Um I hope this is an okay place to put this. I’ve always wanted to get a tattoo and now I finally have some capital to get one. I really want it to be something special in regards to personal meaning and creativity, so I drew something up myself.
http://i.imgur.com/6AaFjGc.jpg
(If anyone was wondering it’s a blend of a piece of Banksy’s Graffiti mixed with a vectorized picture from the beach that I grew up. Kind of like a home is where the heart is mix-up. Kinda cliche I know)
( http://gdb.rferl.org/0CD0FFF1-EECA-49A5-81D3-B13DBD380CAD_mw1024_n_s.jpg – the original inspiration)
I want to get it on my chest so I did a little Photoshopping to see how it would potentially end up.
http://i.imgur.com/fnjakRQ.jpg
Now I know for the most part that I might not be able to achieve such vivid colors and that fading would occur even if I did. I’m just wondering if anyone thinks it has decent potential even with the inevitable wear and tear?
Is it too cartoony? Should I maybe try for a more realistic look or would the details be too fine and end up looking like blurred blobs?
Thanks for you’re time, any thoughts are appreciated.
@Spookyghost 125566 wrote:
Is it too cartoony? Should I maybe try for a more realistic look or would the details be too fine and end up looking like blurred blobs?
Yes and yes but go for it anyways and get it touched up in ten years
@Spookyghost 125566 wrote:
Is it too cartoony? Should I maybe try for a more realistic look or would the details be too fine and end up looking like blurred blobs?
Maybe a little too cartoony. I’m not sure someone would be able to tell exactly what it is once the image is transferred to ink. Maybe adding in some more detail to the water and the break wall would be better. Just my opinion 🙂
Where did you grow up? It looks a lot like the break walls that are on Lake Huron in Michigan where I grew up.
@Spookyghost 125639 wrote:
Thank you everyone for the critics and thoughts. I think I’ll go back to the original picture and bring out some more detail. I’m actually from Myrtle Beach, It’s less of a break wall and more of poorly rendered sand haha.
Also thanks for the welcome. :3
Welcome to forum mate.
Something similar has been done, so you can get a jist of what it might look like 🙂
@Spookyghost 125639 wrote:
It’s less of a break wall and more of poorly rendered sand haha
The dark gray thing in the entire right side of the image is not a wall or dock?
@Thaela 125651 wrote:
The dark gray thing in the entire right side of the image is not a wall or dock?
Ah yes it’s a pier, sorry for the misunderstanding. It’s Springmaid Pier to be exact.
@Spookyghost 125656 wrote:
Ah yes it’s a pier, sorry for the misunderstanding. It’s Springmaid Pier to be exact.
ah ok, good – I thought I was losing my mind for a minute there lol
You should take a look at the posting that g3n0m just put up with the link to some 3D tattoos. There are a couple of examples there that are a little like the effect that I think you might be going for, with the picture kinda looking like it is below the skin, if that makes sense. Not with the ‘skin rips’ but the openings. Have a look.
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