Tattooing is a long standing tradition in many cultures, interestingly marking the skin came about independently within individual cultures. Tattoo's can mean status, marks of bravery, belonging and also sexual lures, signs of beauty and fertility.
Maori Tribe
'It is about beauty, and belonging' 
Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. Tribes date back to even as early as 950 a.d, and still today they make up a fairly large percentage of the New Zeland pop. Many Maori tribesman can be identified by facial tattoos. Full faced tattoos, also known as the 'moko' are predominantly seen on men. Female forms of 'moko' are usually found around the chin area, as you can see in the images I selected above.
Tattoo's are something i am experimenting with at the moment. Have a look below at a couple of 'attempts'.
Here i had a little a play with the Maori tattoo style on the fella, using a small angle brush and the black from my supracolour pallet.
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| This image was just an experiment really, I started with a Maori style design but decided to play about adding highlights in between the black lines. |
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