Ancient Memory

This is a commissioned tattoo design for a friend at work. He wanted a somewhat gothic, crumbling "cemetery angel" kind of design, but left me a lot of room to play with the specifics. I looked at the usual sorts of designs - standing, kneeling, bent-double-and-weeping, and that sort of thing, but I really wanted something that showed a kind of subtle strength - in spite of the fact that the angel is crumbling to pieces. That strength has to come through in the pose.

Prismacolor pencils on Bristol board. Yes, even the background. It's a *texture* thing with me.


Prints: TBD. I need to see what the client prefers before I offer prints of this piece.