another update

I dont know if you can tell, but I felt like the flowers were a little light so I tried to make them a little bit darker so they can pop more against the skin.

And so now im starting a new project at the same time. I am going to be drawing a Japanese Hannya mask. I feel like this wont be as hard and will be finished really quickly while I finish my other project.

More ideas for future projects in general

One thing that Ive been really interested in for years is the asian tattoos like dragons or the Oni is like the masks so maybe for future projects I could try to change my style to the tattoo type of style



 

Tattoo update

So for my tattoos idea, I found out from my grandpa that dragons and tigers are supposed to symbolize higher beings and kings but the dragon is higher up than the tiger. Thats why all of the Yakuza or gangsters in asia have dragons tattooed on themselves rather than a dragon. I dont know if anyone actually reads these, but my grandpa, back in korea, was kind of like a good gangster in a way? All of the gangs back in the day wanted to fight my grandpa because when he was younger, he was this martial arts master and a Grand Master of Judo. And its almost like an old school mafia movie (maybe not mafia but gangster movie?) because people would hire my grandpa to protect them, like one of the politicians that is running for president in korea was one of my grandpas underlings and oh my gosh I think its so cool!
And my grandpa was one of the really sporty jocky guys that excelled in every sport and he even taught at the korean police academy for combat and judo because the korean police usually use judo or train judo. I also think its so cool because a lot of my grandpas underlings are really famous important people today. I cant believe my sweet grandpa was like a gangster back in the day.
 Like guys would fight my grandpa with knives and crowbars and he recently told me his whole story and it really makes me want to create something to i dont know, symbolize of pay homage to his whole life and how hard it was and eventful.
Haha watch, I'm telling this whole story and no ones going to read it. Eh its fine I guess.
But i want to have a mix between the korean flag and a dragon because obviously my grandpa loves his home country and in a way hes like a dragon. He was the leader of his group and a dragon in his groups eyes and in my eyes also.
Here are some of the inspirations for the dragon and possibly a tiger:


 
 

update

So right now I'm finishing up the flowers and I think this piece will be finished by next class

More inspiration for tattoos

So in the last update, I was talking about designing a tattoo for my mom and my grandpa. My mom generally wants more girls stuff like flowers or a cherry blossom branch while my grandpa wants the real traditional type of Korean tiger or dragon design. Some cool examples of designs I found were:




I noticed that the dragons have really crazy looking eyes and almost always have their mouth open. I think before I really start with anything else I'm going to research about the importance of the Korean dragon and the tiger and if they have a relationship because I feel like or I've heard that they do.

inspiration for a new project

So Im thinking about some new projects I could do and I'm thinking about maybe doing a halloweeny type of theme like a monster or something or maybe something related to the korean culture because I'm trying to design a tattoo for my grandpa and my mom! So maybe i can do some cultural digging and create an awesome korean art inspired tattoo.

 Monsters:

PRETA

Pretas are beings unique to Eastern religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism. While Western culture does have a tradition of spirits of the dead being punished for their sins in ironic ways, they don’t have anything on Pretas. Those who are greedy or jealous in life can become cursed by karma and returned to the world of the living, which doesn’t sound so bad, except they become filled with a constant, aching hunger and unquenchable thirst.

No matter how much they eat or drink, Pretas are never satisfied. Either they have trouble finding food or drink, or they are unable to consume it when they do, as Pretas are often depicted as emaciated corpses with tiny mouths or impossibly thin necks. And, if all that weren’t bad enough, the thing for which they hunger is typically something embarrassing, such as human waste.

TATTOO INSPIRATION:

update

So, today I finished doing the line art for my flowers and I think they look pretty good. Tomorrow I will be coloring the flowers and hopefully finish the flowers and my project. Oh and I also forgot to add a headshot for my face because i altered it and added an underlying layer with a galaxy to make her look for psychedelic.

Some of the color for the flowers is really light so it looks like empty space, but trust me, theyre there.

update

So today I was working on my flowers and I think its going pretty good! So first i got am image from google and changed to opacity to allow myself to draw on top of it in a different layer to create the flowers.

screen 2

I forgot to upload this on Thursday so here is my screen!
I tried to work on blending the hair more and trying to create some flowers to fill the dead spasce

another update

today I was looking at my piece and I thought that the skin that is exposed below her shoulders just looks like dead space so i tried to create some clothes for her. Also I was able to figure out how to color the line art to make it blend a little more so i think i am going to do that.

update!!

So today i was trying to work on the hair and do something that would add depth to her. So, I decided to try and do a tie dye type of hair and have it go to a gradient to white at the ends where the hair drips. I had 2 trials of the tie dye and I chose the first one in the end and smudged it out to get that mixed feel.

Here is the first one before I smudged it out. I liked this one because it mad more color and maybe more depth? It just appealed more to me.

And here it is after i smudged it out! I actually really like it.