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Tattoo Design Help
I need to be finished with my tat by April 28th. I'm not happy with the symmetry of the wings, but I'll have to live with it.
The red markings are ink. I want to have the butterfly flying up out of flames, but I can't quite get the flames right.
I also want to decorate the butterfly some (which is the red in the wings).
Does anyone know of a simplistic flame design that would be good? Or have any other suggestions?
[Yes, I'm still using cigarette ashes but only because you can't really switch "ink" in the middle of a project.]
Here's my sad attempt at flames http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1896/tat2.th.jpg
The faint flames in the background was from a failed attempt several months ago. I used red bic ink. I like the design but can't seem to duplicate it.
The tat was originally supposed to be along the lines of "beauty from the ashes" but how do you draw ashes lol.
It's symbolic and has special meaning to me... the butterfly is the main focus. It's rising triumphantly from the flames of tribulations.
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Come on guys!
Forget about the contriversal (sp) nature of the tattoo itself... I truly need an artists help :D
The picture looks upside down because it becomes warped when I try to rotate it in editing. It's flying "up" my thigh with one wing down. But because of the angle, flames wend to look out of kelter...
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Was trying to find you a little something on Google, but this was the closest I could find to illustrated flames in motion. I would try to draw you up something, but I reformatted my PC and I don't even have my Photoshop installed yet. That, and drawing flames is actually kind of tough (for me at least). If I come across anything better, I'll let you know.
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Thanks for looking :)
I found one image I loved and that's the one I tried several months ago
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/1840/firer.th.jpg
One of my problems, other than not being very artistically talented lol is that I have to draw it "upside down" which throws me through a loop...
This one http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/106...ytattoo.th.jpg might be do-able... (taken from http://www.tattootribes.com/index.php?idinfo=362
Actually... this more simple design may be best of all...
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1...etattoo.th.jpg
I don't care for all the loops, but I'm sure it could be simplified even by me lol
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I have finally finished it. I'll have to tweak the overall design some over the weekend, but- for the most part- I'm satisified :)
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1350/img4149.th.jpg
I'll post the final results when it's fully healed (about two weeks).
I ended up having to sketch my butterfly on a piece of paper, turn the paper upside down, then draw the fire :D I toyed around with several ideas for several ideas, then by accident I saw the start of something I liked.
Thanks again for looking up designs for me.
**Edit**
I was even able to rotate it this time and didn't have any warpage...
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BAH! I should've paid closer attention to skin texture (?) before I began. The flames went onto less toned skin than most of the butterfly meaning I cut deeper using exact pressure. And because the cut was deeper, the ash took to it MUCH better (meaning it's darker than the butterfly). Hopefully, it will fade just a little seeing how I wanted the butterfly to be the focus.
It's healing perfectly though it's slightly warm to the touch. It's not red or puffy at all except for after I clean it (which I compulsively do every few hours with alcohol wipes and then cover it with lotion to slow the scabbing process)...
With only 2 days left, I must now decide if I want to leave the body of the butterfly in its more "abstract" form or if I should color in part of the wings and/or body.