Shoulder Piece – Teach Me To Tattoo

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- October 11, 2012 at 10:30 pm #15082
  
  KitchenWizard
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  Not sure if there’s going to be any background work done here, so consider it a completed piece. Apple blossoms were stenciled, vines were drawn freehand with a Sharpie then tattooed.
  
  http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r44/TreadstoneArt/shoulder2.jpg
  
  http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r44/TreadstoneArt/sleeve-1.jpg
- November 13, 2012 at 12:00 am #22059
  
  imported_canvasyou
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  Try to add some depth – not just solid color!
  Just a suggestion…
  Gradients!
  make it more interesting as well as variation in outline depth / width
- November 14, 2012 at 9:44 pm #22060
  
  Rees
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  @canvasyou wrote:
  
  Try to add some depth – not just solid color!
  Just a suggestion…
  Gradients!
  make it more interesting as well as variation in outline depth / width
  
  I agree, fairly solid outline, litte gradiation in the flowers, but the vine is just so packed bright green. It could use some shaded depth and perhaps even some white highlights here and there. Solid work though.
- November 15, 2012 at 12:27 am #22061
  
  nytemareh
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  Some shading and some highlights would have set this off.
- November 15, 2012 at 8:16 am #22058
  
  robroy289
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  I would have liked to have seen some shadowing of the vine that would have been nice… And sometimes you don’t have to pack so much color into a piece. It is solid and has great line work!!
- November 22, 2012 at 2:13 am #22062
  
  ic3qu33n
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  i agree with the shading vs color packing, i suffer sometimes too but im learning… the shadow along the vine probably could help it out a little bit, or maybe a complimenting diff color of green on the vine? or a yellow?
- February 10, 2013 at 9:45 am #22063
  
  gregtatts
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  Looks brilliant dude
- February 10, 2013 at 9:57 am #22064
  
  Ramenuzumaki
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  looks good bro
  outline is pretty solid
  blossoms lookin good :)
  what you should try next time is make a grey wash either premade in bottles or in your ink cups
  use a medium to soft grey shading, and colour OVER TOP of the shade
  this is called top shading
  you will see the black through the pigment of the green and it will give the effect of having a green gradation without having to actually use different greens or mix colours :)
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