One of the biggest and hottest growing trends in the art of
tattoo design is Hawaiian arm or leg band tattoos. As this trend
goes a lot of people think to themselves, well of course." At
least that is what I said to myself at first. You can hardly
drive more then 10 minutes on the freeway in southern California
where I am from and not see a big SUV like a Lincoln Navigator
or a Cadillac Escalade and not see a Hawaiian sticker. Things
with flowers designs, or turtles, dolphins. Ya see it started
off with the sticker and then the car seat covers with hibiscus
flowers everywhere and it just grew from there. This trend of
Hawaiian design has then met it's match with the whole tribal
tattoo movement. Tribal tattoos have been the hottest thing in
the tattoo world since sliced bread or the old school WWII era
Hula dancer. You see these influences have been all around us
for a long time my grandpa even has one of those Hula Girls
tattoos still. Granted it is a little saggy and faded now but he
still has one on his forearm nonetheless. So the whole tribal
tattoo and the growth in interest for Hawaiian designs have
combined to make a hot and growing market for Hawaiian tattoos.
This is really an up and coming thing and it not huge yet.
However many tattoo artists are spotting the trend and jumping
on it already. Of course there is a lot of controversy on this
subject also like anything. If you look on the internet there is
a controversy about getting Kanji and Japanese Tattoos also.
Anytime you try and take the designs of a culture and do not
depict them accurately it creates a sense of bastardization or
what I call the "Disney Effect" towards the culture. I mean how
would you feel if you were in China and someone said, oh you
should try this hot new restaurant out it serves this great food
that is really American. They have fried chicken and apple pie
that is the best." Well, at first you would be excited right?
Sure it would be nice for a good home cooked meal if you have
been out of the US for a long time. However once you get there
you see the place has really tacky and awful reproductions of
50's art and the all the food tastes kind of strange. It would
probably bee kind of close or resemble what you were thinking of
but it would be missing something or a few key ingredients. I
bet this would leave you feeling a little sad and like your
culture was not totally understood. Well, I can not speak for
you and maybe you will feel different but I was pretty sad when
after staying in Japan for 3 months I was invited to a 1950's
classic hamburger joint. When we got there it was Elvis with a
funny accent playing on the jukebox and when my hamburger came
it had a fried egg on top of it with teriyaki sauce. WOW what a
surprise that was for me. I kind of felt weird about being in
the place that had tried to recreate something from my own
culture. So, the same controversy rolls on in the world of
tattoos. Anytime you get a tattoo design from another culture
just make sure you go with a professional. Do not have your
friend trace out some Kanji in a book for a tattoo and don't go
and rip some design of the internet because it states that it is
Hawaiian. Go to a real custom tattoo designer and have them do
the research and come up with some designs. After all this is
going to be on your body for the rest of your life and since
Hawaiian arm band tattoos and leg tattoos are typically big it
will be a significant investment in pain, time and money to get
the thing done. So you should consult with a professional and
get top notch work done.

About the author:
I am the owner of www.designmytattoos.com. Stop on by and have
tattoos artist bid on your own custom designed Hawaiian arm
tattoo or other custom tattoos!

Author : Chris
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