Portfolio

The work

Every piece here was drawn freehand for the person wearing it. Nothing is traced, nothing is repeated, and nothing here is flash off a wall. Tap any image to see it full size.

Tribal tattoo work from the Mount Druitt studio: Polynesian and Samoan sleeves, chest and back panels, Māori kirituhi, Filipino batok, and solid blackwork — half sleeves through to full sleeves and leg pieces.

Full arm sleeve tattoo of flowing organic linework running from the shoulder down the forearm and onto the back of the hand. — Flowing full sleeveFull sleeve

Freshly tattooed arm and hand with flowing tribal linework, the skin still reddened from the session. — Tribal arm and handFull sleeve

Tattooed thigh panel showing a lion head framed by ornamental scrollwork above a chevron border band. — Lion thigh panelLeg

Polynesian leg sleeve tattoo in dense black geometric banding, with rows of triangles and a filled rosette wrapping the calf. — Polynesian leg sleeveLeg

Blackwork forearm tattoo of a horned creature amid dark foliage, wrapping from the elbow to the wrist, with further dark-art work across the thigh. — Forearm creature sleeveForearm

Blackwork across the chest and stomach — a winged figure on the sternum above a thorned band beneath the ribs, with botanical linework on the forearm and further dark-art pieces on the thigh. — Sternum and stomach blackworkShoulder & chest

Blackwork chest tattoo of a winged, horned figure centred on the sternum, with smaller dark-art pieces scattered across the collarbone and fine blackwork visible on the forearm. — Winged chest pieceShoulder & chest

Two clients photographed side by side showing healed Polynesian shoulder and upper-arm blackwork, with a banded panel between them. — Polynesian shoulder and arm workShoulder & chest

Design study on a white form showing a Polynesian back panel with a rayed sun motif across the upper back and a long tapering spine line. — Polynesian back panel — designBack

Design study on a white form showing a Polynesian chest, shoulder and upper sleeve from three angles, with dense panelled geometric bands. — Polynesian chest and sleeve — designShoulder & chest

Design study on a white form showing a Polynesian back piece, with a central spine band and blackwork spreading across both shoulder blades. — Polynesian back piece — designBack

Design study on a white form showing a Polynesian chest and shoulder panel from three angles, with dense banded geometric fill. — Polynesian chest panel — designShoulder & chest

Small fine-line geometric tattoo on the inner forearm, a few angular strokes forming a compact abstract mark. — Fine-line forearm markForearm

Small angular geometric tattoo on the forearm, six straight strokes crossing to form an open star-like figure. — Geometric forearm markForearm

Bare chest carrying two blackwork panels: a coiled snake with open jaws and bared fangs spanning one side of the chest onto the arm, and a geometric Polynesian panel centred on a circular rosette on the other. — Snake and Polynesian chest panelsShoulder & chest

Polynesian blackwork tattoo banding the calf and knee, with a filled sun rosette over the kneecap and stepped triangular borders. — Polynesian calf bandsLeg