Shoulder blade tattoo maori samoan style

Hi,<br /><br />It has been a while, but I just finished a nice tattoo piece. It's a design for the shoulderblade and back.<br />My customer wanted to cover quite some skin, with nice Maori Kirituhi shapes and some Samoan patterns.<br /><br />First I made a template from the measurements I received, and started sketching:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJr4lALYh_22bLpDuPC7A8urjvExuh9Sjgno9it4uDx-Cj1JQVx48CF84XdH1TIH5jpcUFYku_AEgL6Rq_mPbHfQFzzb4I5mSxX2DqLxYSwvsh7vP0uUcsWR6zmeluY14OwynuvNrCeBM/s1600/maori-outlines-art-tattoo-sketch-designer-online.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="maori outlines art tattoo sketch designer online" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574974361204349746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJr4lALYh_22bLpDuPC7A8urjvExuh9Sjgno9it4uDx-Cj1JQVx48CF84XdH1TIH5jpcUFYku_AEgL6Rq_mPbHfQFzzb4I5mSxX2DqLxYSwvsh7vP0uUcsWR6zmeluY14OwynuvNrCeBM/s320/maori-outlines-art-tattoo-sketch-designer-online.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 194px;" /></a>I really enjoy to make the first basic koru shapes, this gives the tattoo a nice flow and "cuts" the large template into smaller pieces that can be filled with other intricate patterns, like triangles, spearheads and repetitive lines.<br /><br /><br />Once the basic layout is set, I move on to the next fase.<br /><br /><br /><br />My client asked for some Samoan patterns, which are mainly formed by even lines filled with very detailed shapes (upper left side of the tatoo):<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZmKGCx2abO2ceh6KBKVVrqKEoxJq40APidXLytWhpCOc3qXNZoKcoOt6P2ITlXZsXNWdRmkapMdX88kILNxfE-9px1WvIECkvG6vc88hxj34ssKw3IfiptqFStTQuCz0FcWttAXmIL8/s1600/samoan-mauri-shoulder-back-tattoo-flash-for-sale.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="samoan mauri shoulder back tattoo flash" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574974357797450450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZmKGCx2abO2ceh6KBKVVrqKEoxJq40APidXLytWhpCOc3qXNZoKcoOt6P2ITlXZsXNWdRmkapMdX88kILNxfE-9px1WvIECkvG6vc88hxj34ssKw3IfiptqFStTQuCz0FcWttAXmIL8/s320/samoan-mauri-shoulder-back-tattoo-flash-for-sale.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In the centre of the pencil sketch I drew a row of arrowheads and triangles, but I removed it later as you can see in the completed sketch:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9oVLF7reodTrzqKlv9t-VEtkRBGDbdWlsC6xfYBaHInaaCl54gL7JFAj2gnGvoc7Ai_RSHwb2x8KPriZjtf88RC770NT8jfd9wwD8vDGh5e5fdtURslbHjd690L64Yz-NA8pcik3iRM/s1600/shoulderblade-maori-tattoos-sketch-custom-design.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="shoulderblade maori sketch custom tattoo designs" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574976388394161858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9oVLF7reodTrzqKlv9t-VEtkRBGDbdWlsC6xfYBaHInaaCl54gL7JFAj2gnGvoc7Ai_RSHwb2x8KPriZjtf88RC770NT8jfd9wwD8vDGh5e5fdtURslbHjd690L64Yz-NA8pcik3iRM/s320/shoulderblade-maori-tattoos-sketch-custom-design.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 320px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRJS3JM-U2OyKPfp7XFYCWJlAA1T3iZJUdYd4J3Vn_AGBNCS8RYN9eyea4ve4vqYKLyxt7MRPf7svCzSfkJ6eMdZepXW7jCumxUTbKV5Zsb6yDS6TKw-6YHaUrH0fVdrV9akK4l46dHM/s1600/free-maori-flash-designs-downloads.jpg"><img alt="free maori flash designs download" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574976392092479522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRJS3JM-U2OyKPfp7XFYCWJlAA1T3iZJUdYd4J3Vn_AGBNCS8RYN9eyea4ve4vqYKLyxt7MRPf7svCzSfkJ6eMdZepXW7jCumxUTbKV5Zsb6yDS6TKw-6YHaUrH0fVdrV9akK4l46dHM/s320/free-maori-flash-designs-downloads.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 320px;" /></a>The final high resolution image was traced with a black felt-tip marker and scanned.<br /><br />After optimizing it and creating a linedrawing I sent it to my customer.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Kind regards, Mark Storm<br />info@storm3d.com<br />www.storm3d.com

Shoulder blade tattoo maori samoan style

Hi, It has been a while, but I just finished a nice tattoo piece. It's a design for the shoulderblade and back. My customer wanted to co...

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