Tattoo design (1 Viewer)

Russ Jones

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• Aug 2, 2011

• #1

A friend and I are trading services, he is a photographer and I'm a tattoo artist. In exchange for him doing my wedding photos I am going to design and tattoo a custom piece of his two favorite birds. Here's the concept drawing, the tattoo will be on his arm and will be black and greywash with some white highlights, no Colour. Comments and constructive criticism welcome and appreciated

R~

 

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timwootton

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• Aug 2, 2011

• #2

Great drawings Russ - super design.

 

Strandman

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• Aug 2, 2011

• #3

timwootton said:

Great drawings Russ - super design.

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fantastic design and good call on the colours

one question- does the beak look a bit short/snub on the lower eagle? might be accurate FAIK of the species, just thinking how it will look in situ

 

Russ Jones

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• Aug 2, 2011

• #4

Thanks guys.

Ed, to be honest I have never seen a harpy or Philippine eagle so I only had photos from the net to go by, however I think I have it pretty close. The massive beak of the Philippine eagle makes most others look pretty refined in comparison. It should also be noted that when the image is wrapped around the arm it will stretch it out slightly, adding a bit of length. Aldo, this is just a concept, the final piece will likely be a bit different.

Cheers!

Russ

 

Last edited: Aug 2, 2011

birdboybowley

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• Aug 2, 2011

• #5

Great drawings indeed Russ - two of the best eagles in the world!! But I do agree with Ed that the Harpy's bill is a little off..it needs a deeper arch to the culmen and a bigger 'hook' - check some more pics as they have quite a large bill too, just not as massive as the Philippine. Gotta get it right as you can't paint over it when it's finished and doesn't look right like we can!!

Here's a couple that might give a better idea:
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=ha...&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:19&biw=1280&bih=572
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=ha...t=19&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:19&tx=91&ty=78

 

Last edited: Aug 2, 2011

colleenc

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• Aug 3, 2011

• #6

wow beautiful drawing...sheesh that is a massive big beak on that photo

 

Russ Jones

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• Aug 7, 2011

• #7

Thanks for the comments! After looking at a few harpy shots I have to agree that it needs a bit of attention on the beak, and the "eyebrow" also needs to be more subtle. Thanks for the input, I'll post the finished tattoo when it's done.

Cheers,

Russ

 

JTMB

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• Aug 7, 2011

• #8

Superb drawings - anxious to see the final version (and the work on your friend after it's done, if he's willing...!). Certainly will be a unique tat!

 

timwootton

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• Aug 7, 2011

• #9

I'll bet you get commissioned to re-work this piece time and time again, Russ. Lovely piece of work.

 

Lykos

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• Aug 11, 2011

• #10

excellent...love it :t: