I‘ve been spending a lot of time in the cafes of Prague, penciling and inking the Ribbon of Souls tattoo design for friend and client, Chris Lefler.
The pic features about 2/3rds of the eventual design and will be coloured once the inkwork has been completed in a couple of weeks.
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To see the earlier sketches, click here: http://bruteprop.blogspot.com/2009/02/brute-new-sleeve-tattoo-ribbon-of-souls.html
I‘ve never been known for producing fantasy images but here’s one I’m working on for a client’s tattoo.
The image will be part of a wrap-around design intended for one of his calves and will also feature the legendary Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi.
Keep checking back to see the finished image.
Every couple of years, I go through my files and put a few original ink pieces up for auction. Here is the the latest selection:
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Superb 3D and motion graphics design.
Almost on the final leg(?) of the illustration of Kelly Brook which I started vector-tracing over a week ago in my spare time.
I’ve learned a lot by using the gradient mesh and transform mesh tools and my anchor point tweaking has improved tremendously.
Its been an experience working this way as my normal output seldom includes so much gradient work but its handy to know if something of this type crops up again.
Keep watching for the final illustration. Feel free to make suggestions for the background (keep it simple).
Another buddy pic, this time of Mike Cusato, a superb guitarist and a credit to his native Wales.
I met him and his buddy Marcus when I was living on Merseyside, UK.
One autumn, we went to a small cottage in Anglesey, North Wales, and recorded low-flying jets from the local air base all weekend.
Great days, great guys…
I scanned the doodle into Pshop, coloured it; ran the black and colour layers through Cutout and then dropped in a Creation background.
A quick Illustrator sketch of my good friend Edward Galore of Seattle, Washington. Ed was on the Zombie team back in the day and is still one good-looking SOB.
A few examples of my collaboration with the now-defunct Creation Project.
Using bio-
degradable, non toxic, water-based chalks and paints, we attempted to illustrate what could be done with more organic forms of graffiti.
All the above were created in a matter of hours in three different locations in Prague, Czech Republic.
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The first graphic I did for the Creation Project, whose philosophy of graphic architecture matches my own. Their idea is to include art at the planning stage, thereby eradicating the urban scribble of graffiti whilst retaining its graphic texture.
This A2 print is now available for a short period from BRUTE! Propaganda. Contact us by leaving a comment below.
