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

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Series Paintings


Anotherfemalefigure,thisonewithalargetraditional
style American eagle as the prominent secondary
element.Sheisoneofapair,theothergirlfeaturingan
Asian style tiger. To reinforce the idea of a set of
paintings, this girl has faded tattoos of a tiger and
bamboo, whereas the other girl has an eagle tattoo
acrossherchest.Thetattoosweredonetolookfadedas
to not compete with the other detail elements of the
painting.Theheadscarfhasapaisleypattern,andthe
bottomportionofabroachisshowingthatmatchesher
necklace. Her earring features another traditional
Americantattootheme,oftenreferredtoasthe“Sailor’s
Grave,”asinkingshiponroughwaters.Thespiderweb
waschosenasthebackgroundtopulltheviewer’seyeto
herface.Thispaintinganditscompanionpieceareboth
15”×20”(38cm×51cm).Theyweredoneininkand
liquid acrylic on cold-pressed illustration board.

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