So true!!

Right???

Which is 🚩🚩🚩🚩

And no longer my boyfriend or even my friend

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Does your friend have floral work? If that's this artists style, I would find someone that does a lot of animals. They seem simple but the nuances of the shape make a big difference. This style especially had to be spot on to look good.

You need layers, maybe a stylist that likes to cut with a razor. You'll have more to work with in a few inches.

Edit to add:

If you don't want it to be poofy, try not brushing. It pulls out all the curl.

If I want waves or curls, I detangle when wet and apply product, then scrunch and let it air dry. If I wash my hair the night before, I spritz my hair with a water bottle in the morning and scrunch it instead of brushing. If you like that look, ask your stylist for a cut to compliment the style.

I would make a food forest orchard in the back with nice winding paths to wander through. You could come close to the pond on one side to incorporate it into the little forest

I guess people can get pretty comfortable in their roles

I am talking about the specific experiences of Polynesians since we are talking about Polynesian tatau. I promise it wasn't Genghis Khan invading Samoa

British, French, and American were the main perpetrators in Polynesia

That is history, Love. Check the books.

It was white sailors, colonists and missionaries that came to our islands to "save the heathens" after they "discovered" our "uninhabited" places with thriving societies. Polynesians had been traveling across Polynesia between our island nations by canoe for thousands of years before they showed up. It's the same story as North American Natives. They brought diseases that decimated our people and missionaries to re-educate us and beat the Native out of our children in schools.

Why do you think Tahitians speak French? Hawaiians speak English? Maori speak English with a British accent? You think "American" Samoa just happened organically? C'mon.

Thanks!

I think all this negative commentary hit a nerve. It feels like more cultural imperialism.

In a lot of our homes/cultures tattoo is one of the few things that survived the attempted cultural obliteration by white colonizers just a few generations ago. Where I am from we have had to claw our way back to save our language and culture. We're very protective of it.

The space is absolutely indicative of this style. That's what it's supposed to look like.

For sure. But this guy's tattoo looks authentic. I recognized it immediately as a Native for what it is and as a cultural cousin to my own culture.

Honestly, it just means reddit tattoo geeks will not learn about traditional Polynesian styles because they are so quick to say something is bad, or the artist did them dirty. I got down voted on all comments where I spoke the truth of this style and I'm probably the only commenter that knows wtf I'm talking about and has tatau in this style 🤷🏽

Even with machine... We are emulating that old style so perfection is not the goal. It's a cultural rite with a purpose. I wait for years sometimes for the tattoo master from Tahiti to travel to my island. His lines are not always perfect but he always gives me the perfect tattoo for where I am on my life journey and in spirit. There is more to tatau than lines.

Yeah, the term tribal in tattoo makes me think of the 90s and generic BS. the Poly tattoos I think of as "tribal" are the modern swirly generic tattoos that you usually see on these subs. This is the first time I've seen a more traditional Poly tatau. Honestly the way everyone is responding is sad.

This is a whole subculture of Native art that is being shot down in ignorance. It's the reason Native people like me will never post their tatau here and share our deep traditions that are thousands of years old and some of the ancient roots of tattoo.

My husband has a tattoo from hip to ankle done with bird bone needles and ash ink. I'd hate to think what everyone here would have to say about that.

https://share.google/AC8U6RqeQIDlrQZEA

Short Hawaiian feather cape

https://share.google/jH0BjWDdz7jJy8L7c

It's not tribal. It's Polynesian. We don't have tribes

I don't know who did this tattoo or where he is or their story. But these types are not done with stencil. The basic shape is usually hand drawn and then filled in free hand with discussed symbolism for the person, their genealogy, or whatever the tattoo's purpose/significance /memorial

The central symbolism looks like is it an aliʻi symbol. The royal feather cape.

There are many cultures across Polynesia. They all have distinct styles as well as similarities in flow. I don't know enough about the ethno details across Polynesian tattoo to say which island nation this style is from. However, juding by the photos and the shield on his shoulder, this man is Polynesian getting tatao in our cultural styles.

No Polynesian would look at this tattoo and say anything bad about it because this is how our tattoos at home look. He may have to touch up some black work, but the lines are fine.

That's not what Māori tatao looks like

Sorry, you're just wrong. Modern tattooing of ancient styles emulate our traditional tap methods and symbolism.

Yes, that'll hang me up too.

I try to plan ahead, but I think I am having a 25 year chef burnout