribe various symbols in place of the ones already there. i really like the eye though..reptilian yet vaguely human...almost unconscious, yet perpetually open and all-seeing..
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      hehe, cool link ophelia. the sheela na gig is actually a cool symbol...who knows, maybe i'll get that in the future as well


      thanks again for everyone that replied..even you ataraxis (nic pic)

      when i finally sort it all out and get it i'll be sure to post a pic.


      “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” (or better yet: three...)
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      No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world. I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker. - Mikhail Bakunin

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