Coi Carp & Angler fish Tattoo Wip
Work in progress of a tattoo commission. The premise is two fish swimming round each other in a Yin and Yang style way.
I'm liking the various styles that are being put together, any which are rejected I'll most likely put together as stand alone illustrations.
Chinese style waves and clouds background surround.
It's a bit too complicated for a tattoo though, I got a bit carried away.
A lower detail version of the Chinese waves style.
Image research from a book in Aberystwyth Universities library "Chinese Art and Design" (NK1068 V6)
I find I get a better understanding of how an image or symbol is constructed when I draw it out.
I added page numbers next to each for future reference.
Image research from a book in Aberystwyth Universities library "Chinese Art and Design" (NK1068 V6) & "Traditional Chinese Designs" (NK1483 A1 T7)
I added page numbers next to each for future reference.
Testing the fir of the flower surround with the base colour version of the fish
Completed inking of the flower pattern, using Mischief.
An Aztec or Chinese? styling of surround for the tattoo. When it comes to the inking I'll probably create it in Blender and export it for tracing in Mischief.
Just so I've got nice clean and sharp lines.
A flower pattern style surround. Pencil sketch.
Some initial concept sketches of different surrounds for the tattoo.
A lace style concept for the surround of the tattoo.
A blade style concept for the surround of the tattoo.
A flower style concept for the surround of the tattoo.
The fish inked and with base colours added.
Inking was done using Mischief and colours using Logoist 3.
Pencil sketches of the fish to be fused together during the inking process.
Initial layout of fish in pencil. I ended up drawing the whole framework twice so I could draw each fish by itself.