Tattoo Project

 For this week's project, we we're tasked to create a colored tattoo to reflect our personal selves. For this project I used a mixture of Autodesk Sketchbook and Adobe Illustrator.

For my tattoo I wanted to think about some of my other tattoos- as someone who spent a lot of time in the wilderness, camping, and drawing out wildlife, I have a few tattoos that represent the places I've been and explored, for example two of my tattoos are mudbugs/crawfish I got after my trip to lousiana and a rainbow trout for my visit to Maine. Different places in America have such a variety of wildlife to enjoy, which is why I love camping so much, there is always something new to see, and so I wanted this tattoo to be a part of my appreciation of nature. My all time favorite animal is Moose, they're large, clunky animals with no grace what so ever, majority of the time, they look as if they have no idea what is going on, which is something to relate to in my life! Moose, although goofy, have their own beauty in nature, crested with large antlers with unique growth patterns. Moose shed their antlers to regrow them later in the season, often building on their signs of maturity. When designing this tattoo, I wanted to reflect both the goofiness of the animal and the cooler aspect of their antlers- to signify that although sometimes, things are confusing and easy to get lost in, you can grow through it, it's okay to be confused. 

After gathering a few minimalist style tattoos for inspiration, and some refrences of Moose, I created a moodboard to refrence.

After some brainstorming and sketch sessions in Autodesk, I took it into Adobe and used the brush tool with a 6 level stabilizer, this helped it stay neat, while also letting me keep a good flow. Then I went in and filled it with a halftone.

Then I took it into Adobe Fresco, to try and gain some experience in the newer program, here I made a few clipping layers and added color to the design, I wanted to keep it a little saturated, as I prefer my colors a little more washed out. I also added a few accent marks with a darker brown and some whiskers.