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Does anyone have Tiki Tattoos?

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Danno posted on 06/23/2009

Very, very nice!!!

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jsullivanj posted on 06/25/2009

48 hours I am getting my Tiki Tattoo.
Going for chest piece on one side.
I liked Pyro's!

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sneakyjack posted on 06/25/2009

jsulivanj take pics as you go post em here!

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Skinny Dog posted on 06/25/2009

Who is doing it? Can't wait to see!

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tikitees posted on 06/28/2009

Hey! Check it out! My tat is in the newest issue of Tattoo Energy (#59). My left arm inside (bicep). I wanted the artist (brhltattoos.com) to do his version of my logo. Left page, bottom center (duh). Cool article, too!

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jsullivanj posted on 08/17/2009

On 2009-06-24 17:48, jsullivanj wrote:
48 hours I am getting my Tiki Tattoo.
Going for chest piece on one side.
I liked Pyro's!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2153052&id=18307927&l=f3a5b5f417

[ Edited by: jsullivanj 2009-08-18 18:45 ]

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Kon-Hemsby posted on 08/18/2009

On 2009-01-07 21:01, vrodder wrote:
Did a search put this in the wrong place before.
This is the first Tiki Tat and the second is on my forearm but needs color and a better photo.

Looking really nice

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LoungeShark posted on 09/08/2009

Had this done over the weekend. Will be getting the color added in about a month.

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LoungeShark posted on 10/19/2009

Thought I'd update with the color...actually going back in a couple weeks for some more details to be added in the background (free of charge mind u).

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tonmawrtiki posted on 10/25/2009

Not Finished going to be a full sleve have a very cool tatooist "Sykes" working with me took inspiration from the volcano thread on TC hope it turns out a fitting tribute? Going to redo the 15 year old tribal at the end but trust me you wont see it for the tikiness hope you like? Cocktail shaker next!!!!!!!!






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Tikiphantom posted on 10/26/2009

Wow, nice colors. I dig!

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Kon-Hemsby posted on 10/26/2009

Nice ink. Loving the palm trees.

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Tiki-Troll posted on 10/30/2009

my ankle and my hubbys calf done by Jaksin down at the Kreepytiki. We brought masks down my hubby had carved and he did the sketches straight from it. Mine has a suffering bastard influence for sure. He doesn't know it yet but we are coming down in the next month or two to finish the job- my ankle is going to be a full cuff of flamey tiki goodness and Justin has another mask he carved for the other calf. COuld not be happier with the tattoos or having my hubbys art on me forever!

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TikiMango posted on 12/06/2009

Christmas came early for me this year, spent 11hrs at the tattoo shop last night. 3hrs for hand-drawing, and the rest under the gun... I should have eaten lunch. I've always wanted a Polynesian tribal tattoo, but I wanted to honor my Filipino heritage even though I think the Tahitian and Maori styles rock. Most of the pre-contact tattoos were mainly just geometrically repeating patterns, but a lot of the post-contact and modern Polynesian tattoos are simply amazing.

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Tikiphantom posted on 12/07/2009

Here's mine!

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talo ka posted on 12/10/2009

here is mine. left leg, hip to knee. done by TC's green tiki pat.

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tonmawrtiki posted on 02/01/2010

Little update for you






Nearly finished another two hours then think about the bottom half but not till i come back from ohau this summer to expensive this Tattoo game lol

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Tablarasa posted on 04/09/2010

This is my new Tiki Tattoo I finished this wed. Gonna start a sleeve soon....

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Tiki-mingo posted on 05/24/2010

tonmawrtiki I am IN LOVE! with your tiki ink!

and everyone else nice work, I've lurked on here getting inspired for a couple years :)

I just got this about a month ago (and you crazy copywrite people, I totally got Cindy's premission AND sent her a picture of the completed tat afterward)

Not the best picture...

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Vince Martini posted on 05/24/2010

I want to get a tiki tat while at Hukilau. Someone needs to get me drunk and cart me to a tattoo artist. I want a ku on my upper arm.

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tonmawrtiki posted on 05/27/2010

Thanks Tiki-mingo heres another update for you

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christiki295 posted on 05/27/2010

On 2009-01-04 20:58, swizzle wrote:


That's great!

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Tiki-mingo posted on 05/27/2010

Happiness is a mermaid tattoo :) i was thinking of getting one on my right arm... anyways, the sleeve is ridiculiously cool!

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littlegiles posted on 05/27/2010

This is my only tatoo right now. It's on my right calf. I keep making the argument that I need another tat on my left leg so I feel balanced and don't lean when I stand up, but my partner isn't buying it. LOL

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TikiPug posted on 07/01/2010

On 2010-05-27 14:46, Tiki-mingo wrote:
Happiness is a mermaid tattoo :) i was thinking of getting one on my right arm... anyways, the sleeve is ridiculiously cool!

