Polynesian Elephant

This was fun.

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Polynesian Sigil

I like this sigil.  It is powerful, and it finds usefulness with nearly anyone.

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Add-on Polynesian

I got a chance to get a second session in on a client.
We will add more to this work when he comes back next year.

Mahalo, see ya next year.

Polynesian Sigil

Sigil work.

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Polynesian Anchor

Hold fast!  Love this one.

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Polynesian Tribal Band

This was a fun tattoo, and a challenge as arm bands always are.

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Polynesian Sigil

This is common for of the sigil “Ha” as it is compositionally seen often.  I dig it.

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Polynesian Q

This Polynesian Q is for his son.

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Traditional Polynesian Tribal

This client comes back to me every year, and every year she is more ambitious with the work she wants.  This year I tattooed traditional Hawaiian triangles down her leg.  She will be back next year for more, and I am certain that she will want something much larger than what we have done so far.

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Polynesian Sigil

This is another abstraction of the sigil “Ha” used to express the path this young man is taking.  Sigil work is by far my favorite process.  I use sigils in nearly everything I make, especially my paintings.  I truly want to expand on my sigils through tattoo.  I see tattooing as the work of the shaman.  Regardless of what is being tattooed, I treat it as shaman work.  There is so much more we can do for our clients lives than simply tattoo them.  I want my clients to leave my studio feeling a deep sense of pride in themselves when they look at their piece, that they feel good about how they look so they can  extend that pride in the self to the rest of their daily life.

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Polynesian Tribal

This was my favorite of the day.  Walking in one of my teachers shoes.

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Polynesian Tribal

Best of the day, and my favorite of the day.

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Polynesian Chili Pepper

This was new and fun.  His cat Chili passed, and he wanted a memorial in honor of that kitty.  

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Polynesian Tribal.

I enjoy working on traditional compositions.  Today was a busy day as it always it here.  This tattoo was my favorite of the day.

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Polynesian Sigil

An abstraction of “Ha” as a compound statement.

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Polynesian Treble Clef

This was interesting and new.  I have never combined tribal sigils into a treble clef before.

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Polynesian Sigil

The sigil 'Ha" is the breath of life, the first word spoken by man, and subsequently god's breath.  Those collective descriptions mean "creative beginnings" and metaphors the swirling of breath and the universe, the micro and the macro.  It is a sigil that I use in virtually every Polynesian tattoo.  

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Add-on Polynesian

Adding some Polynesian tribal to an existing tattoo.

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Polynesian Tribal

Last year I made a smaller tattoo for this client.  He loved it and has committed to a large chest to back tattoo that will take his entire right side.  It will be completed on his next visit.  My style is heavily influenced by the compositions of my abstract oil paintings.  I really like the direction of this work and I am excited to complete it.

Mahalo.

Add-on Polynesian Tribal

This client comes back to me year after year.
We have slowly been tattooing her leg and we will eventually finish it.

Mahalo.