font, placement, the usual questions!

[secretsoforual]

hello! i've been a long-time lurker as i've had ideas swirling in my head. i've got 20 more pounds to lose before i reward myself w/ my 4th but first literary tattoo, and i can't wait!!

i actually have the dilemma that most of us have: too many literary inspirations that it's hard to narrow down. text or illustration, etc. so i think i've finally

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[kita0610]

Big pic = cut tag, please.

Thanks.

[secretsoforual]

can you point me in the right direction? i don't know how to do that, else i would have

[seriouslyme]

Up in the top bar there is a link to the Help section of LiveJournal, one would assume that for help, you'd go there.

[seriouslyme]

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqcat=basic

[keaira_starr]

Hm. You could get "the world is made of roses & hello" arching over your current tattoo. I really like that line, so although I adore the whole stanza, that line really stands out to me.

I'd also get anything by e e cummings in typeface, probably a serif-type font. That said, I recommend you check out the e e cummings tattoos here in this community, and see what types of fonts others used.

[secretsoforual]

i don't want to add to the celtic tattoo, mainly b/cs i don't want any text to seem as an afterthought.

[peregrin8]

I think if you got it up on one shoulder, not right beside the other tattoo, it would look nice.

[paperispatient]

Re. fonts, I say collect any that appeal to you and narrow it down from there. I'm planning an EE Cummings tattoo now and at the beginning I was certain I wanted a typewriter font but now I'm leaning towards a handwritten print instead. I typed out the phrase, took a picture of my back (I want it at the top of my back) and have been trying out different fonts on my picture in a photo editing program. You could take pictures of different locations you're considering and play with it that way!