The seven pointed star, sacred to the Cherokee Nation, the Babylonians and the Gods of the Game of Thrones universe, is here united with the heads of two wolves in a yin-yang balance and encircled with a Celtic ring. An ancient American Indian story tells of the two wolves that do battle within us, and the one that wins is the one we feed. A guidance to choose the path of righteousness.
Celtic Sleeve Coverup Tattoo
Today, after three years in the making, I finally finished this coverup. An all-too-typical tribal sun from his youth was no longer an adequate expression of his aesthetics, so he opted to celebrate his Cape Breton roots with a Celtic knot half sleeve. Coming from Canada was hard for him to schedule, so getting to Santa Barbara for multiple sessions required much unfinished yearning for completion. Covering black tribal did require extra darkness in the center at the top, but overall he is transformed and improved.
Celtic Sleeve Coverup Tattoo by Pat Fish
Celtic 'Duleek Sleeve' Tattoo
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
Black Flame Phoenix Tattoo Design
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.