some February stuff

both tattoos were done by Lois in February 2012. She is approaching her due date soon on end of March / early April, but still open for tattoo inquiries til March 20-ish.

Dimas Praja's tattoo work, 'Legong'

Lois' watercolor painting, 'Light My Fire'

This month also, their works were published on Jabirut Digital Magazine. You can download the magz for free here. Thank you Jabirut Digimagz for you appreciation.

If you want to get tattoos from Dimas and/or Lois, please contact us at tattoocarpediem@yahoo.com :)

the Italian Eagle

Matteo's Italian eagle, done by Dimas Praja, Jan 2012

Legong dancer tattoo

Legong is a form of Balinese dance; a refined dance form characterized by intricate finger movements, complicated footwork, and expressive gestures and facial expressions.

At first, the client came to us, bringing a magazine with a pair of Legong dancer paintings on it. They are beautiful paintings, indeed, but in the picture, they're hanging on the wall decorating a cozy living room (yes, it's an interior design magazine). Imagine how small it is! To get more details on the dancer's flower crown and facial expression, we browsed through the web and find this beautiful photograph by Mr. Pius Lee

Eyeing (Legong Dance II), taken on May 30, 2009 by Mr Pius Lee, www.dailytravelphotos.com

Mr Pius Lee began his quest to backpack around the world in 2003. Travel and photography is two of his greatest passions. His website, www.dailytravelphotos.com contains his photography works during traveling, hopefully to relate the beauty and uniqueness of far-away countries that most viewers won't experience first hand.

We can support his cause this way (quoting from his website): "Daily Travel Photos is supported primarily by advertisements. To help ensure the site's survival, I request that you occasionally glance at the ads and clickonly on an advertisement that genuinely interests you. Clicking haphazardly on ads helps nobody in the long run. "

the Legong dancer tattoo, done by Dimas Praja

thanks Mr Pius Lee for the beautiful photograph as a great reference, and for visiting Indonesia, too! :)