I am working on my mermaid sleeve right now

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TheTikiZombie posted on 07/06/2010

I have my tiki sleeve in progress right now. You can see pics here:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=36872&forum=1&13

I will post more when I get more work done it. I should have more pics tomorrow. I am going in for another one today.

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Potato. posted on 07/06/2010

This was the first tattoo I got. It's not detailed or anything, but I think most people here should recognize it.

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Potato. posted on 07/13/2010

Question for everyone:

I've always wondered about the "tribal" tattoos... Are they in bad taste? I mean, I really like some of the designs and have seen some really cool work on here, but I've always wondered if it was bad form to get such a traditional tattoo if I'm just an Irish guy from the States. The designs have meaning and I get the weird feeling that if I got something like that and then visited, say the Polynesian Islands, would the natives have a right to be upset?

Just curious.

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Kita St Cyr posted on 09/18/2010

Brand spankin' new!

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Lightning Steve posted on 09/19/2010

Nice, that looks great!!
Are you going to be getting any colour done on it?

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Kita St Cyr posted on 09/19/2010

Nope, all my work is black & grey :)

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dangergirl299 posted on 09/30/2010

Here is the one I just got in Kona:

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exquisitecorpse posted on 11/04/2010

recognize this guy?

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HelveTiki posted on 11/04/2010

photographed with the cellphone camera...

Mahalo,
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Traderpup posted on 11/06/2010

My souvenir from Hukilau 2003

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teaKEY posted on 11/06/2010

That Kon-Tiki is so crisp and clean. Top Notch, I'm jealous.

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HelveTiki posted on 12/22/2010

My seven year old son surprised me with these Tiki Mug and Skulls a few days ago:

no worries... he used a pen, but he called tattoos :)

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Tiki Trav posted on 12/24/2010



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talo ka posted on 12/24/2010

here is lono and a head hunting wahini with a shrunken head on my leg.

this is my turtle on shoulder have to finsh the detail shading. these are green tiki pats handy work.

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dangergirl299 posted on 01/24/2011

Recently added to my tiki tattoo:

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peacefrogman posted on 01/25/2011


Started this one in the summer, hope to add Hawaiian landscape soon.

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grandr posted on 01/25/2011

Fabulous... don't see much of that here on Oahu. See more traditional Hawaiian folk art, etc.

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BigDaddy772 posted on 09/05/2011

After contacting Doug Horne and asking permission here is my latest tattoo...
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JOHN-O posted on 09/18/2011

On 2011-09-17 20:16, WaikikianMoeKele wrote:
I'm ready for a new tiki tattoo & I'm trying to decide what it should be. So I'm opening it up for suggestions. My new art will be on my left breast.
Thank you all so much in advance.
~kele

Hi Kele,

There are many Tiki tattoo threads here on TC. This seems to be the main one.

Maybe this thread might give you some cool ideas. I'm giving this thread a bump just for that (and maybe you could ask the moderator to delete your original one-off thread ??)

Here's my idea. Get "The Book of Tiki" tattooed on your breast. That would really be unique and what could be a better homage to the Tiki Revival? Yeah I know there's a lot of detail there but maybe your tattoo artist could come up with a more simple take on it...

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Also that could result in a really cool "And here's Sven Kirsten signing the Book of Tiki" photo op. :)

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Hakalugi posted on 09/18/2011

On 2011-09-18 10:38, JOHN-O wrote:... maybe you could ask the moderator to delete your original one-off thread ?? ...

Done.

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WaikikianMoeKele posted on 09/24/2011

I'm considering it... wondering what Sven would think about it... hmmm...:)

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Tiki Slob posted on 10/02/2011

So...here is my tiki tattoo. I got the hula girl (her name is Kai Kala) in Hilo in October of 2009. The artist was Kevin Bays at Rainbow Falls Tattoo.
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You might think she is familiar. She is based off of a '40s Pan Am advertisement. She needed to have stuff around her and consequently turned into a half sleeve. I sketched up the rest from places my wife and I had been to around the islands.
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The other main subject is the tiki from Pu'unua o honaunau south of Kailua/Kona.
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I forget what his name is and can't seem to find it anywere. I liked his attitude. He seemed to be a partier and between Kai Kala and the tiki, I got what I wanted between 2010 and 2011. The artist was Phil Bartel at Rising Tide Tattoo in Boulder, CO.
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Additions might move around to my back shoulder with some tiki mugs, torches and a bit more of a night scene. Maybe a tiki mug and umbrella, etc.

Michael

Thought I'd add an update since I went to Pu'uhonua o Honaunau last week. Here I am with my inspiration.

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Aloha,
Michael


Chop'em, drop'em and cruise'em. It ain't cool if they don't drool!

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Holiday1960 posted on 01/06/2012

Here is one I did for my neighbor Frank.
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