Showing posts with label tattoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tattoo. Show all posts

Saturday, September 25, 2010

The Latest In Body Modification

Once you've covered every square inch of skin with ink and pierced everything that can be pierced, what's left to modify? Why, your skull of course! Introducing the See-Thru Skull Plate! Now when someone says, "Whassamatter pal, ain'tchoo got no brain?" you can proudly point to the plate glass window in your head and say, "Why yes I do!" 

Features shatter proof tempered glass, stainless steel frame and industrial grade gaskets to prevent leaks. Available at finer tattoo parlors everywhere.

This is a vector drawing, drawn all in InDesign.



 This illustration went through a lot of versions and revisions. Like always, it started out as a sketch.


 
Which then led to this drawing. I stared at it for a week or so, and decided I just didn't like it. There was just something about it that I didn't like. I think part of the problem was that he looked more like a cliched jungle tribesman than an urban body mod enthusiast.

 
So I tried again. I got rid of his unruly mop of hair and gave him a shaved head, and that seemed to help.

Monday, August 30, 2010

The Dragon With The Girl Tattoo

Hey, look! It's a dragon! And he just came from the tattoo parlor!

I know absolutely nothing about the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo movie; I just heard the title and thought it would be com-o-dee to reverse it. Hopefully it's not some kind of porno.

I realized halfway through the drawing that if I put a tattoo on the dragon's arm it would have to be so small that you'd never be able to see it. It didn't make sense to put it on his side or anywhere else. So rather than scrap that comedy gold of a title, I decided to magnify it in a cartoon balloon.

The dragon (and his tattoo) is a vector drawing, drawn all in InDesign.

I struggled mightily with the background color for this one. Originally it was a dark red, but I had to turn that layer off because it was pan-searing my eyes as I worked on it. I tried color after color and somehow they all looked good to me. I finally narrowed it down to yellow and green, and ultimately picked yellow. Here's the green version for posterity.

Sorry, no real sketch to speak of this time. I sort of drew it on the fly.
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