WT Tattoo

Double Koi, Pagoda & Sakura fullsleeve 🏯 ~ The scale-covered koi fish symbolizes power, strength, and ability. The black koi is associated with successfully overcoming an obstacle. This symbol is great for those who have gone through a tough battle in life and have finally made it to a place of strength. Koi swimming “in succession” represent the auspicious concept of “again and again gaining profit.” The sakura represent spring, renewal, and the fleeting nature of life 🌸 ~ #blackandgrey #koi #koitattoo #sakura #spring #pagoda #irezumi #irezumicollective #asiantattoo #japanesetattoo #tattoo #tattoos #tattooistartmag #ink #inked #asian_inkspiration #asian_inkandart #asianart #power #strength #wealth #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “Wealth consists of not having great possessions, but having few wants...He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth or nature…” 🗻 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxun8RkHsDc/?igshid=kurml4maz6cs

Koi, Peonies, & Sakura forearm fullwrap 🌸 ~ The Chinese were mindful of the nature of koi fish that fight against the most powerful river currents. Thus jumping or leaping koi represent determination, perseverance, and accomplishment 🦈 ~ The combination of fish and flowers are to be understood as symbolic of the desire to enjoy both wealth and whatever the flower symbolizes. Peonies symbolize royalty, wealth, rank, and honour 🌹 ~ #blackandgrey #koi #koifish #koitattoo #koifishtattoo #peony #peonytattoo #spring #sakura #sakuraszn #irezumi #irezumicollective #asiantattoo #japanesetattoo #japaneseink #orientaltattoo #tattoo #tattoos #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #ink #inked #asian_inkspiration #asian_inkandart #asianart #determination #perseverance #accomplishment #royalty #wealth #rank #honour #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “Your level of success is determined by your level or discipline and perseverance…” 🎏 https://www.instagram.com/p/BxfKTsTnEOG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8ochyhlwboot

Never Stop. Never Settle. 👌 ~ "No Time" @_ovorich_ Available on all stream platforms 🔊 ~ smarturl.it/richnotime Prod by: @apt416music 🎼 ~ @hennessy @hennessycanada #Hennessy #HennessyCanada #NeverStop #NeverSettle #NoTime #HennessyXO #MarkNewson #XO #HennessyMasterblender #ForeverFif #RepsUp #OvO #blackandgrey #handtattoo #eye #rolex #filigree #tattoo #tattoos #handtattoo #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #ink #inked #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “The time is N:OW…” 🕥 (at Aeroporto Intercontinentale Leonardo da Vinci, Fiumicino-Roma, Italia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxSc7--npkc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=veb4e33f4vx2

Neptune, outer forearm 🔱 ~ Poseidon, Ποσειδῶν, was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth. He was god of the Sea and other waters; of earthquakes; and of horses. His Roman equivalent is Neptune ♆ ~ Poseidon was protector of seafarers. In Homer's Iliad, Poseidon supports the Greeks against the Trojans during the Trojan War. In the Odyssey, during the sea-voyage from Troy back home to Ithaca, the Greek hero Odysseus provokes Poseidon's fury by blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, resulting in Poseidon punishing him with storms, the complete loss of his ship and companions, and a ten-year delay. In Plato's Timaeus and Critias, the island of Atlantis was Poseidon's domain 💧🌊 ~ “Baccus hath drowned more men than Poseidon…” 🍇🍷 ~ #blackandgrey #Neptune #Poseidon #sculpture #art #Lambert #Sigisbert #Adam #tattoo #tattoos #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #ink #inked #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “He who is shipwrecked the second time cannot lay the blame on Neptune…” ⛵ (at Piazza del Popolo) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw90MSrHJSa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ecm7bueiltsw

Pakal the Great, The Tomb of Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I in the Temple of Inscriptions, fullsleeve rework ❇ ~ The Temple of the Inscriptions "House of the Nine Sharpened Spears" is the largest Mesoamerican stepped pyramid structure at the pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Palenque, located in the modern-day state of Chiapas, Mexico. The structure was specifically built as the funerary monument for K'inich Janaab' Pakal I 🇲🇽 ~ Inscribed on the lid of Pakal the Great’s sarcophagus, Pakal lies on top of the “earth monster.” Below him are the open jaws of a jaguar, symbolizing Xibalba. Above him is the Celestial Bird, perched atop the Cosmic Tree (represented by a cross) which, in turn, holds a Serpent in its branches. Thus, in the image Pakal lies between two worlds: the heavens and the underworld. Also on the sarcophagus are Pakal’s ancestors, arraigned in a line going back six generations ⚰ ~ #fullsleeve #blackandgrey #Mayan #pyramid #Art #Pakal #TheGreat #TempleofInscriptions #Mexico #sarcophagus #tattoo #tattoos #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #ink #inked #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “No man is truly great who is only great in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history...Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them…”✨ (at Temple of the Inscriptions) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw4mkKxnh7I/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hecf53djfs1y

