Extension shoulder tattoo in Polynesian mixed style

Hi,

Last year I created a half sleeve tattoo in polynesian style for a Dutch customer. It's a bit of a mixed tribal style, it has some stylized flowers and other repetitive shapes:


















Unfortunately the tattoo artist applied the stencil too small, so it now needs some extensions.

I marked the upper shoulder part that had to be inked.


I created a basic sketch and once it was approved I finalized it. To give you an idea how that process works I shot a short movie and placed it on youtube:



If you liked this video, or want to see more, please take a look on my youtube channel or visit my website Storm3d.com

Kind regards, Mark Storm
info@storm3d.com
www.storm3d.com

Tribal tattoo mask design polynesian style

Hi,

A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from the company "Paddle Republic", a surf/fitness school in the Key West, Florida.

Their design studio had come up with a polynesian mask logo, but it needed some adjustment, especially on the mask, because it was a design from a stock library. I was asked to redraw the (tattoo)mask with an original Maori inspired touch to it.

This is the logo from their design studio:












I made two pencil sketches with a different look:





















It was in the right style but they asked me to do another sketch, a bit more round and with more koru/maori curves:





















This was exactly what they were looking for, so I could trace the design in Adobe Illustrator, to make it a high quality vector logo:





















Once that was completed, I added the words "Paddle Republic" and replaced the red color:






Kind regards, Mark Storm
info@storm3d.com
www.storm3d.com

Shoulder blade tattoo maori samoan style

Hi,

It has been a while, but I just finished a nice tattoo piece. It's a design for the shoulderblade and back.
My customer wanted to cover quite some skin, with nice Maori Kirituhi shapes and some Samoan patterns.

First I made a template from the measurements I received, and started sketching:

I really enjoy to make the first basic koru shapes, this gives the tattoo a nice flow and "cuts" the large template into smaller pieces that can be filled with other intricate patterns, like triangles, spearheads and repetitive lines.


Once the basic layout is set, I move on to the next fase.



My client asked for some Samoan patterns, which are mainly formed by even lines filled with very detailed shapes (upper left side of the tatoo):




















In the centre of the pencil sketch I drew a row of arrowheads and triangles, but I removed it later as you can see in the completed sketch:

The final high resolution image was traced with a black felt-tip marker and scanned.

After optimizing it and creating a linedrawing I sent it to my customer.






Kind regards, Mark Storm
info@storm3d.com
www.storm3d.com

Appointment Booking (in norwegian)

Booking: 

Booking skjer kun via telefon (ikke epost) på 69251313 under åpningstidene. 

Vi tar imot timebestillinger hele tiden, unntatt for Electric Linda. Hun booker 3 mnd av gangen, og har følgende booking perioder:

Sommer 2011: starter bookingen tirsdag 3. mai kl 10.00 (gjelder juni, juli og august)

Høst 2011: starter bookingen tirsdag 2. august kl 10.00 (gjelder september, oktober og november)

Vinter 2011-2012: starter bookingen tirsdag 1. november kl 10.00 (gjelder desember, januar og februar)

Vår 2012: starter bookingen onsdag 1. februar kl 10.00 (gjelder mars, april og mai)

Åpningstider: 

Tir-Fre 10-18, Lør 10-15, Søndager Stengt, Mandager Etter avtale.

Konsultasjoner:

Ved en avtalt konsultasjon har vi en halvtime hvor vi fyller ut et konsultasjonsskjema, og tegner evt. noen skisser. Ved konsultasjonen må du evt. betale konsultasjonsavgift og depositum. 

Depositum:

Depositum er varierende hos alle som tatoverer hos oss. 

500,- hos alle tatovører og lærlinger, og 1000,- hos Electric Linda.

Depositumet blir liggende til siste session dersom vi har avtalt flere sessions. 

Avbestillinger:

Dersom du må avbestille, sørg for å avbestille senest 48 timer før timen din. Skulle du ikke dukke opp, og du ikke har gitt beskjed, vil du miste depositumet.

Priser:

Timepriser er varierende hos alle som tatoverer hos oss. Alle tatoveringer som blir laget på en dag/session har fastpris, og ikke timepris.

Electric Linda:

Konsultasjon: 1000,-

Depositum: 1000,-

Timepris ved prosjekter: 1800,-

Standard Prosjekt Session (3,5 timer): 6000,-

Portrett svarthvitt 1 stk: 7000,-

Portrett svarthvitt 2 stk: 10500,-

Portrett svarthvitt 3 stk: 14000,-

Portrett farge 1 stk: 9000,-

Portrett farge 2 stk: 13500,-

(Ved f.eks 2 portretter gjelder denne prisen dersom portrettene blir plassert i samme motiv.)

Candy & Sketch (Gjelder f.o.m 01.05.11 til 01.09.11)

Konsultasjon: 500,-

Depositum: 500,-

Tatovering: Minstepris 1000,- Timepris ved prosjekter: 1000,-/timen

Linn (Gjelder f.o.m 01.05.11 til 01.09.11)

Konsultasjon: gratis

Depositum: ingen

Tatovering: Minstepris 500,- Timepris ved prosjekter: 500,-/timen

Studio Gossip by Electric Linda

So, what have we done lately?

Since we started this blog, we had a great deal of viewers, especially on the Octopus Diary, which will be followed up very soon.

We are going to have updates, info and gossip a couple of times every week, so check back every now and then to see what's new around here.

Sketch is doing very well these days, he is a hard worker, and his work is getting better and better. Just take a look at this beautiful ornament he made on a girl on her wrist. 

He has been visiting Lucky 7 in Oslo for a week now, and will be back at Attitude tomorrow. We have missed him dearly, I must say. 

Blue ornament by Sketch

Robin has gone back to Sweden to visit family and friends for christmas, and will be back in the beginning of january. But just before he left he started on this very cool upper sleeve, which is gonna be awesome when it's done. 

Japanese project in progress by Robin

Candy and Liam

We're still waiting for Candy to come back. She is, as you may know, at home with their little darling Liam, and will be back during next spring, which also is the time for us to move the studio. Yes, we have to find something bigger, cause the crew is growing fast these days.

"Frida" by Linn (pencil on A4 paper)

Linn is waiting to start tattooing. And I think - no, I know, that she's gonna be an awesome tattoo artist one day, so therefore it's important that she is patient, and suddenly one day it's her turn to shine.

This is a drawing she did lately, just to show you guys what she's capable of...

She can draw portraits for you, just send her an email with a nice picture to: linn@attitudetattoostudio.com with your name and phonenumber.

If there is anything else on your mind, please don't hesitate to ask us. You can find our individual email addresses on the "Crew" page here on our blog.

Love you guys :)

Electric Linda

Armband tribal tattoo with star

Hi,

I have been working on an armband tattoo for a Dutch customer. He wanted a mixed tribal style with some nice sharp edges.
The design had to be seamless and incorporate an existing star on the inside of his wrist.
I'm not really keen on working around existing tattoos, but for this time it was not very much of a problem.

The size had to be 7 cm wide and a full wrap around the wrist with a seamless fit.

Here you van see how I started on the design:











The outer sides that are in blue show how the design will make a seamless fit:








I had to adjust some koru shapes, because it looked a little bit too much like a love symbol.
This is the final sketch and the high resolution design:











I'll be back soon with another project, probably a lower leg project.

Kind regards, Mark Storm