For the aleatory exhibition we had to make sure our pieces were 1 squared foot. The piece had to relate to our
Final Major Project theme, mine being tattoo related I started off by drawing some traditional designs.
I wanted to use those designs to create a magazine cover or something of the sort. I quite like the idea of it being a bit daring, and almost old fashioned, to contrast the modern take on tattoos.
My tutor introduced me to misprintedtype.com, a website dedicated to a Brazilian artist, where you can look at and even buy his work, but also where you can download some really interesting brush strokes for photoshop. I downloaded the strokes I liked and played around with them to create an interesting, collage inspired, old looking, background, adding splashes of colour here and there.
I then added a person and the tattoo designs in the foreground. Coloured tattoos against a black and white image for the modern feel I wanted. finally I played around with some font, settling for a stamp like title: Ink'd.
Below is the final piece which was displayed at an exhibition in Bristol for a week.
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