Aztec Skull & Sun Stone inner forearm 🌞 ~ The Aztecs excelled in stone sculptures and created striking carvings of their Gods. The Aztecs carved skulls in monoliths of lava, and made masks of obsidian and jade. Furthermore, the skull motif was used in decoration. They were molded on pots, traced on scrolls, woven into garments, and formalized into hieroglyphs ☠ ~ A Tzompantli or skull rack is a type of wooden rack or palisade documented in several Mesoamerican civilizations, which was used for the public display of human skulls, typically those of war captives or other sacrificial victims. It is a scaffold-like construction of poles on which heads and skulls were placed after holes had been made in them 💀💀💀 ~ The Aztec or Mexica calendar is the calendar system that was used by the Aztecs as well as other Pre-Columbian peoples of central Mexico. It is one of the Mesoamerican calendars, sharing the basic structure of calendars from throughout ancient Mesoamerica. The sun stone calendar consisted of a 365-day calendar cycle called xiuhpōhualli (year count) and a 260-day ritual cycle called tōnalpōhualli (day count). These two cycles together formed a 52-year "century", sometimes called the "calendar round". The xiuhpōhualli is considered to be the agricultural calendar, since it is based on the sun, and the tōnalpōhualli is considered to be the sacred calendar...🌄 ~ #Aztec #Calendar #sunstone #sun #solar #skull #skullgang #skulltattoo #tattoo #tattoos #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #ink #inked #science #philosophy #art #religion #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “The Sun Stone, the famous Aztec calendar, is unquestionably a perfect summary of science, philosophy, art, and religion…” 🌅 (at Chronic Ink Tattoo Shop Toronto) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwwq_QaHBOt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1at7582e9t2fs

Owl, Skull & Black Widow Spider inner bicep. “Daydreamer...Nightworker...” 🕸 ~ Owls can rotate their necks 270°. Bone adaptations, blood vessels with contractile reservoirs, and a supporting vascular network allow the owls to turn their heads that far without cutting off blood to the brain 🦉 ~ The Black widow spider is one of the most poisonous and dangerous spiders in North America. The poison from a black widow spider is 15x as potent as the poison from a rattlesnake 🕷 ~ #wise #owl #wisdom #knowledge #blackwidow #spider #independant #solitary #dominant #skull #skullgang #skulltattoo #tattoo #tattoos #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #ink #inked #girlswithtattoos #inkedgirls #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “Darkness is no obstacle when you have enough inner light to see through it’s illusion...Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal…”☠ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwrx_yRH1Dl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lkj089r9641j

Buddha, Lotus, Chrysanthemum, & Sakura forearm fullwrap 🌸 ~ Autumn is the season of this flower and in China the chrysanthemum is a symbol of simplicity and perfection. A time of tranquillity, completeness, and abundance following the harvest. Since it blooms right into winter, it may also symbolize the ability to mediate between life and death, between Heaven and Earth 💐 ~ The Chrysanthemums symbolic link to longevity and happiness in Japanese culture may be draw more from its actual appearance. Circular and symmetric with numberless rays that flow from its centre, the chrysanthemum fits into the class of symbols that we recognize as solar. As a sun symbol, it immediately links to representations of life and longevity.  While the cherry blossoms of spring references the brevity and bright beauty of our transient lives, the chrysanthemum plays the opposite role in tattoo artwork. It is the flower of fall and of fullness, symbolizing not only a long life but a complete and happy one as well 🌞 ~ #buddha #lotus #chrysanthemum #sakura #simplicity #perfection #abundance #solar #sun #longevity #spring #sakuraszn #irezumi #irezumicollective #asiantattoo #japanesetattoo #japaneseink #orientaltattoo #tattoo #tattoos #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #ink #inked #asian_inkspiration #asian_inkandart #asianart #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “You must make a choice to take a chance or your life will never change...Choices, Chances, Changes...” 🌅 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwmn-4mn0zr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9xn94jagpsmq

