So, my birthday is upon us...June 6th, to be exact...and I'll be officially diving into my 30s. This birthday will also mark the 3rd anniversary of my first tattoo which I got while attending the Sacramento Tattoo Convention at the Convention Center. I was so eager to have my first ink done by some amazing international tattoo artist, so I was blown away when I stumbled upon Daniel diMattia, of Calypso Tattoo in Belgium. He's a GOD. No, really. His henna-inspired, all-black dot shading techniques blow my mind.
Calypso Tattoo He's truly a master at what he does, and there would be no way I'd have anyone else interpret the hamsa with the Star of David creation I've been longing for...unfortunately, Daniel was unavailable for the rest of the convention, tattooing a man's head and face, so I had Davide, a Milanese friend of Daniel, tattoo Ethan or "Eitan" translated in Hebrew on my right wrist. For $100. Yeeeah. Inflation occurs at the conventions. So until Daniel and I make a date, I'm moving on with some other ideas. The first being the translation of my Greek name, Anastasia Christine, from the top of my shoulder to the base of my neck, so horizontally on the top of my shoulder. I thought to do it in Latin, but "Resurgum in Sarcalogos" is less effective as the translation in English, "Resurrection in Christ", written in an Old World, Gothic, Medieval, Latin type font. Here are a few to ponder. What say you?
DeiGratia font Holyrose Midnight Tea font Duke Plus font
The Art of Illuminating font
Xenippa font
