Torn skin/Skin rip – Teach Me To Tattoo

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- July 30, 2013 at 6:50 am #15451
  
  Lennart82
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  I need your advice on this piece. Its a snake busting out of a forearm. Now the snake isn’t shaded or anything, and its not the snake that’s the issue here. Its the torn skin around it. Now I have never made anything like a skin rip before, so any pointers on it is welcomed.
  I think I have the tattooing down, but its the design of it I’m worried about.
  The client likes it, but I’m in doubt. So what’s wrong with it? And what could be done, to improve it?
  
  http://i43.tinypic.com/w8qnmt.jpg
  
  Now the size of it, cannot be bigger then what is on at this moment, there isn’t enough room, even though he has a massive forearm.
- July 30, 2013 at 1:54 pm #24346
  
  Ramenuzumaki
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  my thing about it is your skin rip looks too much like ripping paper. you want it to look a little more fleshy.
  
  here are a few good examples I had found
  http://www.bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Best-Horrifically-Cool-3D-Tattoos-13.jpg
  
  http://www.bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Best-Horrifically-Cool-3D-Tattoos-10.jpg
  
  as well as one of my own
  https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/944707_473820716026704_1627141049_n.jpg
  
  hope this helps :3
- July 30, 2013 at 6:06 pm #24347
  
  Infamous
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  I completely agree, the problem with it is that it looks like it is ripping through paper, not skin.
  
  These tears look to jagged and some of them are folded back even. A good way to do ripped skin is to think about that old shirt you have in your closet that you can’t bear to throw away, you know the one with the holes all over it from years of abuse. Copy that style of tear, its smoother, yes there are some jagged bits but a skin tear would look a lot more like cloth ripping than paper.
  
  Hope that helps, also I hope you actually have the old shirt in the closet I used for an example lol, if not I’m sure you have an old shirt that you could cut little slits in with a pair of scissors and rip from there, it will create a unique and realistic tear you can copy ;)
- August 1, 2013 at 10:19 am #24348
  
  Lennart82
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  Your right guys, it looks more like paper then skin.
  Hmmm, but again, never did a torn skin piece before.
  
  But bad news, I had the guy schedualed for this evening. But now he had to cancelled on the account that he was on blood thinning medicin.
  
  So we reschedualed a month in the future…. Damn, was looking forwards for this piece…. :cry:
- August 1, 2013 at 3:30 pm #24349
  
  Infamous
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  that blows, but on the bright side, maybe you’ll get a chance to do some more torn skin in-between now and then. And, there’s always more time to practice getting that torn skin look down this way.
- August 1, 2013 at 7:36 pm #24350
  
  Lennart82
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  Amen to that. Never stop learning :ugeek:
- August 14, 2013 at 5:58 am #24351
  
  garenlevon
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  That was nice tattoo but one advice I would like to share. If give some shade to your tattoo and fill colour in your tattoo. Then this tattoo will become awesome.
- August 14, 2013 at 6:01 am #24352
  
  Lennart82
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  Thanks dude. :D
  
  And yes, this drawing isent exactly done yet. Just did it this way for easy stenciling. (Still doing it by hand)
- November 4, 2013 at 4:19 am #24353
  
  xDreamerx
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  sorry I just wanted to comment that I love torn or twisted flesh tattoo’s! I can do this style in my sleep. love it. If i reply it would be too long of a post to read about the techniques i use to accomplish the feel.
  
  i need to upload more work to my gallery but ugh…busy. I’m my own webmaster and yet I never have enough time to do my own stuff lol
- January 30, 2014 at 12:16 pm #24354
  
  Lennart82
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  Please do, if you got any secret hints and trick, by all means, let me know.
  
  I have to go over the thing again. The guy, well, he never showed up for his finishing setting. And just heard rumours that he lost his, job, his wife split, and his dog just lost 7 puppies.
  So I plan on giving him it for free. Cant have all bad things going on in life, ;)
  
  So any tricks, Be sure to give em up :D
- April 8, 2014 at 8:57 pm #24355
  
  SparkEater72
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  I know it’s been awhile since this was posted.
  
  It may help to bear in mind that skin is elastic. When sliced it moves away from the wound causing wrinkles around the wound.
  
  Torn skin, ripped, will have a rough appearance as discussed, but not like paper, or an old T-shirt (no offense). Skin is not cloth but if you’re not squeamish there are plenty of images on the www and vids on youtube or LiveLeak showing severe trauma, lacerations and even ‘amputations’ to the human body. All of which you can use as reference for this (these, as I’m sure you’ll see more) type of piece.
  
  Did you ever get the chance to do the tattoo?
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