At the moment I'm working on a special tattoo. A girl from the Chatham Islands (a small island on the eastside of New Zealand) wanted a tattoo in the shape of her island, but then in an abstract maori inspired style.
This is google map of the place:
![maori tattoo designer new zealand](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg327LKWJHok66hWmK0A_Wx6_Tm3Xg7V4VPhdV5kFwRIpWhFgaytnMpxcPnCKPAcsPP4uBHus12PJBUFhzeRBom3g1pmrvqExK5Gnx1n3k2vY6KUwUgcPEnwXdQqy1RnFAEqXJd-c2_6JM/s200/maori+tattoo+designer+chatham+island.jpg)
First I made a few quick images to see if she liked the idea of a tattoo pattern masked by the shape of the island:
![maori pattern island shape chatham](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6YJh4D2TezghwqteAY1zR4LnE0RBmc8b6b7DrzSBKzJ7rW4BLNLXyyIID-uTh-IHBjtSP632B304nMluirmW-yS-4s9Xv6tG6k2TWf7yX4HAwxlveGGqatcIj9m3PaS_4eZnS7iPQqiI/s200/maori+pattern+island+shape+chatham.jpg)
![island maori tatoo design](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtC-w1CdQp1AVyI2t24D1xFSTnJ6fNEOlm_6zQ7MrJHxIddhAsL-cbJWQDJIJi1oBiMy0y-EMhsvrij-S5PyGDkpvEUVXOdwnvGrXWL5oNzgEe_f3vg3vSFscpywFMLS5_nzh1OUXs2c/s200/island+maori+tatoo+designs.jpg)
![chatham island tattoo design](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTe3rKvhXyC1cR8SV5cx0RlV4J-yLGaT2DWcvTzth8teY55Efn5aKxbIwA7JiU1vk5SyRt30RwTfTQpoWv4TAQmFi1alJyILNwVuCKyTdFj0Laakwm6eECF8iUqKzCoazUhh07ZpA0dIs/s200/chatham+island+tattoo+design.jpg)
Unfortunately this was not exactly what she was looking for.
The tattoo had to be loosely based on the shape of the island, with a maori pattern to it.
The size had to be something like 10 x 12 cm, so quite small.
I made a new pencil sketch and sent it to my client:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JIzhOW6xq-cm5167PNrzDKlxK3rDRj1ERZskSSwD-zSXNEDKcrwxlwRSvTVil8egYgHwOCfMd0iKPQPa97V1MHIFNDXgbZNAJrE6Urzuo84Fw0SY5raioMcYiXn9Xgq0IA9ElGJIIt8/s320/kirituhi-chatham-sketch-tatou-maori.jpg)
I just sent it today, so hopefully I can get back to you tomorrow with a final design.
Best wishes, Mark Storm
info@storm3d.com
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