Movember update

 Thank you to the awesome people who have donated money so far! I've raised $95 so far, but would love to see it continue to rise as the moustache grows longer.

Show your support by donating here: http://au.movember.com/mospace/220781/

Portrait of a boy

I decided to draw the boy from the front of the U2 1983 album, War. I've always loved the photograph so I figured I'd have a go at drawing it. This is the first time I've drawn the eyes clearly open, facing the camera.

Portrait of Jane 2

I drew another portrait of Jane tonight. This time the challenge was to try to get the texture of the veil across the entire picture. After I did the outline, I scored the paper with a pin in a criss-cross pattern where the veil was to be. Then when I shaded over the top, the scored lines were to remain white. This worked to some degree, but not as much as I was hoping. I think it covered up the white lines when I used my finger to soften the pencil strokes. When I was doing the scoring, I also accidentally rubbed out a few of my outlines - which made it difficult to get those parts right. It was good to try new things - I will have to try that effect again sometime to see if I can perfect it.

Still looking for takers for the Faces for Funding project to raise money for the Kane family who is going to Cambodia with Interserve. If you would like a portrait drawn, please email me at summertimeink@gmail.com with the photo you would like drawn and how much you would like to donate.

Peace out!

Practice Koi Fish Tatoo

As I haven't actually tattooed anything in weeks, I started a new tattoo on a practice skin on Sunday. I did the outline with a 5RL needle and started the shading with a 7FS needle. My hand was very shaky at first - but I used this to my advantage to do the ends of the fins and did the rest of the outline as my hand got more steady.

Unfortunately, these practice skins do not hold a lot of the colour in them and it even holds some colours more than others. Every time I tried to shade with the red, most of it came off again when I wiped it over. I had to experiment with the length of the needle to get it right, and finally got somewhere with it. Yellow on the other hand stayed without any problems. The black was much darker, but the more I wiped it, the less ink remained. I can't wait to get in more practice to actually try it on some skin!

In other news... Movember is upon us and a mo is upon my face. Where will my mo end up this Movember? Nobody knows, but now you and all your friends can keep informed with this handy dandy mo-o-meter:

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