From Art to Ink

I'm excited to share another project where one of my continuous-line drawings was turned into a tattoo.

My new client, Caroline, saw a previous tattoo design I’d created of three chickadees and wanted to modify it to two to symbolize her two children.

Here is the original drawing:

My one-line drawing of two chickadees.

And here is the tattoo on Caroline:

It's always super cool to see my work adapted into different forms. Thank you, Caroline, for choosing my art for such a personal piece!

Chickadee tattoo design for a wonderful new client

New tattoo design for a client, completed and on the flesh!
I created this “Three Chickadees” line drawing as one, continuous line. #itsallconnected.

Line drawing of three chickadees for a forearm tattoo.

Final tattoo on my client’s arm! (I did not do the tattoo, FYI. Just the design.)

Focusing on women and the body

It’s been a very long time since I’ve studied the human body in its nakedness or almost nakedness. I find myself embarrassed in front of a not fully-clothed model, and I shirk away from live sketch nights because of it.

For a recent pitch, however, I was prompted to look more at the female form, looking at her — staring! — and drawing her in all of her shapes and personality. I found it to be so much fun. Not embarrassing at all. Who knew?

Below are some of my recent line drawings…