Tattoo for Beginners
Creation of the design (part 1)
A course by Polilla Tattoo , Tattoo Artist and Digital Designer
About the video: Creation of the design (part 1)
Overview
“We will see how to create the design and all the tools to facilitate that process. We will prepare the tracing and then transfer the design to the surface and see how your application works. ”
In this video lesson Polilla Tattoo addresses the topic: Creation of the design (part 1), which is part of the Domestika online course: Tattoo for Beginners. Learn everything you need to start tattooing from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Creation of the design Now we’ll look at design and I’ll show you all the steps I take to get a design on to a client’s skin or this orange skin which is what we’ll do next. The first thing I do is take a photo in this case my client’s foot near their ankle, where we’ll put a flower that will be a peony. I use a program, I used to use SketchBook, now I use Procreate, which is another application that you buy on the iPad. Now I have my iPad Pro, I’m using my Apple Pencil. We’ll create a new file the size of the screen or the size we want The first thing we’ll do is add the photo that we took...”
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Course summary for: Tattoo for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Tattoo Design

Polilla Tattoo
A course by Polilla Tattoo
Florencia Landaeta, also known as Polilla Tattoo, combines her professional training as a designer with her passion for the art of tattooing, using pointillism and fine lines to bring unique tattoos to life.
Co-founder of Estudio El Bosque in Santiago (Chile), Polilla’s graphic style is full of floral motifs, leading her to work with major brands like Caterpillar, Marley Coffee, and Levi's, as well as tattoo studios across the United States.
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