Right so I have never had any formal training or anything like that in art so forgive all my technical flaws in my drawings and sketches. However I am learning slowly but surely, little techniques to try and help improve my drawings. My first love is obviously tattoo art, however in order to become better at that I am now trying to learn techniques of sketching, such as learning proportions of the human anatomy.
Throughout this blog I am going to update you with drawings and sketches that I am working on throughout the weeks, trying out new styles and techniques for shading etc.
Praying Hands
Here is
a drawing that I started and finished on Thursday morning when I woke up and had an hour to kill. I find hands really interesting and especially praying hands within tattoo art. This is primarily because I think this image is incredibly delicate and also the symbolism it has within tattooing is inspirational. As a tattoo, many people get it to commemorate a loved one that has died as a way to symbolize that the deceased will forever be in their prayers. My favourite artist for this particular design is Marco Cerretelli, one of my main ambitions with my art is to one day be half as good at designing praying hands as that artist.
Sailors Grave
Here is my second attempt at drawing for this project. It is another very traditional tattoo design. The Sailor’s Grave symbol included an anchor, life preserver, or a perching, spread eagle, but its defining characteristic was the sinking ship, still partially visible above the surface of the water. The design stems from a long tradition of sailor memorials and it commemorates the men and ships that have been lost at sea. This type of design, and others of the maritime school, were typically done with heavy outlines and dark shading. With this drawing I have tried to keep to the traditional characteristics of the design. The main thing I like with my design, is the shading as i really took my time to build up the shading on the design.
Throughout this blog I am going to update you with drawings and sketches that I am working on throughout the weeks, trying out new styles and techniques for shading etc.
Praying Hands
Here is
a drawing that I started and finished on Thursday morning when I woke up and had an hour to kill. I find hands really interesting and especially praying hands within tattoo art. This is primarily because I think this image is incredibly delicate and also the symbolism it has within tattooing is inspirational. As a tattoo, many people get it to commemorate a loved one that has died as a way to symbolize that the deceased will forever be in their prayers. My favourite artist for this particular design is Marco Cerretelli, one of my main ambitions with my art is to one day be half as good at designing praying hands as that artist.Sailors Grave
Here is my second attempt at drawing for this project. It is another very traditional tattoo design. The Sailor’s Grave symbol included an anchor, life preserver, or a perching, spread eagle, but its defining characteristic was the sinking ship, still partially visible above the surface of the water. The design stems from a long tradition of sailor memorials and it commemorates the men and ships that have been lost at sea. This type of design, and others of the maritime school, were typically done with heavy outlines and dark shading. With this drawing I have tried to keep to the traditional characteristics of the design. The main thing I like with my design, is the shading as i really took my time to build up the shading on the design.Okay so here is my attempt at the classic western style owl design, thia design symbolises wisdome and is incredibly popular with modern western tattooists, i basically sketched it and then decided to use watercolour pencils to add some colours to it. I think I am getting better. 
