here's some recent work
I decided that ill put up my summer stuff first,
then I'll put my previous year's work
Commission for a friend done July 2010
This is gonna be her First Big Tattoo. (her whole right arm)
She wanted
+ an Angel
+ with flowers and dragon snappers
+ show 'compassion'
+ show 'giving more than what you get'
This was the final design I cam e up with. I'll follow up with the sketches.
I saw this tattoo on her skin for the first time today (first day of school)
it felt awesome. having your art on someone. permanently
in different styles (inferno (barry moser), cherubim, typical tattoo, abstract.. etc)
while trying to show the compassion, the sacrifice, and the dragonsnappers
then on the next sheet, it was a detailed study of one pose and all possible parts attached to it. like a toy model manual. with notes and captions. haha.
then i found a pose to stick with
and with photocopying and re-editing
i kept changing limbs, hair, wings, plants
til i ended up with this