Hi,As mentioned yesterday, I worked on a new flash design that you can order on this blog. I just finished it today and it's a combination of a Maori inspired tribal with some Samoan elements/shapes added to it.On a rainy afternoon (one of the many in Holland ;)) I just started sketching when watching television, so not really paying attention to what I was drawing, just doodling around.To my surprise it really just came out of...

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The ribs and side torso area is a rather common location for a tattoo design, perhaps more common among women, and the tattoo often extends below the ribcage in many cases.The type of designs range from anything under the sun, or anything you would have inked elsewhere on the body, however flowers and other vegetation seem to be most popular.Feast your pretty peepers on this picture gallery of excellent rib tattoo ideas, which...

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Hi there,Another nice project today, a client asked me to draw a New Zealand/Maori silver fern in my own "storm3d" style.The tattoo would be placed just below his arm to just above the hip, around 30 cm in height, quite a large tatoo.First I made a sketch:You can see a row of spearheads and some abstract leaves in a repetitive rythm.I added a curve to the fern so it would flow nicely on the clients body.The first sketch was approved,...

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Hi,As a hobby next to designing tattoos, I really like to fly powerkites. These kites have 4 lines, two for steering and two for braking.I bought my first powerkite a year ago, a 4m2 Peter Lynn Twister, which has a really good lift.This kite can lift me of the ground, sometimes even 2 meters in strong winds.Some people create their own kites, so I would like to try that. First I started with a 1.7 square meters, small kite.This...

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Love them or not, lower back tattoos have officially inked themselves as one of the most popular tattoo requests among women and even some men, but how could this be, the mere idea of these designs have garnered the negative slang stereotype of "tramp stamp", nevertheless these lower back stamps have flourished like a flower in the open sunlight.When its all said and done, the fact remains that some people enjoy the presence...

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Sometimes i find it difficult to keep up with all the latest tattoo treads, initiated by cool kids around the world, however lip tattoos are quickly becoming a little too common for their own good.That's right folks, people everywhere are now venturing into the inner fleshy areas, for some undoubtedly painful inner lip ink, which is surely parent approved...The real question is, how long does it take until that "new tattoo" taste...

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Hi there,A few months ago I made several tattoo designs for a spinning wheel. The designs where lasered in the wood. Today I received the photos of the wheel with the design on it.It looks really nice, especially the round wheel with the spiral koru design.Kind regards, Mark Storminfo@storm3d.comwww.storm3d....

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The legs are another extremely popular location for a tattoo design, perhaps even more popular among people who wish to easily conceal their artwork, if need be.As for leg tattoo designs, anything you would have inked on your arm, would look equally as appealing on your leg as well, including sleeve designs, which often begin at the knee, or just below, and extend to just above the ankle.Feast your peepers on this little picture...

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Hi!Another new tattoo project this week, a custom design for the lower leg.My customer asked me if I could draw a band fully wrapping around his leg, just above the ankle, 15 cm in height.When I receive the measurements, the first thing I do is making a template in Google Sketchup.I need to get the right curvature of the design, so I creat two circles with the right circumference and make a cone shape in 3d. Then I unwrap it with...

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