Dumpleton

Ha Ha,
You should be the rib area sucks, it was a struggle for me.

Have not had to much time for painting lately, trying to paint more often.

I have posted these before, why not post them again.
Greg Christian, left outer thigh

Stevie Edge, right outer thigh

Thanks for the support @cltattooing you have given me great advise from the start, your words speak volumes to me and I hope I can repay you someday somehow.
For me the only way to improve is to keep on drawing and to draw because you really want to not because its something to do or you want to be a tattooist, when you really want to learn for the right reasons you will improve quickly. Feels strange giving out advise as i still have so much to learn myself.
Try to make every line cleaner than the last, actually I try to focus on getting every fade as clean as I can, if the end result of one of my paintings doesn't feel right to me I will redraw it and start again, you know yourself inside if your happy with it.
Good reference is the best place to start.

Havent painted for around 5 weeks as I have been over in the Philippines enjoying life surfing.
Painted this one just before I went over, thanks for checking it out

few more
split sheet with Handsome Jake

couple of new efforts

Havent painted for around 5 weeks as I have been over in the Philippines enjoying life surfing.
Painted this one just before I went over, thanks for checking it out

Havent painted for around 5 weeks as I have been over in the Philippines enjoying life surfing.
Painted this one just before I went over, thanks for checking it out

Been trying to keep busy painting lots of things, having a slow start to the year but slowly turning that around. Here are a few of my latest efforts.

Havent painted for around 5 weeks as I have been over in the Philippines enjoying life surfing.
Painted this one just before I went over, thanks for checking it out

few more
split sheet with Handsome Jake

couple of new efforts

Havent painted for around 5 weeks as I have been over in the Philippines enjoying life surfing.
Painted this one just before I went over, thanks for checking it out

Havent painted for around 5 weeks as I have been over in the Philippines enjoying life surfing.
Painted this one just before I went over, thanks for checking it out

The entry here is the knee demon done by Franz Stefanik at The Okey Doke in Toronto. This is the best pic I have of it, so please filter out the surrounding work.

It's not on me but I love this (by Grez)

Have only got the lining of the central piece of my belly down at the moment, we'll finish it next session (all being well). I don't think I've got any photos though. Shall rummage.

Iain Mullen
Imperial Tattoo

Is this old Jay Langer stuff?
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I heard from Mike Rennie, who heard from an old timer, that a tattooer should have a sheet of flash for every month he/she has been tattooing. I've definitely slacked on this regard. All the advice above is sound.
Initial critique, focus on doing things other people do it, at least in a manner of repetition and copying. Style takes time to develop. Right now you just need to know how to draw it correctly. When trying to create an original design, do not be afraid to use reference. The beauty of developing a design is pulling from different areas and crafting something that looks right to you. The mouth of a Mike Wilson panther paired with William Yoneyama snout, eyes the way Tim Lehi does them, and colored how Mike Rubendall approaches color. Or even better, grab elements from things that are completely not "tattoo" related. Old Circus posters, woodcuts, Audubon prints, *gasp* going to a zoo or museum. There are so many places to pull and subtract from, that in no way does it need to be mediocre.

@Dumpleton I'm just glad I've been able to help, thanks is payment enough. Plus that set of prints you sent me is outta control, I don't remember if I properly thanked you for that, but it was very sweet of you and an awesome surprise to find in the mail

few more
split sheet with Handsome Jake

couple of new efforts

@49531 are you on instagram?
Made a couple more, really starting to get more confident with spit shading, my biggest issue at this point is finding a good reference to paint from, and or coming up with a fresh idea.

Made another

Thanks for the support @cltattooing you have given me great advise from the start, your words speak volumes to me and I hope I can repay you someday somehow.
For me the only way to improve is to keep on drawing and to draw because you really want to not because its something to do or you want to be a tattooist, when you really want to learn for the right reasons you will improve quickly. Feels strange giving out advise as i still have so much to learn myself.
Try to make every line cleaner than the last, actually I try to focus on getting every fade as clean as I can, if the end result of one of my paintings doesn't feel right to me I will redraw it and start again, you know yourself inside if your happy with it.
Good reference is the best place to start.

I like this shop in Denmark, not to sure how far it is from Sweden but might be worth travelling to.
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Glad to hear that! A shining example of someone who has done this and progressed miles is our own @Dumpleton. There is a lot of his work posted up in the How About an Art Show? thread, if you go through the thread you can see how far he's come, it's really impressive. You will have a lot of fun with this I think!

haven't been here for a while
here's some recent stuff (sorry this post is probably gonna be long...)









i got really into painting thorns and puddles i guess