Malakas neck tattoo
May 29, 2008 by Christian · 2 Comments
Lorial from NYC uploaded a photo of her malakas Baybayin neck tattoo.
The background behind the tat is; the first one i got was the strength character in Chinese.
one i am not too proud of since i learned that it is a common tat – but it is what it is. i wanted
to keep with the theme and thought that the Baybayin translation spoke to the struggle i have had
being adopted from the Philippines and raised by a white American family. much of the pain has
been my disconnect from my birth culture and practically non existent knowledge of the tongue.
Filipino Playboy model – Kat Longa
May 26, 2008 by Christian · 10 Comments
Here are some photos of Baybayin designs I did for Filipino Playboy model, Kat Longa. On her neck is Maganda (beautiful), Nanay (mother), and Anak na babae (daughter).
Kat also wanted to see how the tattoo would look, so I added the Baybayin scripts over a photo she sent in.
Her wrist says Ate (big sister).
Some photos of Kat
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PinoyTattoos.com article feature
May 26, 2008 by Christian · 1 Comment
PinoyTattoos.com was featured in the Contra Costa Times today along with Bay Area tattoo artists.
Here’s an excerpt of the article:
Christian Cabuay of Walnut Creek, founder of PinoyTattoos.com, is fluent in a Filipino script called Baybayin. Although he is not a tattoo artist, his artistic skills and in-depth knowledge have made him a go-to guy for one-of-a-kind Baybayin designs suitable for body art.
Baybayin, a writing system used in the pre-Spanish colonized society of the Philippines, uses specific characters for certain sounds as do other Asian languages. It has been popularly referred to as Alibata, but Cabuay says that isn’t the correct term.
Beautiful Struggle ribs tattoo
May 25, 2008 by Christian · 4 Comments
Melissa sent in 2 photos of her Baybayin tattoos. The one on her ribs is Magandang Laban.
Inked at Humble Beginnings in San Jose, CA
Family Baybayin hand tattoo
May 22, 2008 by Christian · 4 Comments
Here’s a sweet looking Baybayin hand tattoo of Family (PA-MI-YA). Sent in by Mark E. from the Pinoy Tattoos Myspace page. Send in your photo.
