Damon Conklin, owner of Super Genius Tattoo in Seattle, Washington, and founder of the Seattle Tattoo Convention, weighs in on which tattoo designs are the most popular on the West Coast. Tom Yak of New York Adorned says tattoo fans on the East Coast want the same provocative styles; the more customized, the better.
1. Flowers
Conklin: Everything from the daisy on the ankle to floral arrangement, reaching across several bodyparts.
Yak: Floral tattoos always remain in style. I do a lot of lotus flowers. I draw American imagery, daisies and roses, but I try to add an eastern sort of flair.
2. Lettering
Conklin: Usually names and quotes, but sometimes they're elaborate. In one instance, a New York-based writer composed a short story. You could only receive a copy of the story if you had an assigned word from the story tattooed on you, and when completed, the some total of participants comprised the whole story.
3. Symbols
Conklin: This could be as simple as an astrological sign or as abstact as an image that somehow represents a time or accomplishment in someone's life.
Yak: About 80 to 90 percent of what I do are personalized designs. That's what people want.
4. Religion
Conklin: Crosses, Jesus or a range of other gods, including depictions of events in sacred text.
5. Skulls
I would like to get a tattoo of a Maile-lei and incorporate it with a Hawiian style flower and also have my daughter's name in with the tattoo. My daughter's name is Maile after the flower.So I would like that lei tattoo with some kind of colorful Hawiian flower. Please email me back with what ever ideas you might have. Thanks hope to hear from you soon.
Posted by Lily on February 8,2008 | 05:40PM