Dymaxion Map Tattoo

October 22, 2015

Today a world traveling professional photographer, adventurer, and international man of mystery completed this tattooed map of the continents. Now when his assignments take him to the far-flung corners of the globe he will always know where he is. We used the Dymaxion map of R. Buckminster Fuller for a unique perspective.

"The Dymaxion map or Fuller map is a projection of a world map onto the surface of an icosahedron, which can be unfolded and flattened to two dimensions. The flat map is heavily interrupted in order to preserve shapes and sizes. The map was created by Buckminster Fuller. The 1954 version published by Fuller, the Airocean World Map, used a modified but mostly regular icosahedron as the base for the projection, which is the version most commonly referred to today. This version depicts the Earth's continents as "one island," or nearly contiguous land masses." -Wikipedia

Tribal Phoenix Tattoo

October 18, 2015

Today's tattoo is a flashback to the 1990's, when tribal ruled the tattoo world. I definitely developed my tattooing skills with those black graphic patterns. This woman's request was for a phoenix, but no low-rider flames, so I drew the body to mimic the movement of a flame, ribboning in flight.

'Warrior Bear Sleeve' Celtic Tattoo

October 17, 2015

Today a military man with an affinity for bears requested this custom half sleeve, combining a knotwork bear with a Spartan helmet with a cross, within a Celtic knot matrix. The greatest challenge for a tattoo artist is to work to create a visual representation of the concepts of clients, creating for them a special meaningful embellishment that, in this case, is a shield and badge of honor.

Celtic 'Warrior Bear Sleeve' Tattoo by Pat Fish

Clan Scott Badge Tattoo

October 11, 2015

Today I was pleased to place this Scott Clan badge on a member of our nation's military. Always a pleasure to give a person of Scottish descent this link to their ethnic heritage, and how lucky for him that the heraldic animal is the mighty stag of the red deer, Lord of the Forest.