Just a recap for those who tune in:

Project 001-Najwa's Snowflake: SHE GOT IT DONE. But...it wasn't colored. Apparently the tattooist thought the design was TOO INTRICATE and decided not to color it. Thats what I get for not having my tattoo studio up and running. She loved it, thats all I care about. If she's happy, I'm happy. I am super stoked about having my art on someone. It still looks good and Im glad/honored she asked me to be a part of the process.

Project 002-Dia De Los Muertos: Im still in the process of vectoring this piece. With work and moving, I havent really had a lot of time to settle down at the 'ol drawin board' and art away. I still love the piece, and am trying to make time to digitize it. Im doing it on Illustrator for those of you curious, and as you know the Pen Tool is as easy to use as it is unpredictable. If youve used it, you know exactly what I mean.

Project 003-Roberts Raven Skull: He loved it. It was a late Bday present, Charcoal on Canvas 24x36. He has a thing for skulls, and ravens are a sort of "grim mort" type of birds so that kind of went hand-in-hand.

Project 004-Julie's Turtle: I still havent received any reference photos or images that she wanted to use so im still doodling random turtles until she gives me those things.

Project 005-Sarah's Accordion: See Project 004.

Project 006-Napkin Octopus: I started combining different octopus sketches Ive done in the past and Ive come up with a tattoo idea that I would love to get done. It's an octopus wrapped around a crumbling anchor.  It has several connotations for which have too many details for me accurately portray in a post, but I will give updates on this.

Please feel free to leave comments, ask questions, start chats, etc. I am always open to meeting people and exchanging stories/ideas.

vikterhugo@yahoo.com

First Post (Project 001)

So this is my first post here on blogspot/blogger. I wanted to keep an online portfolio of artwork I have done, am doing, and will be doing in the future. Just something to keep a  record, or rather somewhere for people to see what kind of work I do, and what I have to offer.

So I will start with my most recent project. A friend of mine, Najwa, commissioned me to design a tattoo piece for her. She is heavily into snowflakes and wanted one that was 'girly, elegant and more flowy' than her previous one. So I came up with a few sketches. The first three were horrible. They looked too...too...structured. Almost like clock hands arrayed at 60 degree intervals. I kept going. I drew a couple of different versions and came up with nothing.

I put down the ideas for this project and took a break. A few days later I was drawing on an index card at home and I came up with the general concept of what I liked:

I took this into Illustrator, vectorized it, chopped it up into pieces, and moved the pieces around until I got more or less what I thought looked good. I found a good balance and emailed the final piece to Najwa. She emailed me back saying she loved the piece. She getting it tattooed on her birthday, (at the end of January) and I requested to go with her. I cant wait. Here is the final piece she requested along with her initial in the middle, (also as requested):

Below and to the right is the original piece I used to create the rest.
Let me know what you think about this.