The Drawing Designing Tattoo Art Creating Masterful Tattoo Art from Start to Finish by Fip Buchanan, Marc Balanky

Phoenix, Detail Inthisexamplethemainbodyofthephoenixwasputon thechestin thetraditionalshape of aJapanesechest panel.Thetailfeath ...

Japanesefolklore.Theideaforthecompositionwasthe client’s. ...

Transition from One Area of the Body Into Another Theoverallsideviewshowsthetransitionbetweenthe chestandtherib. Thefeatherstwis ...

Overcoming Common Obstacles SIZE Sometimesthesheersizeofanartprojectcanbevery overwhelming and intimidating. Whether it’s a gian ...

TIME CONSTRAINTS Whendoingbigtattoos,it’sbesttosetupbiweeklyor monthly appointments in advance with the client to encouragethemt ...

REFERENCE Don’t let your ego get in the way of using good referencematerial. Ifyou’re not surewhat something lookslike,taketheti ...

thenewtattoo.Eachcaseisdifferentandhastobedealt with accordingly. Sometimestherearesomanypre-existingtattoosinthe areathatyouwon ...

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No Problem Too Big Thisisagreatexampleofhowthesheersizeofapiece canbeintimidating.Whenthisclientcameinhewanted hisentirebackdone ...

Use Just Enough Detail to Keep It Interesting Thischestpanelisaverystraightforwarddesignwitha windbarbackground.Simple,right?But ...

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Working Around Previous Tattoos The solid black tattoos were already there when the client decided he wanted a sleeve done with ...

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Adding to Existing Work Theclientalreadyhadthetribaldragonbutwantedto add flowers. A traditional Japanese background was addedto ...

CHAPTER TWO From Sketch to Tattoo ...

After the consultation,the sketch is the next step to creatingatattoo.Work looseandfastwithyourinitial sketch to get the flow go ...

you see itroughed out on paper.So don’t investtoo muchtimeworkingoutadesignunlessyouaresatisfied with theinitialbasiccomposition ...

Planning Your Composition COBRA AND CRANE Theclientwhorequestedthistattoo chosethis subject matter due to the particular martial ...

STEP 1:Trace the Area Thefirststepaftertheinitialconsultationistotracethe areathatyouaredrawingthetattoofor.Thiswayitwill fitthe ...

STEP 2:Block In the Shapes Usingreferencematerialprovidedbytheclientandalso images that can be found online, draw in the basic s ...