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December 20, 2009 at 1:42 pm #77508

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If you’d like me to, I can make a more detailed sketch for you and incorporate the additions to the cross that the tattoo artist made into the design. 🙂

December 4, 2009 at 11:24 am #75993

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Yes, it would be possible.

As I envision this, it’d make a great side tattoo. Quick sketch (didn’t find a more readable theme-fitting font in my list, so this will have to make do): Link

With shading, there would be rays of light behind the text, to make it easier to read and to make it look like she’s wading towards light. The little circles would be fireflies.

(Edited to replace image with link, it looked huge on here)

December 4, 2009 at 10:10 am #75991

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There’s a “flash tattoos” section where you can post them, I still have to put my stuff there instead of in my introduction 😛 Looking forward to see your drawings!

December 4, 2009 at 8:13 am #75986

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Mine didn’t really itch a lot actually. I did wash it, but not under the shower. Everytime before I put on a new layer of ointment, I would rinse it carefully with a not-too-wet washcloth.

December 4, 2009 at 8:04 am #75982

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I thought you weren’t supposed to have too much water touch the tattoo until it has healed, to prevent colour loss? At least, that’s what my tattoo guy told me. I had a rough time trying to keep the shower water away from my tattoo for a week or so :/

December 3, 2009 at 9:21 pm #75857

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Heehee, thanks for the compliments 🙂

I don’t really see many options to mask those rays other than wings, or maybe vines as miss_ivy suggested. Or a crown of thorns. You could have two snakes wrapped around the cross, but that would be kind of a contrast (with snakes being evil in the Bible) and I don’t know if that’s something you want 😛
What do you mean with wrapping them around the bottom?

Some more wings and a crown-of-thorns:
– Droopy wings (I personally like this one best)
– Spread across shoulders one and two
– Crown of thorns

December 3, 2009 at 3:19 pm #75879

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This raised a few questions with me, to be honest…

Since when do TV producers use Hotmail and cell phone numbers to receive applications for a new show?
Also, since when does the (vague) ad for a new show not even mention which producer/channel is producing it?
Also, why is the name of the show not capitalized in the introduction to your ad?
Also, if this would be serious, then why would you ask this on a forum with very few Belgians instead of just visiting the more prominent tattoo shops in Antwerp?

December 3, 2009 at 12:46 pm #75877

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As for the dragon, maybe you could turn it into a full dragon instead of just the head and neck, and have it wrap around your arm. The place where the neck stops right now would be a good starting point for a wing.

December 3, 2009 at 12:38 pm #75876

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I think grindcore is too fast to be “heavy”. When I hear that word, things like the chorus of Machine Head’s “Davidian” come to mind rather than Annotations (whose new album does rock, btw). Or Amon Amarth’s “The Pursuit Of Vikings”.

Also, that kid is too cute! 😀

December 3, 2009 at 11:05 am #75893

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Poor you. That looks like the “artist” didn’t even stencil the diamonds on first. 🙁 The biggest diamond looks like a purse because it’s duplicated, it looks like two 2D layers instead of a 3D diamond with a shadow.

Maybe, just maybe a good tattoo artist would be able to mask that horror by adding decent shading, if you really want the diamonds instead of a complete cover-up. Good luck finding the best solution, and give the amateur who did that tattoo a knee in the balls from me.

December 3, 2009 at 10:04 am #75889

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The problem is that it’s too high up, wrap-around wings like in that example tattoo would end up in your neck. Here’s a very quick sketch of what I would do to cover up the rays with wings:

Of course you can alter the size of them, make them spread out over your shoulders or droop like the ones in your example picture. The idea is just to connect the wings to the cross on the lowest leg, then transform the rays into the “arms” of the wings. I can draw up a few other wing positions too if you want.

December 2, 2009 at 11:31 pm #75850

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Superb, I’ll spend some time putting together a portfolio then, maybe I’ll look for a teacher in the first half of next year.

Frae;53916 wrote:

Hey again Vak 🙂

What kind of tats have you designed? Do you focus on any particular style? I’d love to know about your work 😀 Ah, you’re only up the road, we could probably go out for a beer sometime 😉

Beste

If you know the PandDemonium or De Rots bars in Antwerp, there’s a good chance you’ll find me there 😀 If you like rock/metal, you may want to check them out.

What kind of tattoos have I designed? I usually go for a sort of comic book style, with prominent black lines. I don’t have any good pictures of the tattoos themselves, but here are some designs:
L Butterfly – A very small and simple design for a friend who wanted a temporary tattoo of an L shaped like a butterfly.
Foot fairy – Made this as a foot tattoo for a friend, but she chickened out when she heard how much it would hurt to get it done.
Rose ankh – This one is on my back. Unfortunately the purple accents didn’t quite show through after scanning.
Celtic cross – Tattoo with some basic Celtic knotwork for a very close friend. It also has purple worked into it, which (again) didn’t show up in the scan.
Warbeast – This guy wasn’t designed to be a tattoo, but a friend liked him so much he got the drawing tattooed on his upper arm. It’ll become a half sleeve soon!

And just for fun, my latest non-tattoo bit of art: No ordinary fish

December 2, 2009 at 8:48 am #75829

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Joker1;53912 wrote:

I think most artists who are serious about apprenticing someone frown upon already tattooing someone without working in a shop.
I’ve never heard of someone having to show what tattoos they’ve already done to get an apprenticeship – most places will just require a well done portfolio.
Even when you get an apprenticeship, you might not touch needle to skin until 12 or more months later!

I don’t mean showing tattoos on people, wouldn’t even think about doing that until I’ve mastered everything perfectly. I meant showing bits of tattooed pig skin or something, as proof that you can already handle the needle and they won’t have to waste too much time and material teaching you. But now that I know they judge on portfolio, I’m a tad more confident 🙂

December 2, 2009 at 8:10 am #75825

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Very nice. I love how the real scar gives the tattoo some texture!

December 2, 2009 at 8:05 am #75824

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Thanks 🙂 It’s not a plan for the very near future (graduation is still 1.5 years away and I might do something else first to earn some money), I just want to be well informed beforehand.
I know we’re not allowed to ask for techniques and stuff, and I’m not going to because that’s the job of the guy who’ll teach me the ropes. I just needed to know whether or not to buy practice gear up front because I was fearing one of two things:
1) buying a starter kit and lots of pig skin, while I don’t need it. It’d cost me a lot and earn me nothing, and I can use that money for other things.
2) not buying said stuff, then going to a tattoo parlor to apply as an apprentice and getting asked “Okay, nice drawings, can you show us a tattoo you’ve done?”.

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