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Four Tips Illustrators Must Consider for Tattoo Commissions
by Hazel Taylor Build BusinessesIllustrators are known for creating two-dimensional images for several industrial sectors fashion, healthcare, advertising, digital marketing, etc. But, what if one fine day an illustrator is asked to show his/her creativity on human skin?
Tattoo commissions are not common, but they can occur. It is an honour for the illustrators to know someone walking around with their design. They would not get work though on failing to generate aesthetic outcomes.
The five helpful tricks are as follows:
1. Price Accordingly
The illustrators planning on starting a tattoo shop later in life must know how exactly to charge.
Most of the successful artists charge by the hours they spend creating an artwork. The clients will expect a more or less similar procedure from the illustrator.
Tattoo commissions are one-of-a-kind, or in other words, carried out in specific situations only. The illustrator cannot use what they have inked anywhere else or sell it. Setting the price with utmost caution is thus mandatory.
A custom commission must be around $100. If the piece is small or medium in size, $100-$150 is enough. Increase the rate for more detailed or large work.
2. Get Details
The experts who have tattoo shops open for quite some time now said to make a tattoo desirable; one must procure substantial amounts of details, including the approximate dimension of the design, the body part where the design must be placed, and whether colours are required.
The client will either have specific ideas or a general idea of what they expect, leaving the illustrator's creative details. Seeing examples of the designs clarifies the outlook of the finished piece.
Draw a couple of preliminary sketches and focus on the fundamental composition. Many illustrators draw on the baking sheet and cover the body with the sheet to see how the design would look.
3. Research
Even though anything can be inked nowadays, the key to the best tattoo is to keep it simple yet bold. Excessive details will not amalgamate together and frustrate the illustrator to a great extent.
If a client has tattooed earlier from an actual tattoo artist, the illustrator can mail him/her for the portfolio. It is necessary for the illustrator to get the style's hang and how the varied graphical elements are aligned to one another.
Streamline the lines and shapes. Think about the central point of a tattoo, for example, writing, faces, or patterns that must stand out. Utilise colour smartly. A few details here and there will escalate the visual interest.
After finishing the design on paper, show it to an actual tattoo artist, and he/she will say if the design would look well or could be inked on a body part.
4. Hone Skills
The illustrators fascinated with tattooing can join an apprenticeship programme. Even if one does not wish to become a tattoo artist, they must master the art of inking designs or hone the skills they already have the trade.
The illustrators who may not be starting a tattoo shop can draw designs so that the studios can display, to give ideas to both the artist and the customer. In the body art industry, these designs are described as ‘flash’ and may be exchanged or sold.
If the illustrators do not feel sure about producing beautiful tattoos, they must turn the commission down and recommend another actual tattooist, perhaps. This will be better for the concerned client down the road – after all, isn’t it better to have nothing than something bad?
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