Are you sure this tatoo is based on an actual type design? It looks a bit like these "Lord of the Rings" Celtic rune-like thingies.

I think it's possible to find similar stuff, but I can't think of anything at the top of my head.

Yeah, I ran it through WhatTheFont and it didn't find anything.

(Kidding! Kidding!)

Hmmm, very strange. Some of the glyphs look like Armenian.

Where is Hrant when you need him? :-)

Funny, yeah, I was thinking that at first. In fact, if I really force the issue I can kinda make out a word in there, and it's suprisingly appropriate: "tsavats", which means "it hurt"!! Hey, great idea for a tattoo, eh?

BTW, cool that you noticed.

hhp

Maybe you'll find something here?

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/4948/

http://www.lord-of-the-rings.org/collections/fonts.html

http://www.orlandocentral.net/lotrfonts.php

http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/relipper/tolkien/rootpage.html#fonts

Hmm. I think I know someone who might know... check back soon.

From Brian Bonislawsky:

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A very nice tattoo, unfortunately not mine. I would agree with the
other posters that it has a Tolkien script/Runic style feel, although
those scripts are more open and non repetitive like this script is.
Perhaps, however, it is some hand drawn version of Scriptoriums Rheismol
- http://fontcraft.com/scriptorium/arcana/ - as they seem to share
pretty similar letterforms, except in a less rigid/more fluid form.

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Not the same characters, but a similar style:

Gothic Love Letters
http://www.sanguinus.com/so0001.shtml
Cheery place, eh?

Mike