This piece (which reminds me of Dan DiMattia‘s style of course, as well as Vincent Hocquet‘s) was done by Pierrot at Arte Corpus in Marseille, France. Continue reading for an earlier photo.
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20 responses to “Polynesian-style Scalp Tattoos”
Beautiful 😀
That’s so fitting for him. Amazing
absolutely stunning, it really works for him
that looks awesome
That is really beautiful…good for him!
Cute! What a way to overcome balding. I was just having a conversation about balding a few minutes ago!
It’s a very impressive piece.
Why is it that this is called “polynesian styled” but when anything remotely looks Maori-like and is on someone’s face, you call it “moko” (which they invariably aren’t)?
Original_Sly – I never call a facial tattoo a moko unless the wearer specifically identifies it as such.
This is absolutely stunning… the tattoos aren’t bad either 😛
But in all seriousness, the work is stunning (regardless of what it’s actually called).
Damnit, I said stunning twice. Disregard that 🙂
y’kno how people always say “think of how thats going to look when you’re old!” well…he can jus grow his hair cant he? or put on a hat. lol.
its very pretty. (Y)
Is he bald or does he shave? My follicles are still active — bad luck for me — so when I’m done with a razor you can see what portion of my head would have hair if I wanted it.
I see much the same thing in the lower picture. In its upper-left quadrant, the border of the follicles above the fish’s head suggests that he’d have a widow’s peak (similar to mine actually) if he let his hair grow. The follicles are especially apparent in the lower two quadrants, inside the circular ink.
I may be wrong but I think he shaves.
he looks like my lecturer at uni! i only wish he was.
Haha even if the person identifying said moko is a random american? lol
i like that he has a huge head tattoo and we can’t even see any ‘regular’ spots tattooed! nice way to start
Awesome! 🙂
Thanks!!
Ah…that is beautiful! Very nice!
I think this is a great tattoo. It’s so neat and clean. I do find it a little strange that he doesn’t have any visible tattoos on his body. I just seem to think there’s a natural order to tattooing. Like the face, neck and head are the last things that get covered. But I’m all for breaking the rules. 😉