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@TexasPT wrote:

The face looks familiar. ;)

Mark

Yeah, that was my husband’s idea. I wasn’t too sure about it. Putting your name or face on someone usually spells disaster:-. I’m superstitious that way.

@TexasPT wrote:

I just looked at your deviantart stuff…nice. Rockabilly and Psychobilly? Man…I thought I was a dying breed. You guys are lucky to have three blue teardrops right in the area there.

Oh yeah, I’m a HUGE Rockabilly and Psychobilly fan. NUTS for the stuff. Nekromantix, Mad Sin, Southern Culture on the Skids, The Cramps, Tiger…[Read more]

@TexasPT wrote:

The face looks familiar. ;)

I like the idea, good stuff. Having seen your work I don’t think the shakes will be an issue when you go to clean it up.

Mark

AGAIN…thank you!

Welcome to the group!

@Viper65 wrote:

Looks like some modified “Coop” art. Love it, nice job!!!

Well, it’s not a modified Coop, although I love Coop art and that’s the feel I wanted, but it will have a lot more dimension to it than Coop line art. And the design is my own. I just googled images of chicks on their hands and knees, added a few lbs to the one I chose and…[Read more]

@Viper65 wrote:

LOL…I hear ya. Im 45yrs. YOUNG, yes, i started this late in life, but who cares, your never too old to try something new for change! Hang in there, something will develop sooner or later. I dont know if you have ever looked into it but have you thought of just opening your own shop? I look at office space for rent on Craigslist…

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@Viper65 wrote:

Ive done art all my life, painting mostly and have always stuck to what i wanted to do. My mother would always ask me why i dont paint a pretty tree or a flower, or sunset or something!!!! Even when i was selling paintings in galleries (New Orleans), i painted what “I” wanted to paint, no exceptions, if they didnt like it they didnt…

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@CustomSin wrote:

Hi all,
Im not sure what to say. Ive never been good with Forum introductions. I have no formal training (can’t pay the bills and an apprentaceship at the same time). Almost everything I am learning comes from reading, trial and error on myself and tips my artist gave. Its nice to be here.

Hi there! Nice to meet you. I’m sorta…[Read more]

@Viper65 wrote:

wow…I wouldnt even begin to be able to offer an opinion, I wish you the very best of luck in whatever you decide to do with this and hope it all turns out for the best!!!!

Yeah, it’s a sucktacular situation. I may never get another chance especially at this age. I’ve already had a shop here in town tell me a few years ago (and I…[Read more]

@Viper65 wrote:

Personally, and we have had this discussion before, i would have refused to do it as well. And KUDOS to you for doing so!!

I thought long and hard about this and I decided absolutely NOT. For the same reasons I refuse to do gang tattoos but love to do gang coverups. 1. I don’t want to promote anything negative 2. I don’t want my…[Read more]

@Viper65 wrote:

Lisa? I saw some more of your work over on deviant art…nice job!!!! :mrgreen:

Why thank you:-) Doing more as we speak. I’m eating up that sugar skull made of candy stuff…lol

DUDE. I AM SO ON THAT!

Good point, TexasPT. I just was squicked out by the whole thing. But you’re right. I should do it and charge him a shiteload.

I have alot of my own apprenticeship woes. And this schoolkid bullshit, this college style hazing that is so popular in the old school shops sucks. What can anyone possibly learn from being forced to be a paid slave/personal assistant and being humiliated for someone’s amusement? We’re artists. SERIOUS artists. Yeah, I’m all for having fun and the…[Read more]

Wait…this is your FIRST tattoo? Seriously?!

Nice. Good clean lines and smooth shading. Good gradation. VERY good for a first timer. Hell, I’ve seen guys in shops who’ve been working for years who don’t do that well.

I’m actually going to draw more food flash. Cupcakes, pies, etc. Maybe a giant steaming meatloaf platter or something. I’ve been getting some weird requests for food tattoos lately, lol.

@messijesse wrote:

Nice shading and proportions. :)

Thank you!

@TexasPT wrote:

That is AWESOME!!! When I was in high-school, long ago, in art we had to draw an egg and then create something around it. I drew about 1000 sperm coming at it from all angles. The teacher did no appreciate my ode to reproduction. :)

Some people! They just don’t get it, do they? Well, fuck ’em! I got a lot of raised eyebrows when I…[Read more]

@Tarantula wrote:

that’s very cool, like it!

I have another version colored in but I’ll be damned if I can find it.

@TexasPT wrote:

Great portrait. Let’s see some of your non-portrait work!

Oh, I got some comin’ up!