Exercise: a tattoo

Key points from the brief: 

- A friend has asked you to design a tattoo for them based on the word Mum. 
- He would also like you to make it into a greeting card 
- Research the history and conventions of tattoos and body art 
- Decide on how complex your design will be and whether you will be using colour. Draw up your design on a large scale, mindful that it will be smaller both on a body and the card. 
- Write up your decision making process in your learning log 

The creative process

I started doing some research about the history of tattoos as well as trends for 2020, I read a couple of interesting articles and also went through Pinterest to do more of a visual research of possible trends.

​- www.bbc.com/culture/article/20150313-high-societys-hidden-tattoos

- people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/body-art/body-painting1.htm

- edition.cnn.com/2014/09/22/world/gallery/body-art/index.html

- www.elle.com.au/beauty/tattoo-trends-2020-22765

After the research and trying to incorporate my own vision as illustrator and designer, I decided to go for a minimalistic tattoo. I liked the idea of one continious line and something that wasn't very literal but more abstract. I started barimstorming around the world "mom" and the sketching out some first ideas. The one that really stucked with me was "hug", almost a synonimous of the word mom, specially in the first years of your life. 

Final tattoo design