Gold skull in japanese tattoos?

January 15, 2011 at 7:59 pm #35603

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@ashnyc

DOn’t know if i should be calling it a gold skull its more jeweld, I see it alot in Japanese style
tatts wondering if anyone knows what its called and the meaning behind it, I’m new BTW so
if i F up on this its not my fault 😮 don’t ban me or anything.

January 15, 2011 at 8:45 pm #97201

goldengraemes

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@goldengraemes

Sounds like a sugar skull?

January 15, 2011 at 8:57 pm #97203

ashnyc

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@ashnyc

goldengraemes;79317 wrote:

Sounds like a sugar skull?

I’m not sure but the sugar skulls Ive seen are more brightly colored
these are mostly gold and grey it’s hard to describe i don’t understand
why my images wont show up.:mad:

January 15, 2011 at 8:58 pm #97204

ashnyc

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@ashnyc

goldengraemes;79317 wrote:

Sounds like a sugar skull?

Can I PM you a link? Maybe u can post the image

January 15, 2011 at 9:45 pm #97219

ArniVidar

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@arnividar

Fixed your links 🙂

January 15, 2011 at 9:51 pm #97222

ashnyc

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@ashnyc

arnividar;79337 wrote:

fixed your links 🙂

thanks alott!!

January 16, 2011 at 1:39 am #97231

BigZach

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@bigzach

goldengraemes;79317 wrote:

Sounds like a sugar skull?

My thoughts as well, this one is just detailed differently.

January 16, 2011 at 2:19 pm #97300

stubarber

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@stubarber

I’m assuming they call those “jeweled skulls”, and it is a Japanese thing (as opposed to “sugar skulls”, which is more of a Mexican thing). Check out Jeff Goguey’s work – he’s done a couple of those.

January 16, 2011 at 5:28 pm #97346

Silver-Shamrock-Tattooer

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@silver-shamrock-tattooer

Actually, they are all Tibetan Skulls by the name of a Kapala. Essentially, in Tibetan Hindu and Buddhist Tantra religions, a human skull is adorned with precious metal and jewel ornamentation and used in rituals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapala

http://www.google.com/images?q=Kapala&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1600&bih=696

Hope that helps a bit.

January 16, 2011 at 8:56 pm #97358

ashnyc

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@ashnyc

Yea its a Tibetan skull thanks for the help everyone.

January 16, 2011 at 9:00 pm #97359

goldengraemes

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@goldengraemes