My Next Tattoo Idea

Cool, you’re going to have to show me sometime!! I had a hard time deciding if I wanted the more traditional aspect such as having two shisa dogs or just one guardian lion or Lion of Buddha creeping down my arm like it’s stalking “evil spirits” so to speak. The first design I found was more like a ‘baby’ Foo Dog and I thought hey that’s cool, he’s going to grow up to be a protector because he survived being thrown off a cliff… what a way to start life, lol. Then I found this one and I fell in love with it. I know they’re usually depicted in pairs though so I don’t want to be the idiot who only got one because I didn’t know anything about them and just got it for looks, lol.