Tattoo - Fighting Temptation

A tattoo design I did over the last couple of weeks. The theme given me was "Fighting Temptation" that should include booze, women, and drugs. The design would begin just above the wrist of the forearm (therefore hidable), twisting up and out toward an existing tattoo on the client's elbow. The concept conveys the contrast between battling against personal temptations, and being consumed by them. Likewise, the two states are are flipped and pulling away from each other. Doves and crows, hope and gloom, are thrown in for good measure. The client's existing elbow tattoo will, after some future modification, represent the birth of his daughter - marking the event that changed his life and the transition to more uplifting tattoos on the upper arm sometime in the future. Enjoy :-)

Imps and Goblins

I've been able to complete some projects over the last couple of weeks. Here are some images done for a potential low budget goblin film. Doing the armor was challenging. I haven't spent much time drawing armors, but I enjoyed glimpsing into medieval armor to better understand how armor works at the joints, how it's fastened, and such. I also learned how trebuchets worked too. It's neat the way being asked to draw something very specific can lead you to learn about stuff you would otherwise never think about. It's also easy for me to get carried away reading about it :-) I finished up some tattoo designs (just the designs, I am not a tattoo artist) last week and will have them on here soon.