Tribal tattoos hold meaning. They pull from tribal rituals and include references to animals as well as local plants of the islands. These tattoos tell stories and relate a shared history of the people. The stories can also relate a bit of the wilderness and some of the scared mysteries contained in the universe and [...]
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While this is a tribal influenced design, we can see that the pixel pattern in specific sections of the tattoo is quite a unique feature. The artist is Daemon Rowanchilde of Fergus, Ontario and he developed his own unique style. This tribal has reverse patterns where the skin is showing – in more ‘traditional’ tribal [...]
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This is a more traditional Maori tribal tattoo. While ‘tribal’ tattoos have come to cover a much broader type of tattoo, when you say “Maori Tattoo” in the traditional sense, it refers to Moko, which happens to be pretty distinct from modern, conventional tattoos. Moko is when the skin is marked with small chisels known [...]
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This is an example of a really great and well done tribal tattoo. I love the way the large circle patter is centered directly on the shoulder and how the pattern leads up and onto the neck. It tapers off nicely as it reaches the neck and the shadowing is a nice touch that adds [...]
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Sweet half sleeve Celtic tribal tattoo! As discussed in an earlier post, the term ‘tribal’ can cover a pretty broad spectrum of tattoo designs, and this only proves it once again. The Celtic knots symbolize the never-ending journey…including the seasons and our own lives. There is no beginning and there is no end to the [...]
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The term “Tribal” used to be more specific to indigenous tattoos, where there where symbols and meaning to the tattoos as well as meaning to where they were placed on the body, as well. In more modern times, ‘tribal’ really just refers to designs that are mostly just black work. This is a nice variation [...]
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A truly beautiful design with this tattoo! This half sleeve black-work image is very involved and intricate. There are many patterns throughout, covering the arm and shoulder. Some of it appears to be Celtic in nature, with a larger chain pattern hooking into the larger design on the chest. It almost looks like a design [...]
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This tattoo of a face looks to me like a Maori Tattoo, in the New Zealand tradition. Of course, traditional Ta Moko or Maori tattoos, could also be found tattooed onto the individual;s face and not just an image of a face. Ta Moko was a history of that particular person’s achievements as well as [...]
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What a great tribal pattern tattoo. I’m not sure if the roman numeral 13 is intended to pay tribute to the miniseries (about a conspiracy theory involving a man with a XIII tattoo) or the video game (which was based off of a comic book series about a man who awoke with no memory of [...]
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A simple, bold design can really turn heads – but if it is not done well, then it can also make those same heads shake in pity. One would think that simple black lines and patterns would be easy to do, but I’ve found almost the opposite. If the artist is inexperienced or poorly trained, [...]
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