Recently a man came in to get this pattern and confessed he'd been lurking on my website for years, and kept coming back to this one. Finally his wife told him to just go ahead and DO IT! And it gave me a chance to make a minor change that I believe improves the pattern just a bit over the way I'd done it before.
Celtic 'Duleek Sleeve' Tattoo by Pat Fish
I always feel that people who ask to get a phoenix tattoo think they have earned the right to wear this symbol of rebirth and regeneration. This man asked for his tattoo to be rendered in tribal style, so I worked to make it balanced but not symmetrical, with both feathers and flames in the abstract shapes.
Today a pair of lovers came to get the root base chakra tattooed on their spines. Traditionally the lowest of the points on the spine, this chakra represents confidence, self-esteem, and is the place the sex instincts arise from.
Celtic Base Chakra Tattoo by Pat Fish
Today a Viking athlete came in to cap this sleeve that has been a year in progress. We chose to install Hugin and Munin in an arc at the top, a pattern capable of adapting to the asymmetric musculature, and bold enough to form a finial for the whole.
Viking Ravens Sleeve Cap Tattoo by Pat Fish
