Chinese Dragon Graphic.
This art isn't a recent project. I actually created it a little over four years ago for Body Glove Asia. They originally wanted me to develop four different designs to be used on a product called "SnowSliders". (Think styrofoam board with shrink wrap graphics)
"Snowslider" for Body Glove Asia.
The creative process to get this first design in the bag proved to be so painful I bowed out instead of enduring three times more. This isn't the norm, most often even with trouble clients I hang in there and at least push it through and than never choose to work with them again moving forward. But communication was so poor on their part I reached critical mass quickly.
It happens.
Dragon Leg Tattoo.
A year or so after that project I was contacted by a designer who asked if he could use my dragon art and have it tattooed on his leg. Since I retained the rights to the artwork I said sure and we worked out a minimal fee and I sent him the source file.
Almost another year passed and I was at the HOW Design Conference in Atlanta Georgia doing a book signing for my texture book "Crumble.Crackle.Burn" when a guy walked up to the table and introduced himself. I didn't recognize his name (I suck at remembering names) and he swung his leg around and pointed at his calf muscle.
It was Rich, the designer who got my dragon art tattooed on his leg. He's also a very talented Creative Director for the Scripps Networks and we've been able to work on several fun projects together over the past few years.
Well it's been nearly two years since that book signing and guess who emails me a picture of his dragon leg? Hence why I'm posting this now.
It's cool making creative connections like this. Walking portfolios FTW!
FYI: For information about my stock tribal designs or to have me create a custom tribal design for you visit VonsterTattoos.com.
9 comments:
With all this tattoo work you've been doing, maybe you need a new category on your portfolio site. Nice to see something good come from such a challenging project.
Rob,
I'll be creating a custom set of tribal tattoo artwork this year and marketing the flash sheets for anyone to use to get a tattoo from. It'll be super inexpensive and fun to see the art get used.
Some of the art themes I'll be creating:
- Lion
- Eagle
- Dragon
- Devils Head
- New Face
- Butterfly
- Scorpion
- Skull
- Sun
- Turtle
Should be fun.
Glad to see that someone asked you for the rights to the artwork. I've seen too many posts showing people who've ripped you off.
Very cool dragon. Would have been nice to have seen what else you would have designed.
I would love to see your style applied towards a treatment of a tiger tattoo. Mostly because I'd like one...LOL.
Von, you should have had some fun with this post. I would have put up the photo and written, My grandmother loves my artwork so much she put it on her leg. No offense against your grandmother - just a little fun is all - lol. Seriously, it's a really cool tat.
Hi Von, I'm Alex Palomares, Mauricio Cosios' friend and colleague from ¡Ka-Boom! Estudio, and also a comic book artist and illustrator.
I haven't had the opportunity to watch your blog, pretty cool, totally great work you develop!!!
I really love how you solve design problems and the explanations you share.
I'll be checking it out, take care!
Alex,
I'm familiar with your work. I owe Mauricio a lot he has been a good friend and has translated my notes into Spanish which has allowed me to talk to a lot of cool artists I otherwise would probably never have met.
Thanks for reading my blog and hopefully I'll make it down there some day and we can all hang out for a while.
Takecare.
Von
I have the SnowSlider board! (:
I've always wondered who designed the dragon on it, and it's really neat and you did a great job!
I'm not much of a vector artist, but I draw and photoshop just for kicks.
I love your illustrations and the vibrant colors
Keep up the good work! :)
Michelle Taing
Hi from Venezuela, amazing desing... Can I use this drangon art for tatoo? thanks...
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