Below is the exact explanation of Benjamin, from Illinois about his tattoo: “While living in America it is very easy to become assimilated with others in the country. I am not saying to avoid it, but I wanted something to give me a reminder of where I came from. My parents raised me in a household in [...]

Not a fully blooded Pinoy, BD from Lakeview, is still full-blooded by heart. He is extremely proud of being Pinoy and his 2nd tattoo (as seen above) and definitely this will not be his last tattoo because he is coming for more. He had his 3 stars and a sun around his sleeves in tribal [...]

Patriotism with your university is very common especially if you are very proud with your school. Angelo Barreto, which is obviously one proud San Beda student, came up with this tribal lion tattoo as a representation of his Alma Mater.  Like his tattoo, San Beda students and graduates are considerably kings and queens of industries. [...]

This tattoo of Joel Roque represents how hardworking and patriotic he is as Filipino. The 3 Stars and a Sun represents his homeland’s flag..Philippine flag. It is also his reminder of where he came from and his heritage. In the middle of the Sun is the Tribal Water Buffalo which represents how hardworking and strong [...]

A powerful tattoo from Jaybee is what we have in the list. The tattoo is basically composed of Philippine and Australian flag with Filipino tribal markings. The letters are in “Baybayin” which is the anciet font of the Philippines and spells out his surname. He had his tattoo on his left arm. Custom Baybayin art and [...]

This wonderful and very artistic tattoo of Jay from California was a two session job made by Jim which he would like to thank. The original tattoo was consisted of dreamcatcher and old tribal band. Jim did some magic, blended the tribal sun, moon and stars and viola, the tattoo came up that way.

A Filipino tribal tattoo by Alex Figueroa of Dream Jungle Tattoos in Long Beach, CA. Filipinos are also known for these tribal tattoos which was originated long before their ancestral.  Tribal tattoos were used before until now as an identity between groups and clusters. This also shows fierce and loyalty at the same time.

Norman from San Diego, California wants to give tribute to Tha Kuya for this wonderful and very creative tribal tattoo they did on his half sleeve. Tha Kuya did the tattoo for 9 hours and came up with a very symbolical Neo tribal tattoo as seen in the photo. Norman recommends Tha Kuya for those [...]

Half-done, this tribal tattoo of Mikey from San Diego, California is a free-hand work by Tha Kuya at Islandtat. The Lakas in an aggressive bamboo style was his own idea and the others were ideas of Kuya. Shark teeth is also visible in his tattoo. Mikey is still planning to put bamboo leaves, binig patter [...]

A very masculine and strong tattoo is what Francis of Tempe, Az had for us in this photo. Engraved in his biceps are the images of Philippine tribal flag and skull binding the flag at the middle. At the top of the tribal Philippine flag are the 3 stars and a sun. This one is [...]