A dear friend of mine asked me to design a tattoo for her. Something a bit left of field for me, I must admit!
How hard could it be! I'm so used to creating images for paintings or wall prints but a tatt....
She'll be right, I got this...
So here is how it all begun:
"Sooo if you get bored at some stage, here are some ideas for what Id kinda like in a tattoo. Im pretty keen to see just what you come up with as well if the style doesn't suit you because I think in general your stuff might be a bit more structured whereas this is all rather loose lines. Im open to ideas . So I'm aiming for something probs about 15-20cm long and 10-15 wide just as a general idea cos I want it on my hip. A jumping fox is what I'm going for. Have you ever read the The Little Prince? For me foxes are all about looking for the positives, being curious and adaptable. A jumping fox always looks so happy and playful."
"Also the idea of looking at an image and not seeing what it is straight away or it looking like something else is something Id like to incorporate. Something like this..."