Maori kneeband tattoo design

Hi!<br /><br />Here are the pictures my latest project, a kneeband tattoo in Maori/Kirituhi style. The tatoo wraps around the upper leg, just above the knee.<br />It has some Samoan and polynesian elements, but mainly consists of Koru tribal designs, filled with small detailed shapes.<br /><br />First I made a basic layout with flowing curves and added some rows of arrowheads:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1fgYm-SFW8yFflsbOQIhvZYKYIm_hriUKILEWOFZ_uAtDm15Q9Tv3o1-amc6dSgxNoXKnSXyO0-x1sZIrX9lznzmw2zHQW5n_cKT-y5gAxY89NNALkWttjFJZAJ8r6baVS2nWGTmzxs/s1600/maori-samoan-kneeband-tattoo-sketches-design.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="maori samoan kneeband tattoo sketches design" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607959893321019234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1fgYm-SFW8yFflsbOQIhvZYKYIm_hriUKILEWOFZ_uAtDm15Q9Tv3o1-amc6dSgxNoXKnSXyO0-x1sZIrX9lznzmw2zHQW5n_cKT-y5gAxY89NNALkWttjFJZAJ8r6baVS2nWGTmzxs/s400/maori-samoan-kneeband-tattoo-sketches-design.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 122px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Then I filled the tattoo with polynesian and samoan elements, like triangles, waves and lines:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAA1EwdawVGyc0y8CbnXEbkeWxm1_WlXLtqfajgJrDPmz-75TetthOVJVHZg29I2ohxMwAq-lqrygXz6BXsp9U4CMkZauAFSCtVzfxZlLQ0on6VG2RoGYtUGI2ALzmnxIIjhFMqXmR7Q/s1600/knee-tattoo-band-around-leg-pencil-drawings.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="knee tattoo band around leg pencil drawings" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607959896709108530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAA1EwdawVGyc0y8CbnXEbkeWxm1_WlXLtqfajgJrDPmz-75TetthOVJVHZg29I2ohxMwAq-lqrygXz6BXsp9U4CMkZauAFSCtVzfxZlLQ0on6VG2RoGYtUGI2ALzmnxIIjhFMqXmR7Q/s400/knee-tattoo-band-around-leg-pencil-drawings.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 122px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My customer approved the design, so I could trace it and optimize the high resolution tattoo in Photoshop. Finally I added some nice shadings. This gives an effect of depth in the overal image<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8yPMbLtsf1XkP2sZyB0nEE0Ta-e7HkTof4HG-TPgFi1d4FqTnLrKh44P6PLsXQ_PILjkeBpCEKg11VKWEMeftX_K8Y1Z81Ua0NjA1BGBlSnpKWcGKOJIijM55YBVDhxqYpE8TePOig0/s1600/hi-res-tattoo-knee-maori-band-design-koru.jpg"><img alt="hi res tattoo knee maori band design koru" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607959892770241826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8yPMbLtsf1XkP2sZyB0nEE0Ta-e7HkTof4HG-TPgFi1d4FqTnLrKh44P6PLsXQ_PILjkeBpCEKg11VKWEMeftX_K8Y1Z81Ua0NjA1BGBlSnpKWcGKOJIijM55YBVDhxqYpE8TePOig0/s400/hi-res-tattoo-knee-maori-band-design-koru.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 118px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />For updates and current projects, you can follow me on <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/storm3d">Twitter</a>.<br /><br />Kind regards, Mark Storm<br />info@storm3d.com<br />www.storm3d.com

Maori kneeband tattoo design

Hi! Here are the pictures my latest project, a kneeband tattoo in Maori/Kirituhi style. The tatoo wraps around the upper leg, just above the...

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