How to Design a Tattoo
Description of work tools
A course by Aníbal Pantoja , Illustrator and Tattoo Artist
About the video: Description of work tools
Overview
“I will show you the operation of coil and rotary machines describing their use and applications. I will share about the composition and types of needle used. I will describe the types of pigment used and how they can be used.”
In this video lesson Aníbal Pantoja addresses the topic: Description of work tools, which is part of the Domestika online course: How to Design a Tattoo. Learn the graphic process behind a tattoo.
Partial transcription of the video
“Next, we will address the topic of color in tattoos. This topic is very important because there are many doubts around this, especially many doubts from clients, from tattooed people, because to us as tattoo artists, in the day-to-day experience and as we live our own tattoos, we can monitor the procedure and be able to find which ones are the variations, or how they are going to heal, especially how they are going to age. So we must take several points into account. In order to better describe this topic, I am going to exemplify it with my tattoos. In this case, the darker the surface is a...”
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Course summary for: How to Design a Tattoo
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Tattoo Design, Traditional illustration

Aníbal Pantoja
A course by Aníbal Pantoja
Aníbal Pantoja is a Mexican artist who makes illustrations, prints, and tattoo designs. He studied Design and Visual Communication and is currently developing his professional career as a tattoo artist in his own studio, Gallo Negro, located in Mexico City. He is passionate about organic shapes and black-and-white works in which he has to work specifically with shadow and volume.
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