Clean illustrations of the Golem of Prague?
July 9, 2013 11:29 AM Subscribe
Looking for a clean, simple illustration/drawing of the Golem of Prague.
I'm interested in getting a smallish tattoo of the Golem of Prague (but modified so that it's wearing glasses... i.e. a nebbishy Golem). I'd like it on my forearm so it would need to be on the smaller scale.
I'm interested in getting a smallish tattoo of the Golem of Prague (but modified so that it's wearing glasses... i.e. a nebbishy Golem). I'd like it on my forearm so it would need to be on the smaller scale.
I like this one! Probably minus the arrows, hatchet, and terrified rabbi . . .
posted by ostro at 12:33 PM on July 9, 2013
posted by ostro at 12:33 PM on July 9, 2013
Did anything on a google image search appeal to you? There are lots of shapes.....
posted by JMOZ at 12:34 PM on July 9, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by JMOZ at 12:34 PM on July 9, 2013 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: I've looked at so much stuff. I love those but I'm looking for something super simple: no shading really. It's going to be on the smaller side. Basically closer to vector art than actual art. I may have to reach out to some graphic design friends.
posted by You Guys Like 2 Party? at 12:56 PM on July 9, 2013
posted by You Guys Like 2 Party? at 12:56 PM on July 9, 2013
Mike Mignola's Hellboy comic series includes some stylized golem imagery. There is a homunculus character called Roger in Almost Colossus and other stories that might work as a template.
posted by Svejk at 1:32 PM on July 9, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Svejk at 1:32 PM on July 9, 2013 [1 favorite]
at work now, let me get home and i'll send you a pic
posted by skbw at 1:50 PM on July 9, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by skbw at 1:50 PM on July 9, 2013 [1 favorite]
Mike Mignola's Hellboy comic series includes some stylized golem imagery. There is a homunculus character called Roger in Almost Colossus and other stories that might work as a template.
If we're going the route of comic characters inspired by the Golem of Prague, there was also a run in Hellblazer which featured a Jewish arms dealer who got turned into a Golem in order to take out some Idaho neo-Nazis.
posted by UrineSoakedRube at 2:26 PM on July 9, 2013
If we're going the route of comic characters inspired by the Golem of Prague, there was also a run in Hellblazer which featured a Jewish arms dealer who got turned into a Golem in order to take out some Idaho neo-Nazis.
posted by UrineSoakedRube at 2:26 PM on July 9, 2013
Response by poster: Ultimately, I'm looking for something that's closer to the male/female sign for bathrooms. But these are all very cool answers. Thank you!
posted by You Guys Like 2 Party? at 5:05 PM on July 9, 2013
posted by You Guys Like 2 Party? at 5:05 PM on July 9, 2013
Why don't you take a bunch of images that you like to your tattoo artist and ask them to draw an ultra-simplified version on a piece of paper? They have to draw it on your arm anyway, right?
posted by steinwald at 5:54 PM on July 9, 2013
posted by steinwald at 5:54 PM on July 9, 2013
Response by poster: Ha! The Czech beer ones are super close to what I was thinking. I pass this along to my artist. Thanks!
posted by You Guys Like 2 Party? at 9:26 AM on July 12, 2013
posted by You Guys Like 2 Party? at 9:26 AM on July 12, 2013
I can't believe I stumbled upon this post! Ever since I went to Prague in 2006, I've been thinking about getting a golem tattoo! I'm going back in April, and found this post while researching possible designs. Please share whatever you find. I was leaning towards the restaurant style logo.
posted by tjh at 7:50 PM on March 26, 2014
posted by tjh at 7:50 PM on March 26, 2014
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