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Moko kauae by lance_ngata
#moko kauae#mokokauae#maori#maori women#tamoko#ta moko#new zealand#facetattoo#facetattoos#face tattoo#face tattoos#tattoo#tattoos#polynesian#polynesian tattoo#polynesian artist#girlswithtattoos#girls with tattoos#inked girls#tattooed girls#tattooed#tatts#art#artist#artwork#native people#tribal#tribal tattoo#tribal tattoos
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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.
#I will eventually post the drawings though#after I convince myself they're totally fine#also I've lost this post like 3 times now#I'm gonna scream#tattoo#polynesian tattoo#filipino tattoo#knotwork tattoo#dotwork tattoo#celtic tattoo#norse tattoo#staves
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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
#redacted asmr#redacted audio#redactedverse#redacted david#redacted angel#redacted gabe#redacted mrs shaw#woah is that not a tag???#redacted david’s mom#that’s not a tag either????#what are we doing#ladies and gentlemen#folks#we don’t talk about her enough#but like imagine david with just gorgeous tan skin and dark curls#and i know we all agree that david has tattoos#but imagine him with polynesian tattoos#i think they’re called kākau#i just really appreciate hawaiian/polynesian culture#i think it is so cool
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#my drawings#mermay#mermay 2023#merman#plus size#bbm#polynesian#digital art#underwater#tattoo#fins#mermaid#beard#merfolk
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Maori Art and Artifacts Article
#educational#art history#maori#maori weapons#maori carving#new zealand#polynesian#tattoo#face#art#artifact
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The Moko Kauae, a mark of empowerment by promoting are individuality!
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#history#moko kauae#māori#new zealand#mana#womens history#tattoos#tōhunga#women empowerment#maori culture#polynesian history#femininity#individuality#divine femininity#colonialism#new zealand history#coming of age#face tattoo#1980s#womenhood#religious art#polynesian culture#empowerment#nickys facts
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"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. ❤️🇦🇸🇯🇵
#Malu tattoo#Pasifika#Teine Samoa#Fa'atama#Fa'a Samoa#Samoan tattoo#tatau#polynesian#Rip knuckles#not me chanting over and over in my head 'I'm a real nigga' while doing lamaze breathing as the needle went over bones
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Moko kauae by lance_ngata
#maori#maori women#moko kauae#mokokauae#tamoko#ta moko#tattoo#tattoos#facetattoo#facetattoos#face tattoo#face tattoos#moko kanohi#mokokanohi#tribal#tribal tattoo#tribal tattoos#tapu#polynesian#polynesian tattoo#mokokauwae#kauae#girlswithtattoos#girls with tattoos#inked girls#tattooed girls#art#artist#artwork
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I had a vision last night
#disney#moana#culture#to be clear: I have no evidence that they are going to do this#I'm also not criticizing individuals who are of Polynesian descent who don't want to get their traditional tattoos for any reason
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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.
#also i’m not saying that every design of tuckers tattoos have this problem. if that’s how you want to interpret me then you’re addicted to#bad faith readings and i would recommend taking a step back from online discourse#this isn’t rebloggable because i still don’t really want this to be like. my ‘take’#and like straight up i will say that i have way more knowledge when it comes to anti black and#(south)east asian racism than i do about anti indigenous and polynesian racism#and if i were to say something i’d want to do way more research than i currently have#to be clear i’m not like. ignorant. i am confident in this statement and highly doubt it would change drastically with further research#but there’s a difference between being confident enough in a statement to express it and confident enough to have it spread outside of your#control. ykwim?
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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
#Moby dick#Queequeg#classic literature#Hermin Melville#it actually makes me happy to imagine that with Ishmael he would start to grow out his hair because he feels much safer there#it’s sad.#that’s it it’s just really sad#being Polynesian too his scalp is worth FAR less money as it isn’t a tribe settled anywhere in New England or even America#his tattoos are what saves his life
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📷 Alameida
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