= BARRIO TATTOO = , or cultural tattoo, basically meaning a tattoo that is geared towards the latino population, or latino cultural tattoos, for people of other ethnicity's that love our culture almost as much as ourselves.

In the first pic Lady Xoc is making a self sacrificial blood offering on paper, and then burning in a bowl where the smoke serpent, or vision serpent is coming out of the flames from the bowl, where a Mayan warrior complete with shield and spear, is comming out of the serpents mouth, and Tlaloc the god of death is comming out of the head on the serpents tail. that tattoo was so intricate that you could see even the face on the necklace that the warrior is wearing - my original drawing from a design, from an ancient Mayan lintel. thier is not alot of tattooist that could even keep up with that even if they wanted too, quite a feat!. keep in mind this is on a forearm, not a very big one either

oh i almost forgot to mention this tattoo is very special because i will never do another one so complex again

PHOTOS DEL BARRIO