Samoan inspired shoulder tattoo design

Hi,<br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I get a lot of request from people that are looking for a Samoan-inspired design, similar to the Sonny Bill Williams tattoo sleeve.</div><div>So I decided to design a set of intricate shoulder tatoo pieces with a lot of small details in a graphic style.</div> You can find all 3 designs in this set <a href="http://storm3d.blogspot.com/search/label/samoan%20for%20sale">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div>The original design of SBW looks like this:</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5km3CmH5yVksK-NizyY3YYS8eKJNhzl5FjbJLNVo6ktg6m_aQ-8ugFBYBHroxn5sfv5o2zMl7UrKD-D92AqCn8RJVGVEFNWJA8QWCRzJ799DAjatyCnXCnim-Ql9CSmuSdQDuk5hoW_s/s1600/Sonny-Bill-Williams-samoan-tattoo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="Sonny Bill Williams tattoo samoan shoulder" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628435910087398018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5km3CmH5yVksK-NizyY3YYS8eKJNhzl5FjbJLNVo6ktg6m_aQ-8ugFBYBHroxn5sfv5o2zMl7UrKD-D92AqCn8RJVGVEFNWJA8QWCRzJ799DAjatyCnXCnim-Ql9CSmuSdQDuk5hoW_s/s320/Sonny-Bill-Williams-samoan-tattoo.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 320px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzyzoi6noR5KJLTCdJyMIg_WgexO_04G9iT6BO41TAO97obf7AQOmXYXU6oYhuGzKSbFadKjkOvINfQRbwBPJmr-vOYfMsqHnAGE-OEEvWfnKSx4oPviFfTdpOyBXkHYEdwrmKcKnyoo/s1600/sonny-bill-williams-tattoo-samoan-design.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="Samoan shoulder tattoo Sonny Bill Williams" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628436251987701714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzyzoi6noR5KJLTCdJyMIg_WgexO_04G9iT6BO41TAO97obf7AQOmXYXU6oYhuGzKSbFadKjkOvINfQRbwBPJmr-vOYfMsqHnAGE-OEEvWfnKSx4oPviFfTdpOyBXkHYEdwrmKcKnyoo/s400/sonny-bill-williams-tattoo-samoan-design.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 155px; height: 239px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>First I made a basic pencil sketch with a height of 30 cm (12 inches) and added some detailed Samoan inspired patterns. Then a few swirls of Maori koru and traced the lines with a marker:</div><br /><br /><div><a a="" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakt_4Yv7Q9rbroZN-DVVEg8IiNdBcRanIx0jnCTU4LiL_Ri1hrCU5HwWj1krtMR9ATXkDQ3QEtMaPHbYWUiVSK5aj3wJ29DPClnxQtJFcC00XPfdOaEwdHWkAhLtZI-_g6Iz8TL8I5NI/s300/Sonny-Bill-Williams-samoan-tattoo.jpg%3Cimg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakt_4Yv7Q9rbroZN-DVVEg8IiNdBcRanIx0jnCTU4LiL_Ri1hrCU5HwWj1krtMR9ATXkDQ3QEtMaPHbYWUiVSK5aj3wJ29DPClnxQtJFcC00XPfdOaEwdHWkAhLtZI-_g6Iz8TL8I5NI/s300/Sonny-Bill-Williams-samoan-tattoo.jpg"></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fmw0A3J7Fc-xKBfO0_tm3yIhy3Afu28xqwAv_eUfsw_A92vomzi6_hV-C3nZfnKR3GsNyd7KGCIxYWpk3c2ve230HJbS1DfZb0T1Lf9RU8K0lCxeUsOh8YBPFZxo-uKFpOOyBhpUjfM/s1600/samoa-tattoos-shoulder-sleeve-flash-images.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="Samoan design sketch tattoos" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628436978920952882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fmw0A3J7Fc-xKBfO0_tm3yIhy3Afu28xqwAv_eUfsw_A92vomzi6_hV-C3nZfnKR3GsNyd7KGCIxYWpk3c2ve230HJbS1DfZb0T1Lf9RU8K0lCxeUsOh8YBPFZxo-uKFpOOyBhpUjfM/s320/samoa-tattoos-shoulder-sleeve-flash-images.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 320px;" /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9QaBQFIBNU051bbBwwhBuRfUWPwEYvDc0sOZHS4BLGxBMoPkCrGJHqGf5HgIYufFjgud23ZgqAGWcGF5mJoT6kFI-w1g8eKS7SpnGSrLVln-lcLMmeo9tqcoPncTZR8Nj9e5K1yKMB0/s1600/Sonny-bill-williams-tattoo-design-sketch.