Peace tatoos-

Discussion in 'Body Modification' started by Hippie420Agapi, Jun 22, 2005.

  1. Gr8fulyDeadicated

    Gr8fulyDeadicated Member

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    not my tinkerbell tattoo, gotta love google images - lol!

    yeah, doing hands is akin to portrait art - yer gonna have to pay top dollar to get something realistic. or maybe you could stylize the hand.
     
  2. Gr8fulyDeadicated

    Gr8fulyDeadicated Member

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    a little history of the creation of the peace symbol... from www.answers.com:
    The peace symbol was designed and completed February 21 1958 by Gerald Holtom, a commercial designer and artist in Britain. He had been commissioned by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament to design a symbol for use at an Easter march to Canterbury Cathedral in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston in England.
    The symbol itself is a combination of the semaphore signals for the letters "N" and "D", standing for Nuclear Disarmament. In semaphore the letter "N" is formed by a person holding two flags in an upside-down "V", and the letter "D" is formed by holding one flag pointed straight up and the other pointed straight down. These two signals imposed over each other form the shape of the peace symbol. In the original design the lines widened at the edge of the circle.

    A conscientious objector who had worked on a farm in Norfolk during the Second World War, Holtom later wrote to Hugh Brock, editor of Peace News, explaining the genesis of his idea in greater depth: "I was in despair. Deep despair. I drew myself: the representative of an individual in despair, with hands palm outstretched outwards and downwards in the manner of Goya’s peasant before the firing squad. I formalised the drawing into a line and put a circle round it."

    The peace symbol was popularized in America by such pacifist figures as Albert Bigelow.

     
  3. TARABELLE

    TARABELLE on the road less traveled

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    I will post a pic of sig others peace tat soon as I can pin him down.


    But the reason for this post.

    I LOVE that Tinkerbell. Is that too funny or what?
     
  4. gdhmomchild

    gdhmomchild Duct tape abuser

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    That tinkerbell was very cool! *giggles* Tinkerbell after she hit the absinthe.
     
  5. eclecticsunshine

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    LOL That Tink looks awesome!!!
     
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