Todays client requested a Celtic Cross tattooed on the front of his shin to shield him as he walked forward in life. He liked the "tribal" look of spiky shapes, but is Irish and so wanted knotwork interlace. That required some custom fabrication. The photo is a combination of the first step, lines and shading, looking very stark against his skin, and then the final result with a pinstripe of light green on the sides of a deeper green center.
Celtic Shielding Cross Tattoo by Pat Fish
This Nurse Practitioner is a Warrior Queen! We installed the pattern of single, double and triple spirals as a wrap that spanned around her arm and up onto her back, giving it lots of kinetic movement. I think the Picts painting themselves with woad for battle would have approved of this!
'Pictish Warrior' Spirals Tattoo ny Pat FIsh
A perfect way to add large area coverage in color. While we cannot know exactly what tattoos the woad warriors would have worn, we can surmise that they would have copied the spirals found on contemporary stone carvings, all that we now have left to document the mysterious race of the Picts.
Today's client works in the educational system, striking a noble effort to help teachers do the best they can against horrific odds. He made a bet with his sons that an old guy like him COULD be cool enough to get a tattoo. They think he was at work today. FaceBook will out him! Thoroughly modern!
'Eye of the Storm' Celtic Spiral Tattoo by Pat Fish
Evoking the swirling forms seen in satellite views of massive storms, this ancient pattern from a cloisonné metalwork artifact has both the whirling power of the vortex and the calm center.
A new adaptation of an ancient cross found on a graveyard monument in Clonmacnoise, Ireland, the ecclesiastical heart of the nation. The proportions have been expanded to flare the ends of the cross arms and base, and opened up to add a small colored cross in the very center. A classic cross that can be reproduced at a small size, and carries historic significance.
Prince of Peace Celtic Cross Tattoo by Pat Fish
