RE: my appologies if this offends you Guy
left is right after the session and right is after it healed
RE: my appologies if this offends you Guy
That's actually a Paul Booth design, not one of mine... and I do believe he did offer this as part of a set of flash designs, so as far as I know you haven't crossed any lines here in the "biting" department. But you will sometimes be confronted with a client request that does border on plagiarism. Many of these clients can be talked into doing a similar but original piece, once they've had a chance to hear a little bit about the importance of originality. In these cases, I recommend that you get a good look at the piece they want as a reference, then put it away before actually doing the drawing. Otherwise it's hard to make it very original. You can also look at other references, such as Victorian scrollwork or real leaves, while doing the drawing in order to strengthen the drawing.
As far as this execution goes, it's sharp linework and the shading appears smooth, and it looks like you got a good heal. The piece is all made of small busy shapes though... you would have done better yo enlarge the whole thing to use the entire shoulder cap, which would have given you a bigger face with better opportunities for detail. Then the leafwork needs to be simplified, maybe half this many leaves, to avoid that hairy look. Bigger shapes with more clarity make for a better tattoo and allow you to do more with the rendering.
RE: my appologies if this offends you Guy
as i read more of your book im starting to realize key things i need to work on. Mainly my FINISHED reference and stencil. for a long time i would create a very simple stencil and just do the detail as im doing the tattoo. that gave me a rep of taking forever. And i was never really satifisfied on any piece clients were but inside im like criticing evey inch. thinking back on this piece i can remeber how frustrated i was with the clearity of my stencil. Again thanks for the critiq sorry bout the mix up im learning about different artists everyday Paul Booth is another artist i'll be purchasing knowledge from in the future
