Inked

Ever since I've gotten my first tattoo.
I've been a lot more calm about remembering certain things about my mom.
Seems as if my memoir of mom really has done it's job and will continue to.
I've been stewing over another tattoo for the left side of my back.
This time, a bigger canvas to work on and colors will be involved.

This next tattoo will also be of an arowana.
But a few different bits and pieces will be added to make it really stand out and deliver it's message.
My next tattoo will be a reminder of who I am, and who I want to be.

The arowana, will be scale-less. The most prized arowana in the world has scales that are hardly visible. Almost non-existant because of it's ghost white color.
So the absense of scales on my arowana will depict my message of quality over quantity. "No matter how many arowans you have, they will never look as good as mine."

With that, It will have vivid reds and yellows on the head and fins signifying the luck that the arowanas bring according to legend.
The fish's head and fins will be tattoed in full flare showing the strength and seriosness of the fish satifying the name of Dragon Fish as folklore labels them.


I was originally going to overlap one side of the aro with the chinese character Lee. Of course it is my last name, and it being my last name seems fit. However I've also been tossing up ideas about having a blue moon with a red aura around it having the fish look as if it's swimming from the mysterious moon. And to add to that "mysteriousness" I was going to have a girl riding the arowana tattooed in an anime style. I thought that the girl, having her face shaded in to hide her true identity as well as her ability to ride a dragon fish from the moon was pretty random, and showed another side of me. The random side.

Other than showing the random side of e, the girl could also represent my future love.
Someone I was born to love and stay with forever and ever.
Almost like a fairytale, and thats where the anime styled character came in.
Since most animes are base around fairytales, romance and such, it seemed only fit to have the girl tattooed in an anime form also adding a more oriental touch to my piece.

This has been a pretty blotched rant about my future tattoo.
I just needed to get it out and infront of me.