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="sonny bill williams tattoo design sketch" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628440627821790770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9QaBQFIBNU051bbBwwhBuRfUWPwEYvDc0sOZHS4BLGxBMoPkCrGJHqGf5HgIYufFjgud23ZgqAGWcGF5mJoT6kFI-w1g8eKS7SpnGSrLVln-lcLMmeo9tqcoPncTZR8Nj9e5K1yKMB0/s320/Sonny-bill-williams-tattoo-design-sketch.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2r4hQNgMaMm19n2LGPUs_08ZBAQvE-YmWulhdh79VEKPYOrgK98ZrgbGX-5-pkpKNYoLDCG2LcfHlU14lR7e0xJjyg1V3DnZ3Fr0N1paGyegritH5tX9fV6yhaJEJXq7b_6M98-JZoME/s400/samoan-tattoo-designs-like-sonny-bill-williams-flash.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="samoan shoulder tattoo SBW large pictures" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628165616098344818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2r4hQNgMaMm19n2LGPUs_08ZBAQvE-YmWulhdh79VEKPYOrgK98ZrgbGX-5-pkpKNYoLDCG2LcfHlU14lR7e0xJjyg1V3DnZ3Fr0N1paGyegritH5tX9fV6yhaJEJXq7b_6M98-JZoME/s320/samoan-tattoo-designs-like-sonny-bill-williams-flash.jpg" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>The final design has a nice upper part, I added some other shapes on top to make it look more complex. You can order the high resolution image of this design, by simply clicking the "buy now" below. You get the high quality files sent by e-mail once I receive your payment.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Samoan inspired shoulder sleeve design</span></b></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PeYKTRug5_qbF8by_9lGR6MUnPZcyunn-0a2zohb7tJogTilzUsgMgJYygw9LWgl1J3g9yPBh7Q9-GNTGe0bspJyc7npoNvkpIAKdL7RHogzLPcSFhpAhlA5srw6vjUfwozAVU-bnV0/s1600/samoan-inspired-shoulder-sleeve.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628167389372115538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PeYKTRug5_qbF8by_9lGR6MUnPZcyunn-0a2zohb7tJogTilzUsgMgJYygw9LWgl1J3g9yPBh7Q9-GNTGe0bspJyc7npoNvkpIAKdL7RHogzLPcSFhpAhlA5srw6vjUfwozAVU-bnV0/s400/samoan-inspired-shoulder-sleeve.jpg" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 265px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Size: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">30 x 24 cm (12 x 9 inches)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Product code</span>: Samoan 101</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Price</span>: 41,65 euro (57 USD)</span></div><br /><br /><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input name="cmd" value="_xclick" type="hidden"><input name="business" value="EK2SV5P76YBPW" type="hidden"><input name="lc" value="US" type="hidden"><input name="item_name" value="Samoan shoulder sleeve tattoo" type="hidden"><input name="item_number" value="Samoan 101" type="hidden"><input name="amount" value="41.65" type="hidden"><input name="currency_code" value="EUR" type="hidden"><input name="button_subtype" value="products" type="hidden"><input name="no_note" value="1" type="hidden"><input name="no_shipping" value="2" type="hidden"><input name="rm" value="1" type="hidden"><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_SM.gif" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" type="image" border="0"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" /></form><br /><br /><br /><br />Any questions? Just let me know.<br /><br /><br /><br />Kind regards, Mark Storm<br /><br />info@storm3d.com<br /><br />www.storm3d.com<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBhwypbqe6hdvkMzvowVu6i50koVd3KccGiepgn0HpA2TpVJZWByPFm3e0UjMutnS0fXCiREjNyBnBNJBdoUDgMGkTS3Te_3MVvZaaf2e87tl7Lpse_WhUgAO3juI_vj01nEr1oPRYg4/s1600/samoan-shoulder-tattoo-sonny-bill-williams-patterns.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628439394951349458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBhwypbqe6hdvkMzvowVu6i50koVd3KccGiepgn0HpA2TpVJZWByPFm3e0UjMutnS0fXCiREjNyBnBNJBdoUDgMGkTS3Te_3MVvZaaf2e87tl7Lpse_WhUgAO3juI_vj01nEr1oPRYg4/s400/samoan-shoulder-tattoo-sonny-bill-williams-patterns.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 163px;" /></a>

