Hi All - Thought you might like to see my Stormlight Tattoo

[kalamitous_emoashions he/him]

Hi All - I have been around for a fair while but never particularly active. I just like to see all the amazing theories. 

Thought you might like to see my Stormlight tattoo though - I got a stylised version of the Kholin house shield. 

We flipped the positions of the glyphs, because the crown fits the space better at the top - and also went for a more photorealistic crown, because as a tattoo the glyph crown was hard to make work in the space and also looked a tad strange compared to the gate to have walking around in public all the time. 

But I know what it means and represents, and have had a couple of people ask me if it is based on the Kholin shield over the past year which is cool.

I got this specifically as I lost a lot of weight a couple of years ago, and the quote that was consistently in my mind, and helped me the most was: 

The most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it?
It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.

So it's both a reminder of the quote, and based on my love of all things fantasy, especially Brandon Sanderson. 

It's on my inside forearm for reference. 

Hope you like it!

[form_of she/her]

Oooo! It looks so cool!

[Honorless he/him]

Wicked!

[Aeternum]

Welcome(ish) to the Shard! Love the tattoo!

[kalamitous_emoashions he/him]

Thanks all! Good to be here and plan to get a bit more active. 

Now for the real question though - what Cosmere based tattoo should I get next? Any recommendations? 

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

ghostblood symbol all the way.

[salka]

WOW that's amazing! Beautifully done.

[kalamitous_emoashions he/him]

@Thaidakar the Ghostblood 

While the symbol is excellent, I will probably want to wait and find out exactly what the Ghostbloods motives and actions are in the cosmere before I get it permanently inked on me. Worst case scenario it might be kind of hard to explain why I have the symbol of a genocidal organisation led by a murderous rogue who have committed untold atrocities across multiple planets. 

'I like the symbol' doesn't quite cut the mustard for an explanation  

[Honorless he/him]

Get all the Radiant Orders!

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

WINDRUNNER SYMBOL!

[Hollow Graves]

That is so cool. There are thousands of different ideas for new ones. I do not now what to say.

[Shard of Reading he/him]

I've seen a number of stormlight tattoos online, but this one is by far my faviorite.

As for the next tattoo you should get, I'd say maybe an allomatic symbol or something, because you already have a stormlight tattoo, and a mistborn one would help even it out. (Then get an Aon and a rithmatic circle. ) 

[kalamitous_emoashions he/him]

@Shard of Reading - If I was going to get a Mistborn tattoo I would probably do something slightly more abstract - for instance, I have been thinking about having the metal symbols styalised into the shape of a spear. So that the symbols, each on their own, make up the shape of the spear itself. I think that would look great on the inside of the arm or up the centre of the back. 

[Shard of Reading he/him]

3 hours ago, kalamitous_emoashions said:

@Shard of Reading - If I was going to get a Mistborn tattoo I would probably do something slightly more abstract - for instance, I have been thinking about having the metal symbols styalised into the shape of a spear. So that the symbols, each on their own, make up the shape of the spear itself. I think that would look great on the inside of the arm or up the centre of the back. 

That definitely sounds a lot cooler than just a boring ol' atium symbol.