LEGENDS 02 · SIRENA · ARTWORK REVEAL COMING SOON

    Signature Work

    A selected group of large-scale freehand projects — full sleeves, chest panels, back pieces and leg compositions built around each client's body flow.

    This is a curated view, not the whole archive. The complete, searchable portfolio stays exactly where it was.

    Why These Projects

    These are the projects that show the most of how the studio works: large enough to require a full composition rather than a single motif, and documented well enough to be examined closely.

    • Scale — full sleeves, chest panels, back pieces and leg compositions built across multiple sessions.
    • Body flow — the design is drawn freehand on the body so bands follow muscle and joint lines instead of sitting flat on them.
    • Composition — motif panels, dividing lines and negative space are planned as one whole, not assembled piece by piece.
    • Placement — where a section starts and stops is decided by the body's own borders: deltoid, ribcage, knee, wrist.

    Open any project to see its own page — the artist, placement, project type, whether the photographs are fresh or healed, and the details we have on record for it.

    Artist
    Polynesian arm sleeves tattoo by Joshawa Elsas – IslandTAT San DiegoHEALED

    Freehand Full sleeve

    Joshawa Full sleeve Healed

    Fullsleeve completely healed freehand by Joshawa — arm sleeves

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    Polynesian chest pieces tattoo by Joshawa Elsas – IslandTAT San DiegoHEALED

    Freehand Chest panel

    Joshawa Chest panel Healed

    Composed healed freehand by Joshawa — Arm Sleeve

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    Polynesian back pieces tattoo by Joshawa Elsas – IslandTAT San DiegoHEALED

    Freehand Back piece

    Joshawa Back piece Healed

    Composed freehand by Joshawa — back pieces

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    Polynesian arm sleeve tattoo by Maddy Tellez – IslandTAT San Diego

    Freehand Leg sleeve

    Maddy Leg sleeve

    Arm tattoo composed freehand by Maddy

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    Polynesian arm sleeve tattoo by Maddy Tellez – IslandTAT San Diego

    Freehand Half sleeve

    Maddy Half sleeve

    Arm Sleeve composed freehand by Maddy

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    Polynesian arm sleeves tattoo by Joshawa Elsas – IslandTAT San DiegoHEALED

    Freehand Full sleeve

    Joshawa Full sleeve Healed

    Fullsleeve polynesian tattoo and chest tattoo completely healed with 3 honus for his family.

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    Polynesian chest tattoo by Joshawa Elsas – IslandTAT San Diego

    Freehand Chest panel

    Joshawa Chest panel

    Freehand Polynesian flow across the chest and shoulder

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    Polynesian back pieces tattoo by Joshawa Elsas – IslandTAT San DiegoHEALED

    Freehand Back piece

    Joshawa Back piece Healed

    Composed freehand by Joshawa — back pieces

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    Custom Polynesian leg sleeve tattoo at IslandTAT San Diego

    Freehand Leg sleeve

    Maddy Leg sleeve

    Leg tattoo of a custom Manta Ray -composed freehand by Maddy

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    Polynesian arm sleeve tattoo by Maddy Tellez – IslandTAT San Diego

    Freehand Half sleeve

    Maddy Half sleeve

    Arm Sleeve composed freehand by Maddy

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    Polynesian arm sleeves tattoo by Joshawa Elsas – IslandTAT San DiegoHEALED

    Freehand Full sleeve

    Joshawa Full sleeve Healed

    Healed Polynesiantattoo done freehand by Joshawa — arm sleeves

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    Polynesian chest tattoo by Joshawa Elsas – IslandTAT San Diego

    Freehand Chest panel

    Joshawa Chest panel

    Freehand Polynesian tattoo flowing across the chest

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    Polynesian back pieces tattoo by Joshawa Elsas – IslandTAT San Diego

    Freehand Back piece

    Joshawa Back piece

    Composed freehand by Joshawa — back pieces

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    Polynesian leg sleeves tattoo by Joshawa Elsas – IslandTAT San DiegoHEALED

    Freehand Leg sleeve

    Joshawa Leg sleeve Healed

    Composed freehand by Joshawa — leg sleeves

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    Polynesian arm sleeve tattoo by Maddy Tellez – IslandTAT San Diego

    Freehand Half sleeve

    Maddy Half sleeve

    Arm Sleeve composed freehand by Maddy

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    Serving San Diego

    The studio works by appointment in San Diego, California. See the Polynesian tattoo San Diego page for hours, travel notes, and how projects are scheduled.