An Arabic Calligraphy Tattoo on the Back

“Divinity is within – My Religion is Love!”

An Arabic Calligraphy Tattoo with ek Onkar designed in a free-flowing Arabic script for Miss Alka. 

Arabic calligraphy Designed by Miss Sahar & India’s Best Tattoo Artist in Bangalore – Veer Hegde

Arabic Calligraphy Tattoo

The Wiki Article on Arabic Calligraphy casts an insight into the history and culture behind Calligraphy in the Arabic world.

Unlike English, Arabic is written from right to left and consists of 17 characters. In addition, dots placed above or below certain characters create all 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet. 

The Alphabet doesn’t include Short vowels.

However, symbols placed above or below the consonant indicate vowels.

Characters are combined to create a combined phonetic sound.

Likewise, Other characters to the preceding one only, and some to the succeeding one only.

When coupled to another, the form of the character undergoes changes. 

The Complex Calligraphy

Since this is a foreign language, creating this custom Calligraphy was a challenge and took assistance and verification from someone who can read Arabic.
Calligraphy Aficionados of Iran and other parts of the world have appreciated the Final Tattoo: the Calligraphy itself to be authentic and world-class. Knowing this meant the world to us at Eternal Expression! Because we had never done anything like that before!

We do not do Islamic Calligraphy Tattoos because they could be offensive to the religion and practice.

The Ek onkar TATTOO connection

The Tattoo also features an Ik Onkar – a religious Sikh symbol in calligraphy. The sacred symbol represents the one supreme reality.

It is among the most adorned Sikh symbols besides the Khanda. 

Further, read if you plan on getting a Calligraphy Tattoo in English. Calligraphy Tattoo Fonts is a good resource for font ideas for your new tattoo.

To Conclude, Font matters! The style of writing the letters adds to the tattoo the most important element – “The Vibe”! 

Also look at Sanskrit Calligraphy.

So although it might look simple Calligraphy Tattoos require a mastery that has been achieved by a few. Veer Hegde is one such gem from the India Tattoo Artist Collective.