How Do I Create a Design?
Take some time and do it right…re-draw it…again. I think about the design…turn it over in my mind. Think about the individual. Where they want it. Re-draw it. The body. The movement. I want to make it fluid…a motion of art…a persuasive line…a burst of color…a subtle shade. Some times the images come out very organically…sometimes it is a hard delivery.
At this point in my career I have pretty sloppy sketches. I make a stencil out of my slop and I already see where the design needs to go in my head. When I apply it to the skin there are a few changes at that point…I can see what needs to be changed once it is on the flesh. Get a pen out and re-draw some stuff on the skin. Changes come through my hand during the application of the tattoo. Stop and think.
A lot of times I don’t even draw the design until a day before the clients appointment. That’s how I studied for a test at school. That seems to be how it works best. The urgency of the deadline. I become completely focused on the drawing. Of course all of the above doesn’t apply if I am doing a tazmanian devil.