this tattoo was done at the end of 1999... the design came from one of the earthsea books by one of my favorite authors, ursula k. leguin...
the books are young adult fantasy, but can be read on a lot of different levels, sort of like the wrinkle in time series...
the picture is of the most powerful dragon, orm embar... i got the tattoo because i really liked the way that leguin portrayed the dragons on the stories...
i think her take was different than any other ive seen or read...
when i was reading the book and saw the picture i immediately knew that i had to have...
i thought about it for a long time and never once had a second thought...
the quality of the tattoo is perfect, the lines are as crisp as ever one year later...
i especially like the way the tattoo looks like it was stamped on...
-ta, dorkula