Celtic Band Tattoo with Scottish Design indian Book of Kells portrait of

Book of Kells portrait of Saint John on page 291v

representing faith

but they would be equally well suited to gracefully bracket a small tattoo on the lower back

In 1831 the Japanese master printmaker Katsushika Hokusai created a masterpiece

forming a shape that follows the body and pin-stripes it with tribal

Celtic Band Tattoo with Scottish Design indian Book of Kells portrait ofThe Scots are known to say "If it's nay Scottish, it's CRRRRAP." Well then! This traditional Highland weave is a tattoo pattern that enhances any arm. In some versions here it is shown with the background area filled in with the beautiful woad color of blue worn into battle by the Celt and Pictish warriors. The woad was a skin paint, but tattoos can now mimic it so that modern warriors can have the best of both, permanently.