Forearm tatoo design seamless fit

Hi There,This week I have been working on a large project, a maori / kirituhi forearm design.Like other sleeves, this tattoo design had to be wrapped around the forearm completely and make a seamless fit.Here you'll see a few pictures of the design in different stages:The size of the design is 27 cm high and the width at the elbow is 30 cm...

Update shoulder tattoo sketch

Hi,A quick update on the maori shoulder design I started yesterday...Today I received the comments from my customer, he wanted to apply some changes to the lower side of the tattoo design. It took me a couple of hours to adjust the sketch, but here's the latest design. He really liked the shoulder part, but wanted less curles and round edges...

custom tattoo design

Hi,Yesterday I started on a new shoulder piece for a customer from Colombia.He wanted a quarter/half sleeve maori design with some elements from shoulder tattoo 147 and 152.Not to detailed fills and it had to wrap around the arm a little. The total size of the design is 18 cm x 15 cm.Here's the first two pictures of the design:The final sketch...

Tattoo photos of my tribal designs

Hi,I think it's nice to show you some photos of people wearing my designs.Here are a few pictures I received lately: The first design is nr. 142 in the shoulder gallery of my website.The second tattoo is nr. 146 in the shoulder gallery and the third is a custom tattoo design, so that is specially created for this customer...

Cover up tattoo design

Hi there,Recently I got the question from someone who wanted to cover up an old tattoo.The design was a faded dragon or horse or something like that.Normally I don't design cover-up tattoos, but for this time I agreed on turning it into a maori shoulder tattoo, with some nice fills and curles.First I made a template with an example of the...

Finished The Rock style shoulder tattoo

Hi,I showed you the first sketches yesterday for a Finish customer, Jarno.He really like the sketch design, so I finished it today.(Please respect the customer, this tattoo is protected by copyright and is not to be used by other people.)Here's the final result:At the moment I'm waiting for some details on new custom pieces.So hopefully I...

Polynesian shoulder design Dwayne Johnson style

Hi!My latest shoulder tatoo design is loosely based on the Dwayne Johnson "The Rock" tattoo.The design is for a customer from Finland (sorry Jarno :).I have transformed the shapes a bit more in my own style, but tried to keep the detailed design.First I made the basic layout with a nice round shoulder part on top.Then I started working on...

Finished tattoo design for the Shoulder

Hi There,Here's the finished shoulder tattoo. Scanned and optimized.I made some small changes in the upper shoulder, so the fill is a bit more interesting. The repeating shapes on the left side of the shoulder represent arrowheads and the maori curly shapes are called Koru or Fern.A little history for those who want to know more about the...

Latest custom tattoo sketch

Hi,At the moment I'm working on a shoulder tattoo piece, half sleeve in Maori / Kirituhi style.This is the first sketch, but the customer wanted a bit more detail in the upper shoulder part of the design, so I had to change that.This is the first sketch and next to it the one with a more detailed shoulder part: Get back to you soon with...

Tattoo tutorial for a Maori / Kirituhi design in 5 steps

Hi!Today I will show you another example on how I draw my Kirituhi / Maori tattoos.I always use A3 size paper of 200 grams/m2. My tools are good quality H2 and some B1 and B2 pencils. For the final tracing and fills I use a "Paper Mate" marker with a tip of 1-2 mm.This marker will not smudge when I erase my pencil lines, as many others do.If...

New template and design for my tattoo blog

Hi there,For some time I had my simple standard blogger template. A bit boring I think.So I started to search for a new template and totally adjusted one to my wishes.The original design is called "Charcoal".There are some links in the menu to my own website, so the navigation between the blog and site is better.The colors are still the same, but it's a bit cleaner and easier to read.If you have some features you wish to see on...

Tattoo in memory of grandfather in tribal style

Hi there,I received a message from a customer who would like to have a tattoo to remember his grandfather who past away. He wanted to have a design of 12 cm x 6 cm on the inside of his lowerarm. The only thing I had toincorporate was a Myosotis flower.The first sketch was a bit too curly and feminin as you can see:I had to make a new sketch...

Tattoo design in Polynesian / Mixed tribal style

Hi!As a graphic designer I get a lot of requests for custom designs.The average sketch takes me around a week to finish, so I can only do 4 custom tatoos each month. To make sure I only focus on my own style and designs, I decided to stop doing cover-ups and extensions existing tattoos. It just takes too much time and the result doesn't really...