Naturalist Tattoo: From Lines to Skin
Considerations and tonal value: the importance of taking time
A course by Icarus , Illustrator and Naturalist Tattoo Artist
About the video: Considerations and tonal value: the importance of taking time
Overview
“Next, I'll teach you about tonal value, the rule of three, and how we can translate these drawing concepts into a tool to give more interesting finishes and more legible images. These are all considerations that will help us make visual decisions from the design stage to the execution stage.”
In this video lesson Icarus addresses the topic: Considerations and tonal value: the importance of taking time, which is part of the Domestika online course: Naturalist Tattoo: From Lines to Skin. Learn to merge flora and fauna in a naturalist design that respects the movement and volume of the body.
Partial transcription of the video
“Considerations and tonal value: the importance of taking time In this lesson we get down to work. Let's start tattooing. We are going to take the worked design and execute it on the skin, and I will tell you the considerations that I take to be able to make decisions when working. I will talk about the rule of three, what is the tonal value and how I use it to start my work and I'm going to tell you why I consider that it is very important to take the time to observe when we work on the tattoo. The order of work refers to the order of activities that we will take. I know how we started, the...”
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Course summary for: Naturalist Tattoo: From Lines to Skin
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Category
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Areas
Botanical Illustration, Drawing, Naturalistic Illustration, Tattoo Design, Traditional illustration
Icarus
A course by Icarus
Paloma Araneda, better known as Icarus Paloma, was born in Quintana Roo, Mexico and studied illustration at the UNAM's Faculty of Art and Design. Her three greatest influences as a child were mythology, Japanese animation, and scientific illustration, which she got from her parents who are both biologists. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, Slovenia, and various cities across Mexico, as well as in editorial publications and catalogs including her finalist piece for the First Pictoline Biennial of Illustration in 2018.
In tattooing she has discovered a space for exploring the creative illustration process with that extra step of transferring it to the skin. She is inspired by the narrative aspect the designs take on through the people who wear them. After gaining experience at a large studio, she founded her own, which she currently shares with another tattoo artist.
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