The Book Project was a really exciting one. It allowed me to really push boundaries and create something which really interested me and something which I could incorporate my interests into.
My first step was to do some research and look for inspiration in other existing ‘books’. Being a tattoo lover I knew I wanted to somehow incorporate that in it. At first I wanted to created a tattoo flash (books filled with tattoo designs often displayed at tattoo shops so the clients can view what each artist is capable of and learn about their style, etc. However I wasn't too sure how to go about it and simultaneously, I thought the idea was a little bland. Finally, I came across some really cool ideas Pinterest. One in particular really caught my attention. It was a collection of book which looked like buildings. Each book (building) had a main front door, windows, etc. The set up sort of reminded me of Harry Potteresc: Diagon Alley, and was the spark to my final outcome. I decided to keep to the tattoo theme, but make the book itself look like the outside of a tattoo shop.
These are some of the designs I drew to go inside the book 'wall'. They were inspired by more traditional 'Old School' tattoo designs which are often thick black lines and dark shading or even colour.
I decided on black and grey as I tried some different techniques to add colour to my sailor design, however the outcome of those weren't as good as the shaded one so i decided to use that one instead.
Once the designs were finished, I scanned them in and photoshopped them, so that the lines and shading were bit punchier and bolder to resemble the 'Sailor Jerry' style I wanted to achieve.
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