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Jingmamalulu — -Tribal Butterfly-
Published: 2005-06-18 02:40:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 4328; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 368
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Another tattoo, a rather expansive one at that. Reminds me of a big honkin' insect. I drew the sections of the "wing" in parts and it kind of has a folding effect. The "feathers" sort of look blurry and lends a perceptual illusion of motion. I think I like this piece and I ended up using a lot of different approaches, so I learned from it as well. Tattoo wings are fun to draw but take a while. Please FULL VIEW to see what I'm talking about in the details. Thanks for checking this out!Time: 3 hours
Media: 0.5 mm gel pen, paper.
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Comments: 25
that's so beautiful! is it just me or there a wolf in there as well?
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Oro, I've never seen it as a wolf, I just noticed that. ^_^ I just draw whatever comes to me and it oftentimes ends up with multiple effects. Thanks for commenting!
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You're not wrong about the details. Another really cool design. I like the tattoo wings you design.
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Hehe...they are random flights of my fancy. I think my tattoo wings get more attention than the rest of the stuff in my gallery XD. Thanks for the support!
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Man thats amazing!What kind of gel pen do you use?Whenever I draw with gel pens it never looks as smooth or great like your desighns look like.
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Hehe, you flatter me. The gel pen I use? Nothing really all that special. I use a Pilot G2 0.5 mm black pen for most of my tattoo designs, such as this one, but another one that is equally "clean" is the Uniball Signo, which has an advantage over the G2 as that it can write on skin [and we all know tattoos look better on skin, ne? 
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hmm interesting.That did help a lot.Thanks ^-^
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wow, this is amazing, i have to ask though, how do you make it so symetrical?, or whatever that word means, lol, like, the left side looks exactly like the right side, is it all free hand?
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Nopity nope. Sorry! I possess no talent in the symmetry department. I drew the right of it and rotated it in Photoshop. Sorry to disappoint ya. Hope I haven't failed as an artist in anyone's eyes. ^_^'. Hope that answer satisfies your query. Have a nice day.
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lol ah, otherwise, i would of been in quite teh awe, but very good work non the less
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WOW!! that is amazing! the detail! O WOW! 
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Hehe, I like the signature...does make sense as long as you analyze it piece by piece. Yeah, a lot of my tattoo deviations have LOTS of detail...My hand rambles as much as my mouth does. I design them to cover large spaces like upper to lower back. Thanks for commenting on this piece. Welcome to deviantart. If you are interested, I have many more detailed tattoo designs for you to check out. Have a nice day.
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np it is true! dont tell but the first 3/4 i just know only the last thing is by me. 
but your work is very good try some color
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Hehe, funny you should say that...I'm uploading a two-toned tattoo up next. Stay tuned. And it was original that you chose it as a signature, so there
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O ty! i plan to check out ur l8r work
but: as i am a n008 how do u add ppl to ur freinds or wutever its called??
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You go on my homepage [click on my name and it'll take you to my deviantart page] and the furthest right icon says "deviantwatch" and you add me as your friend. You can also choose to get updated on deviations, journals, scraps, etc, as you see fit. The way it works is that you'll get a message whenever I update my gallery and it's a great way to keep in touch with your favorite artists. I'd love for you to watch me, thanks! See ya later
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well i did that! ty! i am no longer the n00b i was, like, 20 secs ago... lol ty!
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I'm sad to say I'm still a noob 3.5 months later. ^_^ We all have to start somewhere. I didn't know how to fav for 2 weeks!
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lol i saw the +FAV button so i pressed it! lol
ur not as much of a noob as me! u upload things!!
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Well, do you know how to upload deviations? All you have to do is click the SUBMIT button and it'll go through the specific details of what you are uploading. Just follow the instructions and you'll be fine. Also took me a week to find that button >__<.
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lol well i saw it but i dont think i ever will... *blushes* my art is increadibly bad...
sry but i dont think u will ever c some of mine XP
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Hey now, art is seldom purely bad! I'm sure you make great pieces. It's about expressing oneself, not about beating out master artists. Everyone has the right to express themselves. I hope you do submit something one day, but you don't hafta. For the record, I'm interested in your creations
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lol well i supose they might not be as bad as i say but i cant get things in my mind tocome out the way i want so, to me, they r bad...
the floor in my house is random tiles so i just look at those and c things then i try to draw them and fail...
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Well, it is my personal opinion that it's nearly impossible to express the image in our mind on paper the way we want it to. I visualize an image and TRY to put it down on paper but it isn't 100% the image I envisioned. Art is that way. I think of one aspect of becoming "good" at art as making that paper image 100% accurate to the mental image. Don't worry about what it looks like because the truth of it is that the more we practice, the better we'll get. It's better to fail having tried than to never try at all. You will make progress if you give it your best effort, I'm sure. To me, I'm not a "good artist" either, I just dabble in things and people happen to like some of my pieces. But I'd still do art just for the fun of it. I encourage you to become as artistic as you are meant to be. ^_^ Take care.
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lol i dont get it 1% right!! lol cu l8r!
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