Thought I'd share a new design for a client at Voluta. I felt like sharing it here because I've had a lot of freedom with this design. Most of the time, clients have something pretty specific in mind whether they know it or not, but I was basically given an open project on this one. The only structure was the starting point being a Fibonacci Spiral (geometric spiral that appears in nature i.e.- sea shells, hurricanes, galaxies). Here's the rough sketch of what I came up with. Needs a few tweaks, but the client and I are both very pleased.
This design is a milestone for me. I've been cruising along, sticking to the mainstream "boundaries" of tattoo. The client wants a lion, they get a lion. They want a floral arrangement with names, they get just that. They are beautifully drawn, perfectly executed in tattoo, and the client is completely satisfied. However, starting primarily with this design, I'm venturing into a more open project where I have a lot of artistic license. This brings me to an unfamiliar and very enticing place. A place I feel stylistically terrified, without boundaries or guidelines, and completely free. Rarely do I travel into the realms of the not-easily-recognizable, and NEVER into the abstract... It's just not my thing... at least not until I dreamed of a design last night, woke up, and this poured out. So now I have this adrenaline-like rush in my chest, fueling my brain to push, push, push the envelope, to break the boundaries of mainstream tattoo, and offer clients something a little crazy, but truly original, in it's most raw form. If it catches on, I'll be sharing it all here. I'll post the final product soon too, one the client approves!