Samoan inspired shoulder tattoo design

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New maori tattoo gallery optimized for Ipad and Iphone

Hi,<br /><br />I recently bought an <a href="http://www.google.nl/search?um=1&hl=nl&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:nl:official&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=VqbiTZfWK8mD-waFqvGCBw&ved=0CDYQBSgA&q=Apple+Ipad+2&spell=1&biw=1600&bih=719">Apple Ipad2</a> and use it mainly for shooting pictures and recording movies of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmicK0P2b-A&feature=related">design process</a>. I can easily add these photos to my twitter messages (<a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/storm3d">@storm3d</a>) and upload the movies to Youtube.com in a few clicks. It's also very usefull for quickly browsing the web...<br /><br />There's only one big downside to Apple products, and that's the fact that Apple doesn't support the Adobe Flash plugin. For my website galleries, I use(d) the "simpleviewer" <a href="http://simpleviewer.net/simpleviewer/">plugin</a>, that creates a really nice and simple Flash gallery with a thumbnail and a larger image next or above it.<br /><br />Now I use my Ipad, I see that a lot of mobile visitors cannot see the designs in my gallery, so I had to make changes to it.<br /><br />My website design is based on the principles of the "Save the Pixel" e-book by <a href="http://www.savethepixel.org/">Ben Hunt</a>, which states that the design should be as simple as possible and every pixel should contribute to the main goal of the website.<br /><br />Keeping this in mind, I redesigned the tattoo galleries. Here's a picture of the 'before' gallery:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_aZdM0RcBWFnpD0fgUewPn15XWsmxki9OBRUEdeoqlRGbnKPRRvxHxljsjNGwea_wcedfYbLf0EVTbYrUW_0emjRn0IH8DkNKObBa1VCTFPb_pPoyK_6SwlzwrJxRKGXrf5CT5RpqR8/s1600/flash-gallery-with-maori-tattoos-for-sale-designer-artist.jpg"><img alt="flash gallery with maori tattoos for sale designer artist" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612224310609494178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_aZdM0RcBWFnpD0fgUewPn15XWsmxki9OBRUEdeoqlRGbnKPRRvxHxljsjNGwea_wcedfYbLf0EVTbYrUW_0emjRn0IH8DkNKObBa1VCTFPb_pPoyK_6SwlzwrJxRKGXrf5CT5RpqR8/s400/flash-gallery-with-maori-tattoos-for-sale-designer-artist.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 313px;" /></a>The red marked area is the flash movie containing the maori tattoo gallery.<br /><br />People could scroll through the images and see the number and price of the design.<br /><br />Before ordering it, customers had to select the correct tattoo nr. from the dropdown list and hit the "Buy Now" button.<br /><br /><br />People often selected the wrong tattoo and bought the piece they didn't want.<br /><br /><br /><br />To get rid of this problem I decided to implement the Lightbox plugin/script to my gallery instead of the simpleviewer movie.<br />One other advantage was that I could add the size and price of the design in the header/description and even add a Paypal button, so it became impossible to order the wrong tatoo design.<br /><br />The new gallery is now looking like this, with the lightbox frame popping up:<br /><br /><a href="http://storm3d.com/maori_tattoo_designs/maori_tattoo_gallery.html"><img alt="maori tattoo gallery high resolution designs for sale" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612229815984301394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cnuaZR2x6SJy79r2YgQ0C1m3S-8lqH924ty-ZkKel-CI77v0K9RHEYRA4mJjspMGZyD7-MxWqltKIKxera6csGEdtkiUXz_ZB6anycvWELyD4sG7k8QmlIdFc5SfjP2D80izek1CjYU/s400/maori-tattoo-gallery-high-resolution-designs-for-sale.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" /></a><a href="http://storm3d.com/maori_tattoo_designs/buy_maori_tattoo_designs_online.html"><img alt="lightbox plugin for tattoo gallery webshop paypal button" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612228709638569906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKO404TIo_gaDGv-_6lClSJk_qrp-bP-ndVYCpHsfNPZSCsX3CBtWzYYopyW5KK_dzZ2JFBcLy0x-rBu1tmPFCRYPKeRo1jJsOBRSWk5m56ppMk4DaeCxJNMsMQrsOpHyVIzK4F_DzBOo/s400/lightbox-plugin-for-tattoo-gallery-webshop-paypal-button.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 250px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />So if you have an Ipad, Ipod or Iphone, please check it out and let me know if there's anything I can change to improve it.<br /><br />Kind regards, Mark Storm<br />info@storm3d.com

New maori tattoo gallery optimized for Ipad and Iphone

Hi, I recently bought an Apple Ipad2 and use it mainly for shooting pictures and recording movies of the design process . I can easily add ...

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