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

separates the elements and helps create brightness.
Althoughrectangular,thefactthattheedgeswouldbe
roundedoffwhen printedonaskateboardwaskeptin
mind,sonomajordetailswerepaintedin thecorners.
Thispaintingwasdonewithblackink,includingshades
ofgraycreatedbydilutingtheblack,thenthecolorwas
appliedwithliquidwatercolorsrightovertheblackink.
Usingpigmentthatistransparentoverablackandgray
paintingletstheundershadingshowthroughandadds
much more dimension to the painting.