Well I feel quite stupid. How did I not think of having the heart be held in front of the skeleton. That could work. Thanks all for the comments :).

Sorry I don’t have much to contribute but I used to live in Ventura! I’ve since moved up to sacramento area however.

Those generated gothic ambigrams look so cliche to me. I see them on par with tribal tats. A forum I used to frequent had an artist who would draw up ambigrams that look great and I wouldn’t mind those. But these one’s just irk me so much. The love/hate and life/death ones especially.

Here are some examples of some custom ones.

The Rye

Life/Death

S.Neill;45728 wrote:
Its not always the base color. Sometimes it is the ink manufacturer. For the average light skinned person, average inks are fine. Mom’s Millenium makes a decent wide range of colors, but when you move to darker skin tones, browns, “reds” (which is more accurately an Umber) then these inks are really no longer sufficient.…[Read more]

Good point. I didn’t think about that. No I’m not at war with myself. And I see where you’re coming from with the whole negative aspect on the standoff. Symbolically, if I were to get a standoff tattoo, it would mean nothing more than my white and red ancestry which wouldn’t make much sense to get a tattoo of. It’s hard to think of an idea that…[Read more]

Thanks for all the replies everyone. Someone on another forum mentioned I should try mixing up my heritage and I was thinking of some kind of cowboys and indians piece. Can anyone think of any ideas? I came up with an old west standoff type deal with an indian vs. a cowboy but would love to hear everyone’s opinions.

nikdeezy;43814 wrote:
first off, i like the idea. but getting it on the rib cage for a first tattoo isn’t something i’d advise. i first wanted a phoenix on my ribs thinking it was a unique place fora tattoo, but the artist wouldn’t do such a big piece on my ribs for my first tattoo. after reconsideration, i’ve changed the location to my leg…[Read more]