Digital Design and Illustration of Tattoos with Procreate
Design montage on the canvas
A course by Tania Maia , Tattoo Artist
About the video: Design montage on the canvas
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you how to make the collage for an illustration, using the reference images collected in the previous lesson. Applying them directly and following the natural shape of the body area to be tattooed, to then create a design with greater precision. ”
In this video lesson Tania Maia addresses the topic: Design montage on the canvas, 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
“Moving on to unit three. It's time to reveal my secrets. Not actual secrets. I'm talking about one of the techniques I use to make my life easier when creating my designs. Since I'm a very visual person, I need to see the image that I'm going to work with before working on it. I'm going to be solving any graphic problems before finalizing the design. I'm going to use the photos I've taken of the area where the tattoo's going to go to create the design with more precision. Let's get started. Let's start illustrating. Open the main Procreate interface, let's go here, and I'm going to select A...”
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Course summary for: Digital Design and Illustration of Tattoos with Procreate
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Areas
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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