Today a woman asked for a tribal design to complement other tattoos, and wanted a large pattern but not too heavy. So we did this simple graphic of a lotus with a tribal spiral element supporting it, done just in lines.
Tribal lotus tattoo by Pat Fish
Today I installed this custom knotwork raven on a man who decided to devote his forearm to a representation of the bird form of the Celtic battle Goddess. She is shown calling out to the honored dead.
'The Morrígan' Celtic Tattoo by Pat Fish
"The Morrígan ("phantom queen") or Mórrígan ("great queen"), also known as Morrígu, is a figure from Irish mythology. The name is spelled Morríghan or Mór-ríoghain in Modern Irish.
The Morrígan is primarily associated with fate, especially with foretelling doom and death in battle. In this role she appears as a raven or crow, flying above the battlefield." -Wikipedia
Today I finished this forearm gauntlet built of two dragons entwined to form the focus of energy. On the inner arm they meet to face off underneath a triquetra Celtic knot, and their bodies fill the rest of the arm with a matrix of knotwork. The best of both the Neo-Nordic and Celtic styles: representational imagery blended with knotwork that covers the arm with a web of interlocking weaves.
Viking Neo-Nordic Celtic Dragon Forearm Gauntlet Tattoo by Pat Fish
Today a man requested a matched set of tattoos, a balance of the celestial symbols of the sun and the moon, representing his son and daughter. Now he wears them proudly on his upper arms. Shown in black ink here, the mixture of soft wicker shading in the rings and dot stippling in the backgrounds adds depth to the rendering.
Celtic sun and moon tattoos by Pat Fish
