469 – In Progress
session 2 – playing with texture
session 1
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VAMPIRA DRAWING
Half sleeve coming soon of this horror beauty! (pending clients approval)
DETAIL of half sleeve
DRAGON HALF SLEEVE – FINISHED
331 – 3 session 7.5 hours. me likes.
Session 3 – 1 1/2 hours (7.5 hours total )
Session 2 – 3 hours (6 total)
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Session 1 – 3 hours
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Lined with German Evolution Rotary (tight 7) and Swash Gen 4 ( 7) .
ISADOR DUNCAN meets ANIMAL LOVER meets CHAGALL
Sara has a lot of ideas for her half sleeve. WAAAY more than she needs. Luckly she is very flexible and open to my artistic direction. We decided to do A woman dancing (ala Isador Duncan) with a field of animals. We both also like the artist Marc Chagall so decided to see if we could throw his style in the mix.
Its always a challenge for me to draw in other artists style. Its just not something I enjoy doing. I don’t even really like tattooing flash but I think I figured out a way to make it all work. Im hoping she thinks so too.
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If you notice in the background the faint animals. I’m thinking of using these paintings as inspiration for the background of the piece.
As usual its up to her . Did I nail it or do I go back to the drawing board?
PANGALAY HALF SLEEVE SKETCHES
The rad thing about being a tattooer is one has the opportunity to explore new worlds. It feels much like doing research for a documentary. A client of mine wanted to do a tattoo that paid homage to his Filipino culture. He teaches a dance called Pangalay. I had never heard of it but he brought me a bunch of images and I was instantly excited.
I obviously used this one as a source but had to make the girl a little more sexy. I mean, drawing hot chicks is what I do.
Then using the idea of the dances signature out stretched fingers and brass nails I drew this other beauty. I added a modernized Hijab for extra points.
I think I’m in love (dont tell my girl hehe).
Assuming he loves it as much as me, stay tuned for the Tattoo as it progress.
NOTE: Once we started tattooing, I found I needed another figure so I drew up a few more hoping one would fit. Luckly it did. Click here to see the tattoo in progress.
