finegentleman Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I started an initiation thread where everyone convinced me to pursue better artists. I'm extremely grateful for all the great advice I've received. Now, I just want you guys to critique this koi dragon outline my old artist did for me. I hope it isn't wrong for me to post this picture up online, but I'd like specific comments about it so that I can better recognize strong artwork. Here is the thread I was talking about: http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/initiation/5185-first-tattoo-dragon-koi.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaeTae Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 If you are trying to learn how to recognize quality tattoo work then the portfolios of the tattoo artists mentioned in the other thread is a good place to start. Good artwork doesn't necessarily correlate to good tattoo work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugxjuice Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I don't know if any tattooers posted in that thread - maybe one will chime in here, maybe not. I'm not a tattooer or really much of an artist so I'll try to keep it short: 1. A line drawing is not a tattoo - a shoddy artist can take a great line drawing and turn it into a horrible tattoo. A poor line drawing is not a great indication though. 2. You really should spend some time with this thread - http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/general-tattoo-discussion/2396-what-makes-good-tattoo.html, and go through the lattest tattoo thread too, as almost all of the tattoos posted in there are great quality work. 3. How could you expect someone to critique a design at such an oblique angle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finegentleman Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 I don't know if any tattooers posted in that thread - maybe one will chime in here, maybe not. I'm not a tattooer or really much of an artist so I'll try to keep it short:1. A line drawing is not a tattoo - a shoddy artist can take a great line drawing and turn it into a horrible tattoo. A poor line drawing is not a great indication though. 2. You really should spend some time with this thread - http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/general-tattoo-discussion/2396-what-makes-good-tattoo.html, and go through the lattest tattoo thread too, as almost all of the tattoos posted in there are great quality work. 3. How could you expect someone to critique a design at such an oblique angle? cool. I'll go through that thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polliwog Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 This isn't the line work, but I'm a novice at getting tattooed, also. The first thing that stood out to me in the portfolio that you posted there was the shading - it looks really patchy once you spend time looking at expertly colored tattoos. Just one place to start training your eye. finegentleman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temporarytattoo Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 The portfolio which is an very nice strategy, if you want to get the lining of the tattoo then you should look make it more aggressive with dark colors that would give it an very good look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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