I've been working on a new custom design project in the first week of January.
My client wanted a quarter sleeve tattoo, covering the shoulder and half the upper arm, in a Polynesian style.
I had to incorporate some different tribal elements, like the Polynesian eye, coconut leaves and sharp triangles, as a symbol for shark teeth. He also wanted a turtle shell shape added to the tatoo
In the first sketch you can see that I started in the center with the Eye, surrounded by triangular shapes, which looks a little like a sun.
Then I drew some coconut leaves below it and made it flow with the circle above it.
![polynesian turtle eye coconut leaves tattoo](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ417lzXbdong7RrZV9Psl7MzNmabgRGDDfkPEmOt_ZKbmZk2pPssUETl_vT7s9ZyyGMoC1zl664xuNaEJ1HK-edN16McJ33Xes-i023jasvj0F0UU_QdqxKiLX6Ftm-bkeKCXim7tNzI/s320/Polynesian+turtle+eye+coconut+leaves+tattoo.jpg)
![coconut leaves tattoo polynesian shoulder design](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1nCTAMfg2bjeuCwnCLMkREEsZAcW11nlP34_8AmhyZugFBa7GJ-oLnXCO1VpFzAWONsX3v6QT267DV18delKjqflJPBLMn8pTOP6lbpRlilu3VZETjx2auG8V739tiQZkjrl53-J3Fs/s320/coconut-leaves-tattoo-polynesian-shoulder-design.jpg)
In the final sketch I made a symmetrical polynesian mask in the lower center and a repetitive border ath both sides.
After tracing it, scanning and optimizing it in Photoshop, the high resolution tattoo looks like this:
![high resolution polynesian tattoos mask](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeydJ49Yo-YijgzcXsc5hTXFenWrEnDVojhTzuWPyJ6c10anjmfWM-hK_E72Nj9u38wcfzJkx6059M6NY_W_QdKNXrdy6yuI8o3RdX1dncHOxt1PDLweHMl9q179SbJZ9BcZjlTqLx5OQ/s320/high-resolution-polynesian-tattoos-mask.jpg)
Kind regards, Mark Storm
info@storm3d.com
My designs are for sale at:
http://tribalflashtattoos.blogspot.com