Monday, June 14, 2010

#02 5-Pointed Shuriken (Cover-up)

A friend of mine got a tattoo done by his neighbor a while back. The artist used a home-made machine involving the motor of a CD player and a guitar string. This is what he came up with:

Looks a bit like a ball-point pen, huh? Well, I am trying to save the day by filling it in and getting the shape right. The problem with the size came along when we realized that his neighbor actually placed the reference shuriken on the skin and traced around it with the machine as though he were making a turkey picture for Thanksgiving (you know the hand-turkeys, right?). In so doing, this outline was way bigger than the weapon itself, and my design was therefore too small. Hopefully, with some shadows, we can make it work out without problems. Below is what I completed for the first run (there will be touch-ups to make the image darker).

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