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Published: 2008-03-05 03:36:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 7855; Favourites: 70; Downloads: 154
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This is a tattoo Abby saw on Tattooed Morrigan's page. We were supposed to do a different tattoo today but she messaged her about getting her Geisha design as a tattoo and since we got a response back so soon we decided to do that one today instead. I changed the design slightly. First off i reversed it because she wanted it on her right ankle and it needed to face forward. Next i did the eyes green because i wanted to shade the face with light blue to give it a white(ish) look. I did the fan a bit different because i was never a fan of the way gray ink looked in the skin (white and black mix), i don't mean gray shading. I also added a bit of red to the fan. I did the green line work in the dress a bit darker in places to make the mint green show a bit better. The whole tattoo ended up taking about 4 hours. I took my time and had some fun with it. It's not a race, it's a beauty contest.Other than that, i left the design untouched as far as the actual design was drawn because it was very well drawn to begin with.
Thanks to TattooedMorrigan for allowing us to use your design. It was alot of fun.
TattooedMorrigan is here - [link]
The original drawing is here - [link]
I put together another in progress thingamabob along with a few close ups of details for people to check out.
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I noticed when i was posting the photos that i forgot the yellow highlights in the green of the eyes which i'm a lil' pissed about. But, AH Well.
My Tattoo and Drawing gallery is here - [link]
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Thank you. I can't take credit for the actual design. But i had alot of fun doing the piece. Thanks for the comments.
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thanks man. It was a really fun piece to do.
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it shows when people say they had fun on the piece the work looks more alive and very fun
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Wow, that is another stunning piece. That is some smooth shading! The qualtiy is outstanding!
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Thanks. really happy you like it!
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Another really well done piece! The black is so smooth it makes me sick! I thought this was a cute design by Ellie as well...she must be stoked! I wish I had some criticism...the only thing I maybe see is that you maybe should have outlined the tiny flowes in the hair a little bit bigger to compensate for losing some of the inside space for black being put all around it...get what I'm trying to say...I'm not quite as eloquent as you are...again, I totally love and appreciate how you take the time to take pics of your process and post them...that's very time consuming I'm sure. You rule!
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Well thank you. I agree on the flowers too. I always hit the middle of the line on small stuff instead of the outside edge of the line on the stencil. Donno if that makes sense. The same happened in the right eye, the small white spots were too closed in. Then i forgot the yellow highlights in the eye too. The wooden thingys in her hair too, the right one is too closed in at the tip. Not enough green above her left knee where the dress is, the dress splits and the lack of green makes it look like you see her upper leg there instead of the part in the dress. In my opinion, the white highlight on the very top puff of her hair doesn't look like it belongs there. The thick side parts of the fan... the line work in the top one is a bit hollow. The bottom left side of her face the blue should be darker brushing towards the lip. I could go on and on. See!! I can do it too! I was always a fan of the step by steps, it allows me to pick apart my work one step at a time instead of looking at a finished photo and not seeing the stuff i fixed or disguised with shading or color. I especially like line work photos because i get to see things in photos i didn't catch during the tattoo. Even if the tattoo is going to be filled in solid black i try to do the outline as clean as possible instead of leaving it alone and tucking some shading up against the mistakes to hide it. If you do line work knowing you want to take photos of it when it's done, you'll try harder on it. If you just take pics of the finished product, you'll take short-cuts and end up teaching yourself bad habits cuz you find ways to hide sloppiness. Try it from time to time, you'll see what i mean. It helps alot.
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I actually started out taking pics of the linework and then the finished product on every single tattoo...not sure when or why I stopped diong this (I think it was about after my 20th). And it's so true, you see so much more in the pics than in real life! So it is great to look them over and see where you have to improve. Taking pictures is a whole other artform...still gotta practice on that! Do you look at your pic right away after you've done the lining, so that you can correct any booboos you see there, or just use it as a learning experience after the fact?
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No, actually when i do take line work pics (which isn't as often as i should be) I usually snap the photos and keep going. When i feel i'm done, and looked it all over. I try to get in the habit of looking it over to make sure i caught everything, then moving to the next stage. I try to do it without having to find out in the pics just to see if i can spot it during the tattoo. Like the Geisha yesterday, after wiping and staring at it for 4 hours i thought i was done and didn't forget anything. I took countless pictures of it, wiped it down, took more pics, And didn't see that i left the yellow out of the eyes until i was posting the photos. I submitted it and when it popped up on the screen for the first time that's when i noticed it. It's always like that seems like. So I keep trying to find those things before the camera catches it. Doesn't work that well though lol.
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Thanks man, i appreciate the coments.
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wow looks good as a tattoo. Its funny cause in if you look in my gallery the hand drawn version of the geisha had green eyes too lol. Looks amazing. I am so glad you liked my design enough to tattoo it. looks Amazing!
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Awesome. Really happy you like it. And yes, it was a really cool piece and a bunch of fun to do. Thanks again.
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you guys are more then welcome! especailly seeing as how well it turned out.
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