Wolf tattoo (warning, some weird pagan stuff)

[gwynhefar]

As some of you already know, I have three animals that I consider to be my totems, spirit guides, whatever term you want to use. Raven has the most influence, followed by Wolf and then Dolphin. When I got my first tattoo two years ago it was of a raven, and I searched long and hard for the perfect image. The idea was always to get one of each of my guides, but I knew that if I was going to put something on my body permanently, it had to be perfect, and they had to fit not only me and my relationship with them, but each other as well. After over a year of thinking and searching I found the raven image I wanted:





Just imagine that it's filled in black, and not just an outline, and that's what I have on my left shoulder. Since then, I've been searching for wolf and dolphin images that fit, and have had no luck. Until today. I think I've found my Wolf:





So, what do you think?

Comments

[carocrow.livejournal.com]

I like that you've chosen a sort of Celtic tribal theme to your tats, to keep them consistent. Nice choice for the wolf's head.

It does take a great deal of thought on what you want to put on your body; I have been pondering a tat that might incorporate my animal guides together in some way, perhaps a medicine wheel on my back.

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the consistency is important to me. Which is why it took so long to find the images. My original idea was to try to incorporate all three into one tattoo, but I couldn't make it work in a way that I liked, and when I found the raven image I knew it was meant to be.