well It sounds like I have all of 10 years to enjoy my tat I'm not worried about my old age and having tats, I will be ok with them, and as I said, they won't be all that visible.

Asian tats, seem to be more popular, but that doesn't make it more appealing to me, the Polynesian tats have such a great simplicity to them while creating a beautiful design.....

The first is the best it is soooo hard to finally decide what to get...Good luck!

yeah, that has been my problem, finding someone who knows how to do them well.....*really* hard. We almost planned a trip to Moorea so I could get it done! If I go with a Polynesian one, I will have to travel.....

LOL, I love the "primitive" look Polynesian and Aztec tats have.

I went to Human Rites Tattoo shop in Kalaheo, Hawaii (Island of Kauai)

It would be cool to go some place really exotic and get one too. I might do that one day

Not sure about Poly or Asian but I am gonna get a tribal from my left shoulder to my elbow. Like Dusk til Dawn.

Original.....

Tribals are good on guys, but personally I think they are too masculine and heavy for women to wear. That's why I was thinking Polynesian, the design is much lighter.

I have been working on my tat designs (been sick with a cold) and am leaning towards a Japanese style at the moment.....

We considered Hawaii, but a lot of the tats I saw were thicker style that I was looking for. The Maori tats and tribals were so dark....lol I was thinking of going here:

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I think his work is so clean....

However, I have been in contact with this guy:

Black and Gold Tattoo Gallery

He's gonna be in my neighborhood for a few months. We have to sit down and see if he will be able to accomplish what I am looking for in the short time that he will be here. If not, I have two other artist in mind, but it will be a while before I can get in to see them....

I think you need to sit down and really decide what you want represented from your tattoo. There's nothing I hate more (okay, not exactly that harsh) than to see a bunch of tattoos that make a bunch of lines and dots on a person and have absolutely no meaning except "I wanted a tattoo". This is coming from someone who has 6 tattoos.

There's really no reason why you can't sketch out something in your mind and decide you want it in 'such and such' style.

I appreciate your candidness. I agree, I would never have something that means nothing tattooed on me. I have two very distinct sketches drawn out, both that carry pretty much the same meanings, just minor differences in symbolism, and of course style.

I just wanted to hear what others liked and disliked, and was interested in hearing their view. Thanks for the advice...much appreciated

Cheers,
Diane

It will be because its tribal. however if you've seen dusk til dawn then you will understand the neck to elbow part douche.

A trip to Maori? Maori are an ethnicity not a place hehe

Māori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I would probably go with a maori tattoo, I know someone that will do it and you can stay at my place with my whanau so theres some cost cut down!

Check out this site for some nice work

Maori Tattoos & Pacific Tattoos - PowerHouse Tattoo Studio, New Zealand

yeah, soo much talk....lol I meant Moorea......


How thoughtful

I hear New Zealand is a beautiful place..... I'll let you know......

No worries haha. I live in a small place though the best place to get any tattoos done is auckland.

Well, if you're looking for an opinions.....

I was raised to believe that God created each of us with beautiful skin and decorated it Himself with freckles and moles. You'll never catch me with a tatoo. But I grew up in an area where the only people with tatoos were white trash. I think tatoos can be a beautiful way to create art and express an belief, but I would rather wear a T-shirt or jewelry that expressed myself instead of permant ink. A friend of mine didn't want to get a tatoo, but she really liked a certain tatoo design, so she had a tatoo artist draw it on paper and framed it. It looks beautiful as wall art, and won't fade or sag, and if she changes her mind down the road, it's not permant.

You might want to temporarly hang a couple of the different designs on a wall in your house and see which one your eye is drawn towards more to help you pick out a style.