R.C. aid- Getting a Lucid Tattoo

**TalkingHead** · 05-07-2010 08:04 PM

I don't have any ink done, but have decided to get the word "Lucid" tattooed on my arm. I think this will strengthen my intention and also be a reminder throughout the day to do my reality checks.

Question: Can anyone suggest a font that is both clear (Lucid) and also stylistic? I'm looking in microsoft word right now because the shop had only stereotypical tattoo fonts.

In case you're interested, I'd really like to get photorealistic clouds inked around the word later on.

Thanks for the feedback! Would anyone else ever consider doing this?

**Clyde Machine** · 05-08-2010 04:56 AM

I'm afraid I wouldn't consider doing this because of the way I get about tattoos: I have no tattoos, but boy have I dreamed about getting them! (No pun intended.) I want full sleeves of tattoos, but I could never decide what I wanted tattoos of, because I always wonder two things - what is important enough to me to get tattooed on my body, and what is permanent enough in my life to stay important to me that I won't be embarrassed of it 5 years, 10 years from now? I love lucidity even though I've only been at it less than half a year, but I can't say I'd get a tattoo of it - maybe of something I'd had occur during a lucid or something like that, that'd be sweet.*

As for a font, I think an excellent tattoo for the word "Lucid" or "LUCID" would be "DreamScar", though it's not entirely clear. When I went to make the following sample image, I came across my usual favourite font for general use in designs, "Amienne", which I think would also work for you:

However, you might consider something similar yet less permanent than a tattoo. You could always try designing something cool on yourself with a permanent marker? I'd do it, it'd still be effective. And you could change it at any time.

*Just thought I'd point out, thanks to you asking your question and me writing that response there, I had an idea for my full-sleeves: either dream sequences that are important to me, or various symbols/characters/designs that relate to my dreams, with the entire tattoos representing my imaginative mind and my adventures within it!

Very cool, very cool.