Forearm Realism Fae Tattoo with Surreal Juxtaposition

A business in United States needed a tattoo design and received 56 Bold, Modern tattoo designs from 14 designers

56

Designs

14

Designers

$190

Budget

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This is what a business in United States was looking for in their tattoo design

I’m looking for a full-forearm, wraparound surreal collage tattoo from elbow to wrist, stopping before the hand, inspired by Freddie Albrighton’s visual language but not copying any specific piece.

The focal point should be a beautiful or cute, slightly uncanny female fae with pointed ears, rendered primarily in realism. I want that realism aggressively disrupted by completely incompatible art styles: sections abruptly changing rendering style, hard interruptions, crude doodles or graphic marks crossing sophisticated realism, deliberately unfinished areas, and strategic bare-skin negative space. Small gaps of bare skin can even separate differently rendered sections of the face for impact. The face should still resolve correctly as two eyes, one nose and one mouth, with no duplicated features.

This is the most important part, so I’ll try to communicate it a second way. Imagine the fae is a black-and-grey realistic portrait. Now erase a wedge containing part of her le… Read more