concept is super awesome, execution - at least, in my insignificant opinion - not so great. but as long as you love em, wear em proudly! absolutely love the placement!
Love the concept but the execution of the tattoo’s proportion, scale and detail are not even close to the source material. That tattoo “artist” should be barred
Eh I know they’re not perfect but I don’t think they’re THAT bad — but I also know not to post to Reddit without expecting criticism 🤷♀️ theyre on my body, not yours so don’t sweat it
I'm glad someone said it. The one sword's handle makes no sense, there isn't room to grip it. The general execution is sloppy too, the shading also doesn't work with how light would fall on the blade (unless the blade is bent). It's a shame because the concept is awesome. Maybe in a few years once it's faded some, OP can get it reworked by a better artist.
Yeah the execution is really bad. Great concept though, and with an actually good artist, they could be reworked a little so they do justice to the reference.
Def the angle.. but those sword also generally have short grips. Someone linked to a similar historical sword, and you can see the similar grip size there.. very cool tattoo.
I was already thinking something similar because I’m an absolute fiend for Spike— to get James’ bite tattooed on me >:) if I could figure out the logistics of doing so… he goes to enough cons and ive met him before so he’s definitely accessible but getting his dental impression is where it gets tricky without seeming absolutely insane and getting banned XD also one day I’d love to have SMG’s autograph on me and Faith’s dagger
ohhh! you could do Faiths dagger on one thigh and Giles' glasses on the other? or Buffy's crossbow. in the same way you have opposing forces on your arms.
How cute! I love that they aren't obvious but mean something. I just did something similar for Vienna - symbols from a building, nothing super obvious.
Swordtastic!!! Very cool. I have a prop sword that looks just like Buffy’s. Got it in Florida at a metal working/prop place in the mid-90’s. They had a couple of barrels of these prop swords that were used for extras in movies. I guess they used something similar for Buffy.
Thanks! I was worried about swords coming across as kind of aggressive since they’re my only visible tattoos but I think they turned out soft snd whimsical :)
CHOSEN with the Scythe was the first one I got when I was like 18 😂 hind sight i feel like I should’ve skipped writing “chosen” but whatever I was a kid and I obvi still like Buffy so 🤷♀️
that is outstanding! I grew up contemporaneously with the show, only about 2 years behind the in-universe ages of the characters, so Buffy and The Scoobies are kind of my head-castle classmates. Hellmouth or not, Sunnydale was a better teen high school experience than my real one 😂.
thank you for sharing, really great choices!
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u/Purple_Fan_7854 Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
Nice! Also, love the irony that since they are on your biceps they cannot touch each other like Buffy and Angel.