Tattoo Ideas Options

[mutiha]

Hey guys

new to the board, still dont remember how i stumbled upon it but ive had a fun time reading the threads. As the topic says Im looking at getting a tattoo. A little bit about me I was born in AUS with full batak background and im in UNI studying. Anways I want a tattoo that represents my Indonesian heritage as im proud of being Indonesian and want to show that off haha being born is AUS you can realise.

Anyone have any pictures or ideas ? I was looking at a Garuda which is currently my number 1 choice but yeah any other ideas will be welcomed !

Thanks

[DutchEastIndiesM...]

^my avatar ? itu Garuda.

[Majapahitans]

How about Batak ethnics ornaments.....





The Batak's ornament usually rendered in Black, Red, and White.
(Remember, Batak's color is Black, Red, and White)

I think it would be cool tattoo pattern


Or a picture of Batak's c@ck...?


Now that waaay cool....

This post has been edited by Majapahitans: Jun 14 2008, 09:53 AM

[senyum]

The Garuda seems a great idea. Bendera aja! ha3

[rasibiduk]

How about Batak ethnics ornaments.....





The Batak's ornament usually rendered in Black, Red, and White.
(Remember, Batak's color is Black, Red, and White)

I think it would be cool tattoo pattern
Or a picture of Batak's c@ck...?


Now that waaay cool....

Maj, are u sure that's Batak design? Isn't it Torajan? I used to live not too far from Torajaland thats why I'm very familiar with their motifs. But either way a Torajan motifs is a great idea for tattoo:

click here:

Toraja Wood-carving motifs

It is uniquely Indonesian. Sure the Dyaks have Tattoo culture but it is a shared heritage with their Malaysian brothers. So not so unique lah. If I'm not mistaken, the Mentawaians off-Sumatra have also tattoo culture- better do some googling then.

[mutiha]

Ive going to have to show my dad those batak designs and see if he can confirm whether it is or not. I would love something tribal like that but over in AUS it will only get mistaken for being a Pacific Islander design i.e nz/fiji/samoa/tonga etc.

Ive looked at google images for pictures of Garudas but nothing really good comes up, anyone got any good pictures ? modified versions of the indo emblem ?

cheers

[DutchEastIndiesM...]

^yah ini my display pic is a modified version of the national emblem.
Just google it, you should easily find it.
I agree with you, the tribal tattoos will make you look like islanders.

[mutiha]

Im looking as we speak haha I can only find images of the indonesian garuda pancasila.

If I type "garuda" into google it links me only to thai and indian versions.

What do you think of the tattoo just being like it is -



Will it look to hardcore ? haha

[DutchEastIndiesM...]

let me help you finding it.





[after 15 mins]








Sorry could not find the a modified version......
sorry for my misleading promises.
Maybe you could ask an artist to modify the Garuda. Make it more stylish.

[iyahcure]

let me help you finding it.
[after 15 mins]
Sorry could not find the a modified version......
sorry for my misleading promises.
Maybe you could ask an artist to modify the Garuda. Make it more stylish.

bless your soul,cause you are forgiven.



This post has been edited by iyahcure: Jun 16 2008, 07:01 AM

[DutchEastIndiesM...]

^Ohh thank you mate.

[Majapahitans]

Maj, are u sure that's Batak design? Isn't it Torajan? I used to live not too far from Torajaland thats why I'm very familiar with their motifs. But either way a Torajan motifs is a great idea for tattoo:

Yeah I'm sure, I had visited this Batak HKBP church in eastern Jakarta while ago when I was helping my mother catering for Batak wedding party for muslim guests... (Yes Batak wedding party usually had two separated table for two set of dishes: for muslim /halal food, and for non-muslim/usually contains pork and even dog meat).

The Batak ornaments look exactly like that, especially those black red and white color.



This post has been edited by Majapahitans: Jun 16 2008, 08:45 AM

[mutiha]

Thats fine guys if you cant find it

BTW The pic doesnt work

[DutchEastIndiesM...]

