I was having a conversation with my flatmate Ben about tattoos. We were talking to Amie, a girl in our climbing class about her tattoos. Ben expressed interest in getting a the outline of the Periodic Table. That made sense because Ben is a Chemical Engineer/Chemistry double major.
This got the gears turning in my head. Why EE related tattoo would be neat and interesting?
The idea of getting a tattoo has been in the back of my head for a number of years now. Originally, it started out as (naturally) some sort Star Trek related design: the Vulcan IDIC or Star Trek Command Insignia.
The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) has a pretty spiffy logo:
I think the arrows are particularly spiffy since they represent the right-hand rule which is so often used in electrical engineering.
With that all this in mind, I mocked up the following tattoos:
The original IDIC
The original Star Trek Command Insignia
Right-hand Rule arrows (IEEE)
Combined Star Trek/IEEE
In any event, it’s not something I would get before graduation. I’m also not set on the getting it on my wrist. It was just a convenient place to mock it up.
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So I <3 the tat!!
I’m actually toying with getting one myself – most likely while I’m on Spring Break – but mine is going to be of the continent of Africa. I want it to be all black and probably on my hip so my parents (who incidently disagree with all forms of body ink) won’t be as likely to spot it!
Lol and I thought I was original getting my star sign inked
Not a bad idea. Your definitely putting the time into the subject at school. You should take the logo you like and have a good tattoo artist add a little flare to it. Make it a bit more unique.
Perhaps a tattoo with a mug shot of William Shatner? I’m imaging an arrest for too many Priceline commercials. Another idea would be the schematic for the laser on the TIE Fighter. You might need a bigger wrist for that, ‘tho.