Pepper Shading Techniques for Tattooing
Inspiration and sketches
A course by Alan Shepard , Illustrator and Tattoo Artist
About the video: Inspiration and sketches
Overview
“Did you find inspiration? It is not always so easy to have a clear idea for your project. For this reason, you are going to learn how to make a mood board to create a graphic universe and let your creativity flow. This will allow you to draw inspiration from items that are close to you. ”
In this video lesson Alan Shepard addresses the topic: Inspiration and sketches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pepper Shading Techniques for Tattooing. Experiment with speed, depth, and saturation to create tattoo designs filled with textures and gradients.
Partial transcription of the video
“Inspiration and Sketches In this lesson, you'll create a mood board. This will awaken your creativity, you'll be able to create a visual world, and it will lead you to the winning idea for your project. These mood boards are made up of travel photos, walks down the street, quotes from some friends, notes I see online, or even pictures and paintings. Anything works for me. This mood board helps me define a theme, create a narrative, and choose elements I'll use to create my final design. To make your mood board, I encourage you to take a walk in your neighborhood or city. Choose elements you...”
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Course summary for: Pepper Shading Techniques for Tattooing
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Tattoo Design, Traditional illustration
Alan Shepard
A course by Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard is an illustrator and tattoo artist living in Mexico City whose studio @luckylove_studio is situated in the heart of the Condesa neighborhood. He specializes in fineline tattoos and pepper shading and defines his style as "Neo-Chicano."
His influences and sources of inspiration come from a wide range of backgrounds including design, photography, painting, rock, skating, and more. Throughout his career he's designed fanzines, clothes, videos, and murals as well as tattooing and collaborating with artists across Mexico and abroad.
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