觀音 Guanyin སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས།, the Goddess of Mercy & Compassion, half back full colour 🌿 ~ Guanyin is generally seen as a source of unconditional love and, more importantly, as a saviour. Guanyin promises to answer the cries and pleas of all sentient beings and to liberate them from their own karmic woes. Through saving grace even those who have no chance of being enlightened can be enlightened, and those deep in negative karma can still find salvation through compassion 💜 ~ Next to Sun Wu Kong, the monkey king himself, there is no supernatural entity more important to the famous myths from China about a strange mystical monkey, a couple of exiled gods, a dragon, and a priest trying to bring sacred scrolls back to China than her. She delivered the ring that let the priest control the monkey king. She informed all those involved of their great place in the quest which allowed most of them to reach enlightenment. When a demon was too powerful or tricky even for the monkey king she came to their rescue. And when the monkey king was feeling like abandoning the quest she managed to talk him into returning 🌌 ~ #fullcolour #guanyin #goddess #mercy #compassion #bodhisattva #backtattoo #easter #spring #equinox ##irezumi #irezumicollective #asiantattoo #japanesetattoo #japaneseink #orientaltattoo #tattoo #tattoos #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #ink #inked #asian_inkspiration #asian_inkandart #asianart #girlswithtattoos #inkedgirls #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope…A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just…” 🌎 (at Chronic Ink Tattoo Shop Toronto) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwha1oUHXl_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9oi67lnoqdw5

Best Oriental 1° Classificato @leccetattoofest #2019 🥇 ~ Thank you @tendenzetattoo for the opportunity to attend your marvelous convention! It is a dream come true for me to work and travel to #Italy! I leave invigorated and inspired! 🇮🇹 ~ Ornamental Baroque Frames designed by @alfredo_edo_tricarico 🖼 ~ Congratulations to @jaer_tattoo & @davide_arillo_tattoo Awesome artists who were also awarded! 🏆 ~ Swimming koi represent advancement and determination. Fish in general symbolize wealth and surplus, and the Chinese believe koi particularly represent good fortune in business and academics. Buddhists on the other hand see koi as representations of courage. Together in a koi pond, they represent love and friendship 🎏 ~ #leccetattoo #leccetattoofest #leccetattoofest2019 #piazzapalio #tattooconvention #tattooartist #koi #koifish #koigang #advancement #determination #win #winning #international #FCO #BDS #YYZ #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo "Win if you can, lose if you must, but never give up..." 💀 (at Lecce Tattoo Fest) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwexzzWHRB_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1oceyc4r9t4lt

Aizen-Myōō upper back outline @leccetattoofest #2019 🇮🇹 ~ Rāgarāja रागराज, also known as Aizen-Myōō, is one of the five Wisdom Kings like Acala (Fudo-Myōō). Rāgarāja is known to transform worldly lust into spiritual awakening 👹 ~ He is portrayed as a red-skinned man with a fearsome appearance, a vertical third eye and flaming wild hair that represents rage, lust and passion. There is usually a lion's head on top of his head in his hair, representing the mouth into which thoughts and wishes may be fed 🦁 ~ The six arms bear a bell which calls one to awareness; a vajra, the diamond that cuts through illusion, an unopened lotus flower representing the power of subjugation, a bow and arrows (sometimes with Rāgarāja shooting the arrow into the heavens), and the last one holding something that we cannot see (referred to by advanced esoteric practitioners as "THAT".) Rāgarāja is most commonly depicted sitting in full lotus position atop an urn that ejects jewels showing beneficence in granting wishes 🌌 ~ Rāgarāja represents the state at which harnessed sexual excitement or agitation—which are otherwise decried as defilements—are seen as equal to enlightenment and passionate love can become compassion for all living things 💜 ~ #ragaraja #aizenmyoo #wisdomking #irezumi #irezumicollective #asiantattoo #japanesetattoo #japaneseink #tattoo #tattoos #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #asian_inkspiration #asian_inkandart #outline #progress #passion #compassion #Lecce #Italy #Calgary #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “Without continual growth, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning...progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing towards what will be…” 👣 (at Lecce Tattoo Fest) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwcUkYTHLL9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1k2pp5astp6ve

