Maori inspired tattoo designs and tribal tattoos images: Forearm tatoo design seamless fit

Welcome

My name is Mark Storm. I'm a graphic / tattoo designer, specialized in Kirituhi and other tribal tatoo designs.

Kiri tuhi is the name for Maori-inspired tattoos that feature Maori motifs but don't have real cultural meaning. Kirituhi literally means "skin art" and is used to differentiate between Maori-style tattoos and Moko

The designs I create have NO meanings, symbolism or any kind of story. It's my personal graphic expression of designs, inspired by different tribal styles and is not related to the original "ta moko" or "maori" culture.

On this blog I will show my sketches and try to explain some of my techniques in small tutorials. So lots of tattoo stuff and I hope you enjoy reading it!

Kind regards, Mark Storm
info@storm3d.com
http://www.storm3d.com/

June 30, 2009

Forearm tatoo design seamless fit

Written by Mark Storm

Hi There,

This week I have been working on a large project, a maori / kirituhi forearm design.
Like other sleeves, this tattoo design had to be wrapped around the forearm completely and make a seamless fit.

Here you'll see a few pictures of the design in different stages:

The size of the design is 27 cm high and the width at the elbow is 30 cm and at the wrist it's 18 cm.

To make sure the design fit's seamless I first draw one side of the design and copy it. Then I place it against the other side and continue the design. I always try to keep the lines flowing and the fills interesting.

The customer liked the tattoo immediately, so I only had to make some minor changes to this drawing. Here are a few pictures of the process of tracing the design:

Tomorrow I will be working on an armband in maori / kirituhi design. Really enjoying this kind of projects, where I can use my own style and mix it with Maori shapes and symbols.

Regards, Mark