Help Me Decide on My Green Lantern Tattoo

In the winter of 1984 I had a hernia that required surgery, and I wasn’t allowed to go outside and play for months while recovering.

My Dad brought me home a stack of random comics, some of them used and some not. Inside was a random mid-90′s Green Lantern – one with (pre-ION) Kyle Raynor – and I fell in love. I didn’t have the constitution required to actually collect them, but I bought random issues every time I came across them. It wasn’t until later in life that I had the means to actually begin to acquire comics on a regular basis. Luckily, right when I got back into comics, Geoff Johns rebooted the franchise with “Rebirth” and I’ve been hooked ever since.

My feelings about the movie aside (It was good, not great), I’m still one of the biggest Green Lantern fans I know. I want to declare my everlasting love to Hal Jordan and the Corps in the only way I know how- I plan on getting two Green Lantern tattoos but I’m still waffling on the designs. Check out my initial thoughts below – and give me your opinions. I’d love to hear what the NP community thinks. Maybe. Unless you are mean. Then shut up.

Here’s what I’m thinking for my left inner forearm:

and in the same place on my right forearm (but in the same style as above with the text “WILL”):

I’m also looking for recommendations for a Portland tattoo shop (possibly one who’s interested in trading free advertising on a new semi-successful nerd-type-ish site). Leave those in the comments please!