Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Sweet Trade Tattoo.

'Lil Hibiscus Anklet

'Lil Hibiscus Anklet by Trevor Kennedy.

"The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness."

Dalai Lama

Bird of Paradise Flowers

Bird of Paradise Flower by Trevor Kennedy.

"I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals."

Natalie du Toit

Red Ginger Flower

Red Ginger Flower by Trevor Kennedy.

"It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love."

Moliere

Lilly with Badass Bee

Lilly with Badass Bee by Adam Considine.

"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive."

Elbert Hubbard

Japanese Dragon

Japanese Dragon by Trevor Kennedy.

"Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative."
Donnie Yen

Japanese Samurai

Japanese Samurai by Trevor Kennedy.

"I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion."

Alexander the Great

Purple Orchids

Orchids by Adam Considine.

"Life is the flower for which love is the honey."

Victor Hugo

Polynesian Circle Rip

Polynesian Circle Rip by Trevor Kennedy.

"When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others."

Dalai Lama

Turtle & Polynesian Tattoo

Turtle & Polynesian Tattoo by Trevor Kennedy.

"My biggest hobby is hanging out with my family and kids."
Joel Osteen

Turtle Wave Hibiscus

Turtle Wave Hibiscus by Trevor Kennedy.

"Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do."
Vanessa Hudgens

Polynesian Turtle

Polynesian Turtle by Trevor Kennedy.

"It is always the simple that produces the marvelous."

Amelia Barr

Sea Turtle with Fish

Sea Turtle with Fish by Trevor Kennedy.

"I love my family."

Manute Bol

Fang Tiki

Fang Tiki by Adam Considine.

"Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected."

William Plomer

Hibiscus helps Lady Bug

Hibiscus (& touched-up old Lady Bug) by Adam Considine.

"When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free."

Charles Evans Hughes

Hook

Hook by Adam Considine.

"We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it."

Lauryn Hill

Chinese Bat

Chinese Bat by Trevor Kennedy.

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."

Steve Martin

Polynesian tattoo for family

Polynesian Family tattoo by Adam Considine.

"Family, nature and health all go together."

Olivia Newton-John

Tiki

Tiki by Adam Considine.

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."

Thomas Paine

VIDEO: Intro to Sweet Trade Tattoo

A quick introduction to us here at Sweet Trade Tattoo.

Secondary Colors

"Secondary Colors" by Adam Considine.

Painting:  oil on canvas.

"Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality."

Salvador Dali

Clara Heart & Roses

Clara Heart & Roses by Trevor Kennedy.

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

Emily Bronte

Polynesian Tattoo Video

A client made and shared this video on his experience at Sweet Trade Tattoo.  

The client came over 2 days to get a very large Polynesian arm piece tattoo by Trevor Kennedy.

Trevor specializes in Japanese and Polynesian tattoo.

Thank you so much for sharing!

Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms by Trevor Kennedy.

"The world is round so that friendship may encircle it."

Pierre Teihard de Chardin

Drunk Otter

Drunk Otter by Trevor Kennedy.

"I was built for the long run, not for the short dash, I guess."

William Shatner

3 Butterflies with Stars

3 Butterflies with Stars by Adam Considine.

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

George Elliot

"Happy Times"

"Happy Times" by Trevor Kennedy.

"Happiness seems made to be shared."

Pierre Corneille

Spaceship attacks palm tree

Spaceship attacks palm tree by Adam Considine.

"I have not yet begun to fight!"

John Paul Jones

Japanese Style Full Sleeve

Japanese style full sleeve tattoo by Trevor Kennedy.

“Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.”

Hans Urs von Balthasar

Japanese style chest piece

Japanese style tattoo (cover up) by Trevor Kennedy.

"If I have a style, I am not aware of it."

Michael Graves

Japanese Demon

Japanese Demon tattoo by Trevor Kennedy.

"If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth."

Logan Pearsall Smith

Name: Kuuipolani

Client's middle name, Kuuipolani, by Adam Considine.

"The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself."

Thales

Dragon Seahorse

Dragon Seahorse by Trevor Kennedy.

“Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.”

Virgil

Palm Tree Ocean Hibiscus Scene

Palm Tree Ocean Hibiscus Scene by Adam Considine.

"None but ourselves can free our minds."

Bob Marley

Plumeria Mountain Microphone

Plumeria Mountain Microphone by Adam Considine.

"Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night."

A. J. McLean

Tree with Roots

Tree with Roots by Trevor Kennedy.

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Pink Hibiscus Flower

Hibiscus Flower by Adam Considine.

"Colors are the smiles of nature."

Leigh Hunt

Plumeria Bird Branch

 Plumeria Bird Branch by Adam Considine.

"We do not remember days, we remember moments."

Cesare Pavese

Ghost Palm with Shell

Ghost Palm Tree with Seashell by Adam Considine.

(Client Alice's second tattoo from Sweet Trade.)

"Change brings opportunity."

Nido Qubein

Green Sea Turtle

Green Sea Turtle by Trevor Kennedy.

(Client Alice named her turtle Ernie.)

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

Walt Disney

Monarch Butterfly

Monarch butterfly with leaves tattoo by Adam Considine.

"It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile."

Arlen Specter

Hawaiian Hula Girl Pin-Up

Hula Girl by Trevor Kennedy.

"When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness."

Malcolm Forbes

Hibiscus & Bud

Hibiscus & bud tattoo by Adam Considine.

"What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream?"

Woody Allen

Shop Tags

So we were recently approached by a man with a new idea for tattoos.  He has/ will be going to all the tattoo shops on Maui, 25 in total, and receiving a 1.5 inch by 1.5 inch tattoo square from each place, he has deemed the "Shop Tag."

Below are some of the pictures from our experience with the "Shop Tag."

The drawing of Sweet Trade's "Shop Tag."

Adam doing the "Shop Tag."

Here you can see several of his "Shop Tags."

Sweet Trade's "Shop Tag" is in the last row, bottom (right).

Music with Skeleton

Music Skeleton by Trevor Kennedy.

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

Confucius

Here are some other pictures from this tattoo...

Ohana Hibiscus

Ohana Hibiscus by Adam Considine.

"I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other."

Jet Li

Small Polynesian arm tattoo

Polynesian arm tattoo by Trevor Kennedy.

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

Aristotle