Ha! My brothers are going to _love_ this!
So, thinking a lot about the complementary tattoo on my other side. Last one took two years of research before we started tattooing. Although the internet's made everything faster to search since then (oh, I wish I'd had image search back then!), I still want a good head start to let ideas percolate, and for the images I connect with best to emerge.
I was brainstorming with Becca about some images to research, and we came up with the following list (this was mostly me thinking about where to find images of large men, something it's really important to me to include). The limitations: I'm trying to cover the widest array of cultures and time periods possible. The image must be able to be represented as a sculpture. Nude or mostly-nude. Entirely human, no anthropomorphized animal imagery, wings, claws, hooves, horns, etc. Representing a wide array of different body types and shapes. Pieces that fit the overall water-colorish, sketchy kind of style we're using (too much detail, or too perfectly representational, and it doesn't work for this piece). Here are the notes from our brainstorming of ideas to research:
> Sumo wrestlers
> Japanese Luck God Ho-Tei (sometimes called laughing buddha)
> Oni (Japanese) (so far doesn't look like this one will work -- face doesn't fit tattoo)
> Frank Lloyd Wright pedastal topper
> bear gods
> Polynesian statues?
> Babylonians
> Assyrian
> extrapolate painting to sculpture (bacchus)
The first two pieces that grabbed my attention on a quick search:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grandadbill/2481623099/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catchesthelight/1321885834/
(both are worksafe sculptures of sumo wrestlers)
And _that_ is why my brothers are going to be so amused; they both follow Sumo closely, and have for years.
If you happen to have brainstorming ideas to add to the mix, please do. Even if it's not quite what I'm looking for, it may give me new search ideas and avenues.
I'm also interested in finding transgender images, so if you've got ideas for those, toss them in too...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82509471@N00/2880530207/
http://flann4.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/statue.jpg
http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/nieuwenhuysen/african-art/african-statue-male-wood-front.jpg
http://www.lindsayfincher.com/gallery/d/10334-2/arm_yerevan_cascade_14_statue.jpg
http://www.paleolithicartmagazine.org/
http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/nieuwenhuysen/african-art/african-art-collection-statues.htm
http://www.mesoweb.com/features/jpl/07.html
http://recollections.nma.gov.au/issues/vol_2_no2/papers/cluttering_up_the_department/
http://www.mesoweb.com/features/jpl/40.html
http://tebtunis.berkeley.edu/rw/han_ex1.html
http://www.angelfire.com/art3/tinghualiu/
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/149315685_82ea1fd028.jpg
http://www.lesantiquitesmaison.com/index.php?cPath=107
http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~rwj1/AFR/africa_nigeria_nok4.jpg
http://www.greece-athens.com/pages_images/9.jpg
http://i14.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/ag/71/54b2_1_sbol.JPG
http://www.greecetravel.com/archaeology/mitsopoulou/zulu/photos4.htm
http://www.quaibranly.fr/uploads/tx_fepromenadealacartet3/Ymago_3923_01.jpg
http://www.africanantiquecollection.com/images/top/top/album/slides/Bembe%20ivory%20male%20statue.jpg
http://www.africanantiquecollection.com/images/top/top/album/index.html
http://www.pataka.org.nz/uploads/60548/images/h_AUGUST/Male-statue-e01.jpg
http://www.historywiz.com/images/greece/kourosthera.jpg
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/kislak/images/statue.jpg
http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1746/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1746-1032.jpg
http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1158/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1158-2687.jpg
http://i.pbase.com/u/eddy2099/large/313759.Mvc473x.jpg
http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/images/etowahmalefrontsunsmall.jpg
http://www.beyond-the-pale.org.uk/sheela2.htm
http://image02.webshots.com/2/3/97/15/50939715SwjdoX_fs.jpg
http://www.theebonytree.com/Images/BigIconPics/statue4BIP.jpg
http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/Senufo-Male-Rhythm-Pounder-Figure-Old-African-Statue_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ120282354658
I was brainstorming with Becca about some images to research, and we came up with the following list (this was mostly me thinking about where to find images of large men, something it's really important to me to include). The limitations: I'm trying to cover the widest array of cultures and time periods possible. The image must be able to be represented as a sculpture. Nude or mostly-nude. Entirely human, no anthropomorphized animal imagery, wings, claws, hooves, horns, etc. Representing a wide array of different body types and shapes. Pieces that fit the overall water-colorish, sketchy kind of style we're using (too much detail, or too perfectly representational, and it doesn't work for this piece). Here are the notes from our brainstorming of ideas to research:
> Sumo wrestlers
> Japanese Luck God Ho-Tei (sometimes called laughing buddha)
> Oni (Japanese) (so far doesn't look like this one will work -- face doesn't fit tattoo)
> Frank Lloyd Wright pedastal topper
> bear gods
> Polynesian statues?
> Babylonians
> Assyrian
> extrapolate painting to sculpture (bacchus)
The first two pieces that grabbed my attention on a quick search:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grandadbill/2481623099/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catchesthelight/1321885834/
(both are worksafe sculptures of sumo wrestlers)
And _that_ is why my brothers are going to be so amused; they both follow Sumo closely, and have for years.
If you happen to have brainstorming ideas to add to the mix, please do. Even if it's not quite what I'm looking for, it may give me new search ideas and avenues.
I'm also interested in finding transgender images, so if you've got ideas for those, toss them in too...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82509471@N00/2880530207/
http://flann4.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/statue.jpg
http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/nieuwenhuysen/african-art/african-statue-male-wood-front.jpg
http://www.lindsayfincher.com/gallery/d/10334-2/arm_yerevan_cascade_14_statue.jpg
http://www.paleolithicartmagazine.org/
http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/nieuwenhuysen/african-art/african-art-collection-statues.htm
http://www.mesoweb.com/features/jpl/07.html
http://recollections.nma.gov.au/issues/vol_2_no2/papers/cluttering_up_the_department/
http://www.mesoweb.com/features/jpl/40.html
http://tebtunis.berkeley.edu/rw/han_ex1.html
http://www.angelfire.com/art3/tinghualiu/
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/149315685_82ea1fd028.jpg
http://www.lesantiquitesmaison.com/index.php?cPath=107
http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~rwj1/AFR/africa_nigeria_nok4.jpg
http://www.greece-athens.com/pages_images/9.jpg
http://i14.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/ag/71/54b2_1_sbol.JPG
http://www.greecetravel.com/archaeology/mitsopoulou/zulu/photos4.htm
http://www.quaibranly.fr/uploads/tx_fepromenadealacartet3/Ymago_3923_01.jpg
http://www.africanantiquecollection.com/images/top/top/album/slides/Bembe%20ivory%20male%20statue.jpg
http://www.africanantiquecollection.com/images/top/top/album/index.html
http://www.pataka.org.nz/uploads/60548/images/h_AUGUST/Male-statue-e01.jpg
http://www.historywiz.com/images/greece/kourosthera.jpg
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/kislak/images/statue.jpg
http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1746/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1746-1032.jpg
http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1158/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1158-2687.jpg
http://i.pbase.com/u/eddy2099/large/313759.Mvc473x.jpg
http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/images/etowahmalefrontsunsmall.jpg
http://www.beyond-the-pale.org.uk/sheela2.htm
http://image02.webshots.com/2/3/97/15/50939715SwjdoX_fs.jpg
http://www.theebonytree.com/Images/BigIconPics/statue4BIP.jpg
http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/Senufo-Male-Rhythm-Pounder-Figure-Old-African-Statue_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ120282354658