I had a phenomenal experience attending the @lecceetattoofest #2019 🎪 ~ The convention was full of festive spectacles happening simultaneously while artists tattooed 🎉 ~ I shared a booth with ‘Black Devil’ Biker @charroos_tattoo_art_club I met tattooists @francoroggiatattoo & @alfredomojo ☠ ~ I met pinup models @missmonroeclothing & @lamaladaniela Here are some of my other highlights from the convention at Piazza Palio, #Lecce, #Italy 🇮🇹 ~ The serpent is a universal and complex symbol. It can represent death, destruction, evil, and/or poison. In the Christian tradition, Satan (in the guise of the serpent) instigated the fall by tricking Eve into breaking God’s command. Thus the serpent can represent temptation, the devil, and deceit. The snake can have positive implications, too; when intertwined with the tree of life (Christian) it represents good, and it can also be associated with healing and/or rebirth; as it sheds its skin 🐍 ~ #leccetattoofest #leccetattoo #leccetattoofest2019 #piazzapalio #tattooconvention #tattooartist #serpent #python #international #FCO #BDS #YYZ #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “Don’t wait for the right opportunity, create it…Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity…” 💶 (at Lecce Tattoo Fest) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwZ02YPn_rN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fs82wd1i9p36

Phoenix, Hannya Mask, & Sakura 🌸 - I started this tattoo at the #Calgary Tattoo & Arts Festival @albertatattooshows in #2016. I completed most of the #blackandgrey shading in #Vancouver @monkeykingtattoo in #2017. I finished colouring the sakuras in #Lecce #Italy @leccetattoofest #2019 🇮🇹 - 3 Years, 3 Cities, 6 extremely long days! #overtime Thx for travelling from Calgary Canada! ✈ 🇨🇦 - #sakuraszn #phoenix #phoenixtattoo #hannya #hannyatattoo #girlswithtattoos #girlswithink #piazzapalio #irezumi #irezumicollective #asiantattoo #japanesetattoo #japaneseink #orientaltattoo #tattoo #tattoos #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #ink #inked #asian_inkspiration #asian_inkandart #asianart #tattooconvention #international #YEG #YVR #FCO #BDS #YYZ #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “Still out here on my mission while I’m miles away…”🌍 (at Lecce Tattoo Fest) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwXYSjWnKPR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=a55op79zjagg

Skull & Deer Skull Trash Polka inner arm filler. 🦌 - "Promote what you love instead of provoking what you hate..." ♥ - #skull #skullgang #skulltattoo #deerskull #blackandgrey #red #trashpolka #promote #love #wisdom #tattoo #tattoos #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #ink #inked #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo "Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late..." 💀 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwMV45AHDxo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f26556dtc0vr

Lion & Four Bo Leaves outer forearm filler. 🌱 - The lion and the maroon background, on the flag of Sri Lanka, represent the Sinhalese, while the saffron border and four Bo leaves represent Buddhism and the four Buddhist concepts of Mettā, Karuṇā, Muditā and Upeskhā respectively, the four Sublime States. 🍃 - Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina that belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family. Also known as the bodhi tree, It is the type of tree under which Gautama Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment, and Hindu and Jain ascetics also consider the tree to be sacred and often meditate under them. 🌳 - #blackandgrey #lion #liontattoo #simba #grownsimba #returnofsimba #boleaves #bodhitree #enlightenment #meditation #power #tattoo #tattoos #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #ink #inked #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment…” 🎇 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwHNBHwHjUr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jzjasr164ec6

Sri Lankan & Canadian flag draped Skull & Maple Leaf filigree inner forearm.💀 - The flag of Sri Lanka consists of a gold lion holding a kastane sword in its right fore-paw, symbolizing power, in a maroon background with four gold bo leaves in each corner. The "Lion Flag" of Sri Lanka was adopted in 1948, but it was used as a symbol of justice for a long time before. 🇱🇰 - The Canadian flag, features a vertical triband in the colors of red and white. Red and white were proclaimed Canada’s official colours in 1921 by King George V. There is symbolism in both the design and the colors of the national flag of Canada. The red is meant to symbolize hope and prosperity, while the white represents peace, tranquility and neutrality. The 11 point maple leaf design represents the cultural heritage of the nation and the vast natural resources found within its borders. 🇨🇦 - #skull #skullgang #skulltattoo #srilanka #canada #lion #mapleleaf #power #justice #hope #prosperity #peace #tranquility #neutrality #tattoo #tattoos #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #ink #inked #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “True prosperity is appreciating what you already have...When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere…” 🍁 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwCc1mgHBIl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1axbi3s5cyxbg

“Think with the heart and feel with the brain…” ♥ - Exploding Skull & Heart halfsleeve. 💀 - #blackandgrey #skull #skulltattoo #skullgang #heart #hearttattoo ##tattoo #tattoos #handtattoo #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #ink #inked #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination…Let your inner light guide you out of the darkness...” 🎇 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv9dAmon8CS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jqhwf6puxlc8