My overall lifetime tattoo choices are always going to be things that mean something to me, stuff that has influenced my life. (So far I have a giant star on my chest, circuitry on my wrist and the caffeine molecule on my leg.) Star Trek has been one of the hugest and oldest influences on me, and it's about time I go for it.
So now I've got to choose which emblem to go with. This is going to go on my right arm, on the outside of the bicep like a uniform badge. It doesn't fit with the whole Trek uniform design at all, but I have this thing about all my tattoos going on the right side of my body, or at most on the center line like my chest. My plan I think will be over time to get the emblems from lots of shows that really meant something to me over the years, but this is definitely going to be the first of them.
Anyway, I narrowed it down to two of the emblems. The first one is the emblem worn by command officers in the original series. Naturally this appeals because it was the beginning, this is the Trek that I first saw (I had to have been under 10 since I know I'd seen it before The Next Generation started). Trek has always appealed to my love of space, and it's the first series I can remember that really tapped into that.
I thought awhile and finally decided against the standard Next Generation emblem/badge. It's just too plain; the triangle shape is plain silver, on a plain gold oval background. My second option is from an alternate timeline episode, Future Imperfect. I'd go with the bars all being gold I think since that would be a full Captain's rank. This one appeals to me just because it looks nicer, even though the triangle is plain, the multiple bars add a bit of complexity to it. Of course, it's less recognizable as a Trek symbol, and doesn't have such a pervading meaning to the series.
I'm really chuffed to be finally getting another tattoo. It may be a completely uncool and really not very unique concept for the art but it means a lot to me.
So now I've got to choose which emblem to go with. This is going to go on my right arm, on the outside of the bicep like a uniform badge. It doesn't fit with the whole Trek uniform design at all, but I have this thing about all my tattoos going on the right side of my body, or at most on the center line like my chest. My plan I think will be over time to get the emblems from lots of shows that really meant something to me over the years, but this is definitely going to be the first of them.
Anyway, I narrowed it down to two of the emblems. The first one is the emblem worn by command officers in the original series. Naturally this appeals because it was the beginning, this is the Trek that I first saw (I had to have been under 10 since I know I'd seen it before The Next Generation started). Trek has always appealed to my love of space, and it's the first series I can remember that really tapped into that.
I thought awhile and finally decided against the standard Next Generation emblem/badge. It's just too plain; the triangle shape is plain silver, on a plain gold oval background. My second option is from an alternate timeline episode, Future Imperfect. I'd go with the bars all being gold I think since that would be a full Captain's rank. This one appeals to me just because it looks nicer, even though the triangle is plain, the multiple bars add a bit of complexity to it. Of course, it's less recognizable as a Trek symbol, and doesn't have such a pervading meaning to the series.
I'm really chuffed to be finally getting another tattoo. It may be a completely uncool and really not very unique concept for the art but it means a lot to me.
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