Pepper Shading Techniques for Tattooing
Revive your Sketches and Create New Projects
A course by Alan Shepard , Illustrator and Tattoo Artist
About the video: Revive your Sketches and Create New Projects
Overview
“Do you remember that previously you made a mood board and brainstormed? You will see how to return to that mood board and repeat the process until you have a small series of that graphic universe. You will create new ideas! ”
In this video lesson Alan Shepard addresses the topic: Revive your Sketches and Create New Projects, 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
“Revive your Sketches and Create New Projects Do you remember making a mood board in Unit 2? Well, it's time to return to these sketches to create new flash sheets. Now you'll see how we'll give new life to these sketches I made. We will be able to make a flash sheet with a similar theme and, above all, we will continue with the narrative. I am not going to explain a process to make new flash sheets. You already have some sketches that you only considered for your final project but that you didn't use. I'll show you how mine turned out so you can get inspired. You can also use these flash sh...”
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Course summary for: Pepper Shading Techniques for Tattooing
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
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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