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

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Onhisouterarm,theclientwantedanAmericaneagle
holdingaPurpleHeartandanAirborneinsignia,both
ofwhichhisgrandfatherearnedinhismilitarycareer.
Thecargoshippicturedbelowthatwasalsopartofhis
time in the service. Scuba diving was an activity the
clientenjoyedwithhisfather,soitwasalsoincludedin
the piece.


Theclientbroughtinreferencepicturesforeverything
except the eagle. The eagle is done in a traditional
American tattoo style, and was drawn from memory.

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