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Winged Borzoi Tattoo Design
Fierce and swift, the Russian Wolfhound is so fleet of foot they appear to take flight when they run. This depiction takes careful note of the accurate anatomical details but renders the animal in the...
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Condor in Flight Tattoo Design
The magnificent California Condor, largest raptor in the skies, in a black graphic dynamic representation.
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Reincarnation Celtic Wheel Tattoo Design
A bold and tribal pattern representing the deep belief in the Celtic cultures that everything comes back around, reincarnation into another lifetime being the accepted truth. This evocative set of...
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Celtic Ankh Egyptian Irish tattoo design
A unique melding of cultures, Celtic knotwork fills the silhouette of the ankh, Egyptian symbol of eternal life.
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St Matthew's Celtic Band Tattoo Design
This intricate pattern is the border around the evangelist's portrait page of St. Matthew's Gospel, from the 7th Century Celtic illuminated manuscript, the Book of Durrow. This woman came down from...
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Ringed Triquetra Celtic Tattoo Design Ringed Triquetra Celtic Tattoo Design
The classic Celtic Christian symbol of the triquetra, representing the trinity, is here woven into an intricate ring of Celtic knotwork. Balance for this recently divorced man, who is getting pierced...
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Eleven Star Tattoo with Celtic Charm
At this time of year the celebration of St Patrick's Day brings all things Irish to mind. In my tattoo work I stretch the boundaries of what might constitute preconceptions about what a Celtic tattoo...
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Skibbereen Celtic Cross Tattoo Desi
Based on an equal-armed cross found on a grave in the tiny Irish West Cork town of Skibbereen, this bold pattern is reproducible at many sizes. The negative-space background area can be black or done...
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Stone Pictish Boar Tattoo Design
The original Pictish stone carving on which this boar tattoo is based is housed in the antiquities museum in Edinburgh, Scotland. Rendering it with dots, as shown, brings out the sense of it having...
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Celtic Hummingbird Tattoo Design
The splendidly delightful tiny jewel of the skies, the ruby-throated hummingbird, is rendered in Celtic knot work, to make a tattoo of unique charm.
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Celtic Marriage Knot Tattoo Design
Through all the twists and turns of a marriage that lasts the years, the knot represents two lives inextricably entwined.
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Celtic Motherhood Growing Heart Tattoo
Three years ago this young mother came to get this tattoo, and we added a tiny shamrock within the knotwork heart motherhood symbol to represent her daughter. Now, with the birth of her second...
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'Spiral Whirlpool' Celtic Tattoo Design
Any sea-going culture has myths about the awe-inspiring potential of whirlpools, like the Greek Charybdis, a sea-monster in the Strait of Messina encountered by Jason and the Argonauts. This design...
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Flying Raven Celtic Tattoo Design
The silhouette of a raven in flight is superimposed on the triple spiral design from the 6,000 year old Newgrange megalithic mound in Ireland. I rendered the spirals in individual dots, the way they...
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Enduring Claddagh Ring Tattoo Design
The claddagh ring is one of the most enduring of the symbols in Ireland, and this design allows for the names or initials of loved ones to be inserted into the center to proclaim devotion and faith,...
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Double Diamond Knot Band Celtic Tattoo Design
The double diamond is an ancient nautical knot that is a favorite used to form a decorative loop at the end of a lanyard. It is variously known as the double diamond, Carrick bend, and Josephine knot....
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Celtic Knight's Greave Leggings Tattoo Design
Fashioned after the armor worn by knights called a greave, or the boot of an equestrian cavalry. The bold strong Celtic knot pattern fills the lower leg. This man came from Texas to get this tattoo,...
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Clan MacGregor badge tattoo refurbished
A man from Maryland got this Clan MacGregor design of mine done Back East 15 years ago, and now we have renewed it with all new outlines and red color.
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McCrae Tartan Scottish forearm tattoo
The McCrae tartan tattooed on a forearm, a permanent celebration of Scottish ethnic pride.
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Celtic Newgrange Snake Tattoo Design
The mystic spiral carved patterns of the kerbstone at Newgrange passage tomb are transformed into the sinuous detailing on this snake. A perfect melding of the pre-Christian Pagan art of Ireland with...
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