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Heaven & Hell …

s0urgrapes — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:41:49 +0000

Been asked to design a heaven anh hell sleeve with ‘prison and a ‘tree’ being the only references to go on..so after a while thinking i came up with the idea of an old tree from hell twisting towards the heavens and this person being at a halfway point (the struggle in life) leaving the prison(in this case, the tree’s hold) and reaching towards a better future (the heavens)…enjoy

Fancy a cup of tea…

s0urgrapes — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:44:26 +0000

Adrianna Lima sketch…

s0urgrapes — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:14:17 +0000

This is a quick sketch of Adrianna Lima I started focusing on a newer technique similar to my James Dean post which should be great as part of a tattoo…still unfinished

James Dean Icon Portrait

s0urgrapes — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:21:21 +0000

Been struck down with illness yet again this month but not gonna let this stop me from drawing…I’m working on improving my portraits adding more darkness into them to give a stronger contrast and trying the old skool cross hatching technique with a standard hb pencil…this is the first in my iconic portraits…

Neo – Traditional Gypsy Re-touched…

s0urgrapes — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:15:39 +0000

originally i did a sketch of my gf’s side profile and made her into a neo-traditional style gypsy…did the outline and left it at that…but now i have taken that sketch and completed it, making it my first full colour flash design…as you can see i don’t do much full colour pieces as i like to specialise in black and grey..however i would like to branch out and do things that i am not familiar with…in this case…PAINTING with COLOUR!!anyway quite happy with the result and i will put the pics of the process throughout…

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Been a while…

s0urgrapes — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:05:44 +0000

I’ve been working at my current job intensely for the past month but am really trying to draw when I can..this design took longer than I wanted but he was patient..it’s the same client who wanted the big custom religious sleeve, back for more…which makes me feel good so I must be doing something right!!

Bernini…

s0urgrapes — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:56:25 +0000

I really enjoy drawing statues espicially those with a meaning/story behind it…however it was hard to find decent references on google because i didn’t know which sculpture to search for…lucky i have an Italian friend from Rome who is very knowledgable on the subject and open my eyes to the artist known as Bernini…When i saw the work,i think i had an epiphany!!Also the tattooist i look up to (Juncha) uses alot of his reference…

Japanese Koi Design…

s0urgrapes — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:51:55 +0000

I have always been interested in Japanese tattoos..the way they flow, the colours, the different elements..I believe they perfect for having full sleeves or large pieces…here’s the beginning of my koi fish design…

Custom religious sleeve

s0urgrapes — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:17:03 +0000

A friend of my gf wanted something very meaningful to him to make his existing tattoos into a sleeve..this was exactly the kind of work I like to do and was great because of the references and detail he sent me..anyway still unfinished but here it is so far

Old man

s0urgrapes — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:44:36 +0000

This is my latest sketch…a portrait of an old man..I found him very interesting to look at and thought that a biro would be great to show the depth and details on his face…plus it’s been a while since I’ve used biro…