Creative Growth Zone
In this project, my goal was to push beyond my creative comfort. My plan was to succeed a tattoo that is more difficult in design. My media choice was fake skin and dark purple ink. The tools I used during this project include: tattoo machine, tattoo ink, gloves, aquaphor. I was unfamiliar with tattooing and I decided to give myself a challenge.
I was inspired by an iconic horror movie character from the movie Elvira: Mistress of the Dark. I wanted to incorporate the new school tattoo style into my final design and this is how the final developmental drawing turned out.
Thumbnail sketches
Practice Work
Above are examples of tattoo pieces I practiced on fake skin so I could have some experience before diving into the final piece. The image on the left shows my practice in line-work, and the image on the right shows my practice with shading.
Final Piece
This is my final piece. I really enjoyed the outcome and the overall process of it. I used a feathering technique for the shading to show the light to dark.