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

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 ...

STEP 3:Refine the Composition Once the placement of the main images has been established,thedetailingofthedrawingcanbegin.The wi ...

referencematerialisfacing.Lookingatthedrawingin reverseisalsoagoodwaytocheckthedrawingforany errors,astheyoftenbecomemoreobvious ...

depth.Ablackandgraybackgroundwaschosentomake theaccentcolorspop.Blackandbrownwereusedinthe wings,but nowhite.Usingwhitepigmentac ...

STEP 5:Add Final Details Itwasdecidedthattheinnerarmareawasnotneededfor thecraneandcobraidea,andwassavedtoputinathing of beauty, ...

backgroundwasdrawnintofitinwiththerestofthe tattoo. With this final addition, the tattoo is complete. ...

Completed Tattoo, Arm Here you see the crane and cobra in conflict, with neither beingthe obvious victor. Thiswas intentional du ...

From Sketch to Tattoo DRAGON In this demonstrationyou’ll see howa dragon tattoo beginsasadrawingandendsupthefinishedtattooon ski ...

STEP 1:Apply the Stenciled Design to the Skin Thisisthepaperstencilbeingappliedtotheskin.This stencil is made by using a machine ...

STEP 2:Adjust and Modify as Needed Thepurplepattern isleftontheskin fromthestencil paper.Atthis stageanyadjustmentsand modificat ...

The Finished Outline Tattooed Into the Skin Notehowthemainoutlineofthebodyofthedragonis heavier,andthescalesandthehairareathinne ...

The Finished Tattoo, Front View Notehowtheorangeandyellowofthebelly,back,beard andeyebrows contrastwiththebluewaterto pullthe dr ...

scalesforaddedinterest,andtheeyesweredonewithout pupils for a more mysterious look. ...

Adding Interest to the Composition KOI AND WATER Koiareaverypopularthemeintattooingandfromabout 2010 seemed to accelerate to the ...