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/AVvXsEgQ3XMCFyRVXjXBGf1XjZccCgp0787PMDkJ4aej2Bj3wUqnBpf7YpGg0V3ij7pkBpcxjSuOBEIr2CZEW9cQsF9d-QWvlvandLAenEbYX0tIL4n19nvokfKmUDAPL5ev6jZCZFFQvyOcoCc/s320/Polynesian+turtle+eye+coconut+leaves+tattoo.jpg)
![coconut leaves tattoo polynesian shoulder design](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUW195-FwOn22ZVsdQzUakLlsHyzKA8grQg39t51LCyE3E4bEGmulOM979GCckXdJH5fF8u60RnpOCCLE0xQshyphenhyphenleAm_3eKCPzeHfUDnLby48B4F4VdDofIbcffjV8dJ92NgR9QzP5g8/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/AVvXsEj1uiBDhMM7eSYIpMdMGDrI-mNjhXmfKNOdnXEj8Ga7TIZe9fjzVnurJ6rPZE5i7Cbw6QKxJ5v6K3xYdtkOq-79IeMJ5zmcQ5hUle9g2HDIxP6oqSGHgQklm6q2at5WTdszRdeBhdFJLsg/s320/high-resolution-polynesian-tattoos-mask.jpg)
Kind regards, Mark Storm
info@storm3d.com
My designs are for sale at:
http://tribalflashtattoos.blogspot.com