Poseidon
This Poseidon piece was done a while ago, and the client recently sent me a healed photo
—one year later, it had settled beautifully into the skin. That’s one of my favorite parts of tattooing: seeing how a piece holds up over time. For this tattoo, I used a reference from a statue in Rome that really captured what I was going for. Strong and calm, but with something wild underneath.
I’ve always been drawn to the stories of Poseidon. Not just as the god of the sea, but as a complex figure—powerful and unpredictable. When the gods divided the world, he took the ocean. And with it, everything deep, shifting, and untamed. His trident wasn’t just a symbol—it could cause storms, shake the earth, and remind everyone that nature doesn’t ask permission. He appears throughout myth—challenging Athena, shaping cities, fathering heroes—but what stays with me is the contrast in him. Calm and chaos. Beauty and danger. Like the sea itself.
Explore the statue reference here: https://www.museicapitolini.org/en/collezioni/percorsi_per_sale/palazzo_nuovo/sala_di_poseidone/statua_colossale_di_poseidone
Jorge