Finally I found the link where i got my pics.....
It's a blog called Kementrian Design Indonesia
link to it...http://menteridesainindonesia.blogspot.com
http://kdrimerchandise.blogspot.com/ and http://menteridesainindonesia.blogspot.com...men-gegana.html
^They're all from the same webby, It's a bit hard browsing their webby, so I guess I'll you more links.
have fun searching, They got heaps of cool stuffs there. Their work is just so magnificent.

[lostnexposed]

write yr favorite word in Batak script. hehe!

or I've seen some Indonesians with the Nusantara tattoo, but it doesn't look nice though.

[mikemanusama]

hey guys i stumbled across this post becasue I am indonesian as well. Although i dont look like it, I am 6'5 pale, and have red hair (because my mother is irish). my father is born and raised in jakarta, and I wanted to get a tatto to pay hommage to his side. The first thing i could think of was a garuda as well. I was originally going to go with the hindu version (with a humans body) but i know now that id like to have a more modern version of it. So i am just checking by to see if anybody really has found a modified verision of the Indonesian Coat of Arms. Secondly, my last name is Manusama, yes, my great uncle was president of the mollucan islands. After a lot of research I am still confused as to if the coat of arms of indoensia is a good tattoo to get being that my family is mollucan. Is there a conflict in that?

[Kresna]

hey guys i stumbled across this post becasue I am indonesian as well. Although i dont look like it, I am 6'5 pale, and have red hair (because my mother is irish). my father is born and raised in jakarta, and I wanted to get a tatto to pay hommage to his side. The first thing i could think of was a garuda as well. I was originally going to go with the hindu version (with a humans body) but i know now that id like to have a more modern version of it. So i am just checking by to see if anybody really has found a modified verision of the Indonesian Coat of Arms. Secondly, my last name is Manusama, yes, my great uncle was president of the mollucan islands. After a lot of research I am still confused as to if the coat of arms of indoensia is a good tattoo to get being that my family is mollucan. Is there a conflict in that?

Your great uncle was president of the South Molluca's. Let's not equate Mollucan with being seperatist here. But it's up to you. If you support South Mollucan independence, a Garuda would be a bad idea because it represents the unitary state of Indonesia. If you don't support South Mollucan independence, a Garuda would be perfectly ok.

[jiwa]

How about Batak ethnics ornaments.....





The Batak's ornament usually rendered in Black, Red, and White.
(Remember, Batak's color is Black, Red, and White)

That one looks cool! And then all 360 degrees horizontally around the arm!

This post has been edited by jiwa: Aug 16 2008, 07:26 AM

[DutchEastIndiesM...]

hey guys i stumbled across this post becasue I am indonesian as well. Although i dont look like it, I am 6'5 pale, and have red hair (because my mother is irish). my father is born and raised in jakarta, and I wanted to get a tatto to pay hommage to his side. The first thing i could think of was a garuda as well. I was originally going to go with the hindu version (with a humans body) but i know now that id like to have a more modern version of it. So i am just checking by to see if anybody really has found a modified verision of the Indonesian Coat of Arms. Secondly, my last name is Manusama, yes, my great uncle was president of the mollucan islands. After a lot of research I am still confused as to if the coat of arms of indoensia is a good tattoo to get being that my family is mollucan. Is there a conflict in that?

Well Hello, I agree with Kresna a Garuda would get you beaten up by Pro Mollucan Independence supporter.
About the new version of the Garuda, I've seen some..Have you checked the link i gave earlier ?? They designed emblems and logos with a more modern approach to it. You should check the website, it may give you some inspiration.

http://menteridesainindonesia.blogspot.com
http://kdrimerchandise.blogspot.com/

[mikemanusama]

thanks for your replies, I will talk it over with my father since it was HIS uncle and he lived there. He would probably have some knowledge on where I should stand politically