Digital Design and Illustration of Tattoos with Procreate
Investigation of reference images
A course by Tania Maia , Tattoo Artist
About the video: Investigation of reference images
Overview
“In this lesson I will talk about the search for referential images. In addition, I will show you the pages that I use to do my searches and you will learn to organize them in such a way that, if in the future you want to use them again, you can find them more easily. I will also share some basic tips to make your search more objective. ”
In this video lesson Tania Maia addresses the topic: Investigation of reference images, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Design and Illustration of Tattoos with Procreate. Learn to create blackwork designs ready to be transferred to the skin.
Partial transcription of the video
“Well, in this lesson we're going to talk about referential images. I'm going to show you some pages I use to do my research and how I organize them in a more orderly fashion to make it easier if I want to use them again in the future. There are pages that offer very good quality images that are free of charge. Others are paid, but I avoid doing Google searches and in this lesson, I'm going to explain why. Let's get started. This lesson may seem a bit irrelevant for some people, but, really, I'm going to talk about how I organize the images that I get when I do my research, so I don't have t...”
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Course summary for: Digital Design and Illustration of Tattoos with Procreate
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Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Graphic Design, Tattoo Design, Traditional illustration

Tania Maia
A course by Tania Maia
Tania Maia is a Brazilian tattoo artist based in Lima, Peru, who specializes in the blackwork technique. Despite graduating in fashion design from the Santa Marcelina University of São Paulo in Brazil, in 2013, she left the profession to become a full-time tattoo artist. The influence of the fashion world is evident in the details of her tattoo artworks.
She has participated in three editions of the NY Empire State Tattoo Expo, one of the most renowned tattoo artist conventions in the United States. Outside the tattoo world, she has produced illustrations for various collaborations including the German cooking and surfing book Reisen Surfen Kochen in 2015, as well as projects for the BarBarian brewery and Marriott hotels, to name just a few.
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