#polynesian tattoo

[bodymodificationnation]

Moko kauae by lance_ngata

[bagelvangr]

I am disliking everything I am drawing right now, so instead I will post my 2022 year in tattoos 🥹

All inspired by ancient art based on archaeology/history and depict a lot of my ancestry, family and personal history, past, present, future, fears, aspirations, goals, mindset, etc. etc. and all depicting motifs and symbols taken from my own cultural background.

These are all pics taken on the day of the actual session, so pardon any swelling/blood/messiness on them. When the weather is better and I feel more confident body-wise, I'll post way better pics (if I take any 💀)

It seems like I got a lot done this year, but this has been something I've been wanting for a very very long time and would have been done over a few years. But you know, a global pandemic happened and it wasn't until recently that I felt comfortable enough to get these done.

[mahinastarz]

[righteous-r0de0]

and what if i were to say that gabriel shaw was hawaiian? what then? i don’t care if it doesn’t make sense in the canon universe it makes sense to me

and mrs shaw was in hawaii for school? perhaps veterinary school? and she finds an injured dog (wolf) and nurses it back to health? what then??

doggy (wolfy) meet cute???????

sorry i had a lot of half coherent thoughts about gabe and mrs shaw before i woke up this morning

[vintagequeer-oceansoul]

[newguineatribalart]

Maori Art and Artifacts Article

[nickysfacts]

The Moko Kauae, a mark of empowerment by promoting are individuality!

🖤🤍❤️

[servetolive]

"E au le inailau a Tamaitai."

To my people my presenting gender is irrelevant; what's important is that I'm a mother, aunt, sister and protector of my family. This is what my hand malu represents.

Happy Asian-Pacific Islander Month. ❤️🇦🇸🇯🇵

[uhliyaaah]

groovy baby

[bodymodificationnation]

Moko kauae by lance_ngata

[poorsapadvocate]

I had a vision last night

[leonardalphachurch]

also to be clear like… i wasn’t making a grand statement i was making an offhand comment in the tags of a post. i’ve wanted to actually talk about the depiction of tucker’s tattoos in the fandom for a while but i’ve found it difficult to word it in a way that wouldn’t get people to react like anon did. and so when i saw a post of someone already expressing basically what i was trying to say, though in a much more general sense, i figured i’d just reblog it with a simple comment and trust that my followers would know me well enough to trust that my full opinion was much more nuanced than could be expressed in a kind of jokey two sentence tag on someone else’s post.

because like. there’s a long history of tattoos, especially face tattoos, being associated with criminality. and while i don’t think a single artist’s intention with drawing tucker with tattoos is to call forth that association it is still soemthing to be cognizant of. and when i talk about “vague tribal-esque tattoos” i’m talking about designs that give tucker these meaningless random squiggles that call to mind an “exotic” feel that many non-polynesians, especially white people, associate with being “tribal” tattoos. in reality, of course, actual tribal tattoos have very specific cultural meanings that aren’t just the cool looking symbols that are like. this is the first result of “tribal tattoo” on google images:

if you want to tell me you have not seen many tucker designs with basically the same design philosophy as these have then i will tell you that you are lying.

and if you have a question of like, how do i not design tattoos that fall into this trap, then i would say to like, give meaning and intention to the design? whether or not you think the sword automatically gave him the tattoos or if they were given to him by the sangheili, they would realistically be of GREAT religious significance. if you want inspiration i shared an example of the sangheili script but i would look at designs of the stylings and architecture and symbols used by the sangheili, the covenant, maybe even the forerunners. you can look to the design of the sword and extrapolate around that, using the shape to create more designs and symbols that follow the same design philosophy of it but like. they should have meaning to them. there should be a reason that these designs were the ones that were chosen to be put on tuckers body.

not only will doing this prevent you from falling into “vague cool looking tribal symbols” you’ll also get a design that’s much more unique, much more interesting, and much more meaningful.

[classics-cocks-and-concoctions]

While I do not mind any adaptation giving Queequeg hair, there actually is historical significance as for why he is bald

Scalping

Scalping was (and would be) a profitable business especially down in new England where a lot of tribes settled

Queequeg isn’t bald for the convenience, the style or even cultural reasons

He’s bald so his scalp is worth less money and also harder to steal

[afrotumble]

📷 Alameida

[confidentialpassion]