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Celtic rat knot which is now tattooed on my upper right arm.
It's still a bit rough because I had to finish it with my laptop's mouse since my rats have effectively destroyed my tablet...
Advanced critique encouraged- I've never done anything remotely knotwork related.
Please don't use this for anything without my permission.
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I love your little ratties. Can I embroider it on a single piece for personal use? I love how you used the knots, actually flowing with the features of the animals instead of just dumping a tangle in the middle of the body. Of all the rat images, this is the one that I got excited about.
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I would like permission to use this design as a texture for an in-game journal in the Skyrim RPG. I am the author of the Book Covers Skyrim mod.
Just in case you play the game yourself, it would be on Hamelyn's Journal.
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I really like this a lot. It looks very much like the traditional Celtic Knot animals! I'm researching for my own rat tattoo myself; I hope I find something half this cool.
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This is very creative. I like it even more since you have it tattoed also. very nice.
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nice design Do you have a picture of your tattooed version??
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Thanks :>
Not the best picture in the world but here's the final result: [link] Kind of wish I had gotten it just a little bit bigger but overall I'm pleased with it.
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I love the piece...er... biased a bit by my love for things knotty... but this is well executed so... 
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Thank you! I'm pretty new to the whole knotwork thing (my mother used to do a bit back in the day) but it's definitely something I'd like to do more with. Hoping to maybe try my hand at leatherworking someday.
I admittedly have a much larger collection of 33⅓'s at the moment but I've always been particularly fond of 45's and spindle adapters :] Always looking to add to my collection... and hopefully one of these days replace my old, worn-out plastic 80s turntable
You're quite talented, by the way! I haven't come across too many textile artists here on DA; it's refreshing to see something a little different :3
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Thanks!
The watch is greatly appreciated as well.
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When I saw this it reminded me of the ending credits for the movie Coraline. Great work!
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I haven't been so please with a design since I found a pentacle made of cats! Really cool! Do more!
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This one's gotten me some interesting comments so far :>
I definitely plan on doing more now that I've got a replacement tablet! My girls figured my old one was better off without a usb cable...
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All i can say is wow. celtic knotwork is really really hard to do! Kudo[link] to you
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Thank you. I'm not sure if I have the patience to do this without the safety of "save" and "undo"!
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hi, i showed this to my mate, who got estatic about it for a tattoo, seriously we have gone through everything!! please could she use this, let me know!!
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Unfortunately this is my own personal tattoo, which I currently have on my upper right arm. If you'd like I'm open for commissions at the moment and could do her up something similar if she's still interested.
Sorry
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thats fine and i totally understand i am inked myself and wouldnt particulary like the fact that someone else was walking aroud with my ink on !!!!! ill have a word with her and see what she thinks about having something else done by you if your up for that. hope you are. okay had a word with her , we work together!! she is really excited about having something else done but on similar theme, celtic, rats but with a triangle shape. let me know prices etc.
i really put my tattoos on here.
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Price would depend of size, complexity and all that. If you can send me a brief description and maybe some examples (any specific symbols, etc?) I can start working on it asap
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excellant if its okay with you shall i let you know her email, then it can be between the 2 of you or does it have to go through deviant ?
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E-mail's fine
My address is just my username @gmail.com
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all done, she will probably contact over the weekend after shes had a think )
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great my mate will love this shes rat mad also !!! but i also think its a great design )
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Awesome
Thanks for the compliment, man.
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Nice. I've never seen anyone do a rat zoomorphic knot before.
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Thanks 
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That is awesome...I want a tattoo of a rat but I haven't decided what to get, I would love something very similar to this. I don't think it has any flaws at all.
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Thank you kindly
I'm also planning on getting pawprints done eventually, but I haven't decided where.
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Woah, what a beautiful design. I want to make a kalimba , would it be ok if I used this design to go around the sound hole on the front? This would be my own personal kalimba and wouldn't sell it for money or anything like that. And of course I would give you credit and a link back here.
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I don't see why not
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Fantastic work! Celtic knots give me the brainache, to kudos to you even more for thinking up this awesome pattern.
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Thank you! The body knot was the hardest to work on, I think...
I originally wanted to make it more intricate but it began to look much too cluttered.
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That's always a danger with these types of things, I guess.
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I'm going to try and do some more Celtic rat designs, I think... One of these days I plan on carving myself a drinking horn :]
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Wow, can't wait to see, in fact, if I haven't already, I'll pop a watch on ye
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Why thank you kindly! Now I just need to get myself out of this art block and start doing some real posting. I'm sure everybody's tired of the car photos by now :B
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This is awesome!
Would you mind if I got this engraved on a guitar pick? It would only be for personal use. It'd be perfect for the green pick I wanted.
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Thank you
As long as it's just for personal use, sure. I'd be interested in seeing it if you do end up using this design... I'm kind of curious as to whether or not it would scale down well.
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Thank you!
That really means a lot coming from such an amazing Celtic artist
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