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Ichthus Turtle Tattoo Design

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(can my recent deviations get any more diverse? xD!)

Anyways, I've been thinking about what I'd get as a second tattoo and putting a lot more thought into it this time. I don't regret my rose, but I do regret not designing it myself :( My next tattoos will be designed by me.

This is what I've come up with - it's a combination of the "Jesus fish" with a turtle - one of my fave animals. I originally just wanted to do it because I wanted something original and something religious - and I finally learned what the letters mean, so here you go!

IXOYE - iota chi theta upsilon sigma. That's how you spell "ichthus" in Greek. Ichthus is the word for "fish" in Greek, it's also an acronym for "Iesous Christos Theou Uios, Soter" which translates to "Jesus Christ God's Son, Savior" :) (now you'll know what it means the next time you see it on the back of a car!!) The fish is an important symbol for the Christian church, so I thought it'd be cool to twist it up a little and make it a tattoo design. Now it's not a fish... but it's a sea turtle!

This is kind of exactly what I was hoping for... will I actually get it? I haven't decided yet x) If I do, it will be very small, and it will be on the top of my right foot... along my outside three toes or so. Yes, I know it would probably hurt there, but that's where I'd want it, so there xD My final tattoo spot will be my right shoulder blade - which I'm (tentatively) saving for when I have children :)

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What do you think? :D

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Baaikha's avatar
This is brilliant! :D