Illustration Friday 03.10.2006 - "Tattoo"
Tattoos and I go way back. Not that I have any. My skin is surprisingly ink free. I just never really like anything I've drawn well enough to want it on my skin forever.
I have, however, drawn a few for people over the years. The first one was for my former co-worker Pat from my theater days. It was done before I had any art training beyond High School and it pains me to think of it still out there, somewhere. The second was for my mom. There may have been one or two other that I'm forgetting about that I would have drawn around that time.
More recently I did a tattoo for my brother that I documented extensively in an earlier post. I also drew a few requests, but I have no idea if they were ever actually inked or not.
That said, I had a fairly large pool of old art to choose from for this week's word, but I decided to draw something new. Isn't that special? I also saved three steps of it this time as well. The amazement never stops, does it? Oh yeah! At the end of that I'm also including the few art files that I still have for my other tattoo drawings. It's a tattoo extravaganza! Woot! So, here we go. All images are clickable to be viewed larger and comments are cherished like wondrous children that I don't have to feed.
Step 1: Sketch it out.
Step 2: Do the lines.
Step 3: Add the colors, change the border.
Yay.
Now the old stuff:
My brother's tattoo.
A design that I made for Justin Kuhn to his specifications.
And finally, this is something I made for someone whose name I completely forget.
Now that should be plenty of tattoo stuff for you. Have a great week everyone!
I have, however, drawn a few for people over the years. The first one was for my former co-worker Pat from my theater days. It was done before I had any art training beyond High School and it pains me to think of it still out there, somewhere. The second was for my mom. There may have been one or two other that I'm forgetting about that I would have drawn around that time.
More recently I did a tattoo for my brother that I documented extensively in an earlier post. I also drew a few requests, but I have no idea if they were ever actually inked or not.
That said, I had a fairly large pool of old art to choose from for this week's word, but I decided to draw something new. Isn't that special? I also saved three steps of it this time as well. The amazement never stops, does it? Oh yeah! At the end of that I'm also including the few art files that I still have for my other tattoo drawings. It's a tattoo extravaganza! Woot! So, here we go. All images are clickable to be viewed larger and comments are cherished like wondrous children that I don't have to feed.
Step 1: Sketch it out.
Step 2: Do the lines.
Step 3: Add the colors, change the border.
Step 4 (the final): Tweak it a bit until I hat it less than I did at step 3.
Yay.
Now the old stuff:
My brother's tattoo.
A design that I made for Justin Kuhn to his specifications.
And finally, this is something I made for someone whose name I completely forget.
Now that should be plenty of tattoo stuff for you. Have a great week everyone!
Comments
It would also make a great "crew" shirt. On big jobs, each crew (grips, transpo, camera) will make up their own shirts and sell them.