Latest custom tattoo sketch

Hi,

At the moment I'm working on a shoulder tattoo piece, half sleeve in Maori / Kirituhi style.
This is the first sketch, but the customer wanted a bit more detail in the upper shoulder part of the design, so I had to change that.

This is the first sketch and next to it the one with a more detailed shoulder part:

Get back to you soon with a finished design, or another adjusted sketch, depending on the reply of my customer.

Regards, Mark

Tattoo tutorial for a Maori / Kirituhi design in 5 steps

Hi!

Today I will show you another example on how I draw my Kirituhi / Maori tattoos.
I always use A3 size paper of 200 grams/m2. My tools are good quality H2 and some B1 and B2 pencils. For the final tracing and fills I use a "Paper Mate" marker with a tip of 1-2 mm.
This marker will not smudge when I erase my pencil lines, as many others do.
If you wish to order these markers, just follow this link and search for "paper mate"

First I make a rough outline of the area I will cover.
Then the fern shapes or koru are made in a flowing line and pattern and between these shapes I make some interesting fills and patterns.
When the fill is done I trace the image with a steady hand and erase all pencil lines.
Finally I scan the design and remove some dust and clean it up a little.

Here's a small photo impression of some stages of the design process.








The final piece looks like this.

















Any questions, comments or reactions are welcome!

Kind regards, Mark

New template and design for my tattoo blog

Hi there,

For some time I had my simple standard blogger template. A bit boring I think.
So I started to search for a new template and totally adjusted one to my wishes.
The original design is called "Charcoal".

There are some links in the menu to my own website, so the navigation between the blog and site is better.

The colors are still the same, but it's a bit cleaner and easier to read.
If you have some features you wish to see on it, like a poll or a slideshow, just let me know and I will try to add it.

Ps. The header is just a simple design for now, maybe I can change it in the future.

Regards, Mark Storm

Tattoo in memory of grandfather in tribal style

Hi there,

I received a message from a customer who would like to have a tattoo to remember his grandfather who past away. He wanted to have a design of 12 cm x 6 cm on the inside of his lowerarm. The only thing I had toincorporate was a Myosotis flower.

The first sketch was a bit too curly and feminin as you can see:














I had to make a new sketch and it worked out really nice. It's a symmetrical design with the flower right in the middle. The flower needed some color, so I used yellow and blue for it.

Here's the final design:













I'll get back with some new designs soon!

Regards, Mark
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