Dove Tattoo

*druideye commissioned me for this design, a tribal-feeling tatto of her totem animal, the dove. This was a big challenge, as she left things very open. A tribal feeling, simplistic design of a dove. She also said that she would like to somehow tie in celtic knots, since she has a previous tattoo of knots.

This was such fun to work on. We really seemed to be on the same waveleangth. She mentioned that she was a very melancholy person, so I added in tear drop shapes to go along with this. She liked 'em, might even get some of thsoe done in color. I'm very happy with the final design, and she seems to be, as well, so mission accomplished. ...she had to see all the icky rough stages my tattoes go through.

Drawn by hand, transferred into Illustrator with my Tablet.