skylee Posted December 9, 2004 at 10:29 AM Report Posted December 9, 2004 at 10:29 AM 八戒 is a character of the traditional Chinese novel 西游记 (Record of a journey to the west), and he is basically an idiot and very lazy so his brother 孙悟空(the monkey) calls him 呆子(dumb,stupid person). And 八戒 (Bajie) is actually a pig, whereas 悟空 (Wukong) is the monkey king. Quote
insanejester Posted December 9, 2004 at 05:33 PM Author Report Posted December 9, 2004 at 05:33 PM So this is whats come up... 学无止境-Learning is endless 无知/無知-ignorence 呆子-dumb, stupid person 蠢材-sophisticated idiot and a couple others yet to be translated... I'm still at a lose though..... i'm not sure how to animate these charectors... and draw them out..the way i'd want them in a tat... do you guys (and girls) know of a place where i could get some examples as to how they are written? Quote
insanejester Posted December 9, 2004 at 05:39 PM Author Report Posted December 9, 2004 at 05:39 PM oh and one more thing... they are written from top to bottem not right to left right? (yeah... stupid question... but i had to ask) Quote
geraldc Posted December 9, 2004 at 06:05 PM Report Posted December 9, 2004 at 06:05 PM You could always try 傻瓜 蠢豬 Admittedly they're kiddy words, but they're fun. Chinese can be written left to right, right to left or top to bottom. Quote
Xiao Yu Posted December 9, 2004 at 06:48 PM Report Posted December 9, 2004 at 06:48 PM The strokes really only matter if you're using a brush or marker or something like that to write. Then if you're going up -> down or left -> right, you'll get the correct thicknesses/curves from the stroke order. But if you're going to have a tattoo artist basically draw it out on your skin, you should probably just have the entire shape already drawn out for him to trace and fill in; it'll look best that way. Plus less potential for errors (that Hanzi Smatter site is hilarious!) I know some word processors have some very lovely Chinese fonts/scripts... Quote
guest1234 Posted December 9, 2004 at 08:53 PM Report Posted December 9, 2004 at 08:53 PM Hi If you want a tattoo take your time thinking about what you want, It will be there for a long time. As others have said it is better to have something like a poem or saying with a meaning close to you. I am not at home at the moment so I can not post a picture of mine but take it from me TAKE YOUR TIME MAKING YOUR MIND UP It is important that you are very happy with your tattoo design before you have it. For me the best script is brush stroke. You can do this on MAC or Windows in word. I will look up what the script is called. I took a long time over mine and have always been happy with the end result not everybody can say the same. Quote
insanejester Posted December 10, 2004 at 02:58 AM Author Report Posted December 10, 2004 at 02:58 AM I jus got it done... i ended up usin this one 呆子 It looks pretty good the symbols fad from dark red to black... Quote
roddy Posted December 10, 2004 at 03:00 AM Report Posted December 10, 2004 at 03:00 AM Photo please! Quote
insanejester Posted December 10, 2004 at 03:53 AM Author Report Posted December 10, 2004 at 03:53 AM Quote
in_lab Posted December 10, 2004 at 04:32 AM Report Posted December 10, 2004 at 04:32 AM It looks like you went with a block font rather than a brush stroke. With most Chinese characters, I would say a brush stroke is better looking. But in this context, it looks as if you've been branded with the word "idiot," which is amusing. How do you feel about it, jester? Quote
insanejester Posted December 10, 2004 at 04:41 AM Author Report Posted December 10, 2004 at 04:41 AM I feel like it fits... and yeah, i'd of rather had the brush strokes but i couldn't find out how to translate them and make them look right... Quote
confucius Posted December 10, 2004 at 07:10 AM Report Posted December 10, 2004 at 07:10 AM I was hoping he was going to put it on the side of his neck, like NBA players Allen Iverson and Eddy Curry. Quote
roddy Posted December 10, 2004 at 07:47 AM Report Posted December 10, 2004 at 07:47 AM Can we have animated tattoos yet? I want on my forehead. Roddy Quote
skylee Posted December 10, 2004 at 12:10 PM Report Posted December 10, 2004 at 12:10 PM Oh my god, not just an insane jester but also a real 呆子 ... (am a bit sorry that I suggested it ...) But now you are on a par with the famous masters of Chinese philosophy like 孔子(Confucius), 孟子 (Mencius), 老子 (Laozi) ... Quote
insanejester Posted December 10, 2004 at 01:21 PM Author Report Posted December 10, 2004 at 01:21 PM But now you are on a par with the famous masters of Chinese philosophy like 孔子(Confucius), 孟子 (Mencius), 老子 (Laozi) ... hahahahaha, what does 子 mean?... one or person? Quote
skylee Posted December 10, 2004 at 01:35 PM Report Posted December 10, 2004 at 01:35 PM 子, in the cases of Confucius and Mencius etc, means the master himself and his school of thought. Quote
HashiriKata Posted December 10, 2004 at 04:52 PM Report Posted December 10, 2004 at 04:52 PM 子, in the cases of Confucius and Mencius etc, means the master himself and his school of thought. I don't see any problems in thinking about 呆子 in the same way !? Quote
insanejester Posted December 10, 2004 at 05:14 PM Author Report Posted December 10, 2004 at 05:14 PM the master of stupidity... has a nice ring to it... Quote
confucius Posted December 10, 2004 at 08:37 PM Report Posted December 10, 2004 at 08:37 PM Brilliant idea, Roddy! I want a technological tattoo of my animated avatar just an inch above me arse. Quote
tian Posted December 10, 2004 at 09:17 PM Report Posted December 10, 2004 at 09:17 PM congrats "insanejester", you have made it onto Hanzi Smatter. http://www.hanzismatter.com/2004/12/master-of-stupidity.html Master of Stupidity enjoy. Quote
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