Bioshock design progress

About a year ago I started a design based on the game Bioshock. I finished the final sketch then, but was dreading doing the line work and colouring. Plus I didn't even have decent fineliners back then so I just kind of put it off. I got some great fineliners for my birthday though, so I had no more excuses!

First I did all the outlines and then slowly started colouring it. You can see some progress shots and finished product below. I'm not 100% pleased with it yet though. There's some details and colours I feel I need to add, but can't be bothered with right now. I quite like how it turned out though :) it was fun working on something I normally wouldn't do.

The idea is that eventually my boyfriend will get this design tattooed, but if he doesn't I wouldn't even mind because it was just a fun project to be working on! Hope you guys like it!

Bioshock tattoo progress

A little update on the progress of the Bioshock tattoo design I've been working on! It's been a lot (but fun) work so far, and I have quite a bit more ahead of me. At least the basic design is almost done, and my boyfriend is loving it so far!

Here's a look at my progress. I started with a rough sketch of where I wanted everything, and from there it was basically fine tuning all the elements that I thought were in the right place and adding stuff to fill it up and balance everything out. More than once the proportions were a disaster and I had to draw the same thing a few times over (The Songbird, Big Daddy and Little Sister for example..), but everything MUST be exactly right, especially since it's a tattoo design! You don't want to be walking around with a wonky looking character!

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And this is what it looks like right now! The paper got so dirty :P I have to work on some more details and then it's time for the linework, which I dread. I'm not the greatest at outlines and I'm still not sure how I'll transfer everything/what I will do the linework on. Kinda don't want to mess up the original.

On kind of a related note.. The other day we were playing around with paint with some friends and I started to freestyle paint a Murder of Crows tattoo on my boyfriend's arm! You can find it on the right in the tattoo design. I think it turned out pretty good :) and it made me all the more excited to (hopefully) see the actual tattoo on his arm someday!

Thankful for bubblegum and 90's music!

Last Sunday I saw a meteorite and I was honestly waiting for the world to explode. But I'm still alive and well! Feeling a bit 'meh' today. I've been feeling sick for a good few days now, but not too sick to stay in bed all day. It might just be hay fever or something (sore throat, irritated eyes..), but whenever I feel like this I like making a big gratitude list :) Despite not feeling 100% amazing, I've had some great days with great people (which is also why my blog has been a little neglected..). The weeks are flying by, something fun is happening every week (Flatliners concert this Thursday!! ♥) AND summer is still not here.. will it ever come??

Getting a delicious tuna melt with bbq sauce for dinner at Johnny Rockets ♥ Marathoning Game of Thrones ♥ trying the 'secret' banana split blizzard at Dairy Queen (vanilla ice cream with banana split toppings mixed in, yum!) ♥ brunch at Panera Bread ♥ going on a teahunt ♥ dancing on a Friday night until I could hardly stand on my feet anymore ♥ sleeping in the next day and doing absolutely nothing ♥ watching hockey (I'm actually really getting into it! Go Bruins!) ♥ hubba bubba bubblegum kisses ♥ seeing a meteorite in the sky ♥ working hard on the Bioshock tattoo ♥ peanut butter rolo ice cream.. omg. ♥ being a champion at beer pong ♥ 90's dance music ♥ drawing on an extra dramatic cat eye for extra fierceness ♥ doing more meditation and relaxating yoga (and feeling amazing afterwards) - receiving a cute tropical flavoured Hello Kitty lipbalm from Maria :) ♥ watermelon and strawberries ♥ the stargazing app on my phone ♥ Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey ♥ daydreaming about summer ♥ my dad and his crazy bicycle adventures...

Art Post: Bioshock Tattoo

As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm currently working on a Bioshock tattoo design. My boyfriend is a huge fan of the game and wants to get a full sleeve, so he challenged me to come up with a design! I have no idea if it's going to work out since I'm not very experienced when it comes to tattoo design, but it gives me a nice project to work on and also gives me a good reason to dive into this game and get to know its fascinating story, characters and artwork!

I don't know if anyone is interested, but I thought it would be nice to show you guys a bit of my process so far since it's been a while since I did art posts like this.

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This is a statue from the Songbird. I helped my boyfriend get it as a graduation gift as he'd been obsessing over it for weeks. Especially after we randomly stumbled across TWO of them at a videogame store (they're pretty hard to get by at a reasonable price)! It's really cool and really well made. I hope we can start an awesome collection of figures like this!

I'm trying to read up on it as much as I can (since I'm not a gamer playing the game would take me forever), so I also started reading the book! 

Always with a nice cup of tea of course :)

The first stage is just a lot of research and sketching, getting familair with the characters and various objects from the game and getting to know their meaning. 

It's a lot of fun to me because everything is so creative and interesting and I keep finding out new things!

Listening to the soundtrack for more inspiration :) and cool artwork on the side of the statue's box.

This is a sketch of what I'd like the top half to look like, but I'm gonna need to do A LOT more test sketches to piece everything together nicely. I'm a little stuck right now to be honest, so I'm just working on other small projects and will get back to it again in a few days. It's going to take a lot more work, but I'm excited!

Is anyone familair with Bioshock? What are your favorite things about it?