Tattoo Help

[BWSmith]

A herper friend is getting inked up his arm. This is basically the first band. He would really like some input on what to expand with it. Figured it would give bored photoshop people something to play with

http://redtailboa.net/pp/data/3774/8468tatweb.jpg

[doenoe]

a tribal!!!
everyone needs a tribal :D

here something i drew just now, cause i was bored and hadnt drawn a tribal for a long time. Just a little sketch. Sorry about the quality, but i had to take a pic of it, since i misplaced my scanner.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/713Tribal.jpg

Good luck with the hunt
Greetz Daan

[marisa]

If I was getting a "fleshy" colored tat like that I would go with red ink to expand or something earthy looking.

Marisa

[peterm15]

talk to some tattoo parlors alot of the artists are designers as well... theyll make it better as well as the size you want..... thats gonna be ALOT of money...

[legolas]

love the picture. it will cost a lot and will probably be done over a few sessions.......well worth the pain though.

[legolas]

you should have the whole tattoo done in black. it would look awesome.

[BWSmith]

Daan, did you just draw that freehand? Very nice.

Btw, I am not theone getting inked. I am too skinny, the needle would hit bone :D

[doenoe]

yes i did draw that freehand and thank you.
If the guy would consider a tribal, it probably would look best with a background color or a shade kinda thingie and the tribal done i another color then black (think the red color that marisa said would look nice), else the tribal would get the focus of attention and i dont think thats the idea.
anyways, good luck again
Greetz Daan

[sneaky_boa]

Is this the first step of a sleeve? If so, then he/she really needs to be thinking longer term than just that one item. When I was planning my 'socks' it took me over a year to get all the images connected so it would look right, and I had A LOT of help from my artist (they're usually a wealth of ideas if he/she's going to a good one). Otherwise you end up with a bunch of disconnected items and no real theme.

As for expanding on just that....I would suggest keeping a cohesive theme, stick with the same type of artistry. Think biomechanical, there's a great line of work out there based on that of the artist H.R. Giger (do a google; though not many tat artists can do this style). I think something like that would be amazing.

[sneaky_boa]

Giger's actual art (taken from www.hrgiger.com)

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/6632gigerart.jpg

and some tattoo work (taken from www.bmezine.com)
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/6632bettergiger-med.jpg

(first time posting images....hope it worked!)

[legolas]

very nice tattoo. that must have taken ages to complete.

[sneaky_boa]

I wouldn't know...it's not my work! I just used it to illustrate the type of tat that I think would compliment the type of band that the guy is starting with!

[mykee]

I think that www.bmezine.com is a great resource for ideas, you can browse tats under a list of themes. Great site for getting ideas, and it's Canadian!!

[legolas]

i get my tattoos done in london, england. i prefer ones with no colour. the colour fades too quickly, especially white. they do become addictive so be warned. lol.

[chas*e]

MOM....is always a good choice ..if you have a Mother..and you ever plan to do time