Tattoo Design Help?? - Tengwar translation

shadow4509 · 9 Feb 2008 at 09:22

Hello,

Just wondered if anyone could help me out with a tattoo design. I would like "Tiana" translated into Tengwar (elvish) if possible i have had a look round and can't seem to find what i'm looking for.

Or if anyone can come up with something else that may look good then go for it!

Thanks

[FnG]magnolia · 9 Feb 2008 at 09:26

Without wanting to be the one responsible for sparking what will become the standard OCUK "Zomg tattoos suck vs Tattoos are individual expressions" rant, can I ask why you'd want something 'translated' into Elvish?

This probably shows my ignorance but I'm pretty sure Elvish isn't recognised as an officially translatable language.

Is it? o.O

KaHn · 9 Feb 2008 at 09:27

I know lots of ppl who have elvish tatoos, it can be translated into words etc.

KaHn

/edit: google

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?i...bet&um=1&start=3&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=3

[FnG]magnolia · 9 Feb 2008 at 09:38

KaHn said:
I know lots of ppl who have elvish tatoos, it can be translated into words etc.

KaHn

/edit: google

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?i...bet&um=1&start=3&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=3

Well, **** me sideways, I did not know that

Jon Frost · 9 Feb 2008 at 10:25

Elvish is a language? Can anyone on Ocuk speak it?

Monkey Puzzle · 9 Feb 2008 at 10:45

Just make sure the tattooist doesn't fob you off with the Elvish word for supermarket.

PardonTheWait · 9 Feb 2008 at 10:49

Elvish isn't dead

Squark · 9 Feb 2008 at 11:01

^ heheh
Nice one Mo

Mr Gimp · 9 Feb 2008 at 11:02

Haven't heard it on the radio though........

Richdog · 9 Feb 2008 at 11:08

shadow4509 said:
Hello,

Just wondered if anyone could help me out with a tattoo design. I would like "Tiana" translated into Tengwar (elvish) if possible i have had a look round and can't seem to find what i'm looking for.

Or if anyone can come up with something else that may look good then go for it!

Thanks

lol @ anyone who gets elvish tattooed onto themselves. I mean seriously, come on.

Squark · 9 Feb 2008 at 11:11

It looks quite pretty when written.
Well at least it isnt the standard tribal/Chinese attempts

Not one for tattoos myself but I think it could make a nice difference if done properly

Cr0fty · 9 Feb 2008 at 11:12

Why don't you just ask an Elf to do it?

Richdog · 9 Feb 2008 at 11:12

I know it's aesthetically pleasing, and i'm actually a LOTR/fantasy nut. I just can't imagine getting it tattooed on me.

ic1male · 9 Feb 2008 at 11:59

What's going to be next?

Georgian - ქართული ენა
Tibetan - བོད་ཡིག་བརྡ་ཚད་ལྡན་དུ་སྒྱུར་བའི་ལ ས་དོན་ཨུ་ཡོན་ལྷན་ཁང་གིས་བསྒྲིགས
Arabic - اللغة العربية الفصحى

Why's no-one going for Arabic? Are they worried they'll be labelled an Islamic terrorist?

Cr0fty · 9 Feb 2008 at 12:01

ic1male said:
Why's no-one going for Arabic? Are they worried they'll be labelled an Islamic terrorist?

Why be worried, you can pretty much do what you want then!

shadow4509 · 9 Feb 2008 at 12:07

i have no abnormal obessession with lord of the rings, elves, pixies, dwarfs or hobbits!!!

But as others have noticed the writing/text looks far better and not as common as the usual tribal pap that everyone has done!

Pics to follow

Flying Gribble · 9 Feb 2008 at 12:24

Richdog said:
lol @ anyone who gets elvish tattooed onto themselves. I mean seriously, come on.

Well, if it's good enough for Fernando Torres, it's good enough for me

Maccy · 9 Feb 2008 at 12:42

I think it looks good when done properly, have considered one for myself.

barnettgs · 9 Feb 2008 at 12:50

Ok, why do you want your name to be tattooed on your skin, screaming "Look at me, I'm Tiana!". :confused:

shadow4509 · 9 Feb 2008 at 12:52

lol its my daughters name not mine