Evolution of a Tattoo

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - COPYRIGHT INFORMATION - ALL TRADEMARKS, IMAGES AND COPYRIGHTS ARE PROPERTY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNER(S)  - DISCLAIMER.Characters used in this tattoo are the copyrighted property of Disney Enterprises, Inc., or its subsidiaries or affiliated companies and/or third-party licensors. All trademarks are property of their respective owners.  This web page is presenting the images of a tattoo for personal use only and to be used as an educational process of how a full tattoo sleeve is accomplished, regardless of the image content. Please note that this is in no way intended to be an infringement on copyrighted materials as neither I,  the tattoo artist, nor the wearer of the tattoo ink shall make any money off the resale of the designs. When I entered into this project I made it clear that although I would do the ink work since Ben loves Disney so much, that he could not make any money. So if he enters into any tattoo conventions he has agreed to never accept any cash or tangent prizes from wearing of his ink. As a tattoo artist I did not make any money off the art and design. I did not sell the design as those characters are the property of others. I only made money for performing a service the same as if I would of  a tattoo of tribal, flowers, snakes, or any thing else.

After the request for this sleeve of well known animated characters, the preparation was extensive.  After discussing with Ben the desired 'I have to have' characters the work began to find a way to make the sleeve interesting and not just a collage of characters standing around. With creativity an entire sleeve was designed to allow for interesting scaling and depth as well as making the characters look interactive. I don't want to spoil the surprise, so I won't tell you about what is not already shown.   I expect it to take five or six sittings just to complete the outline

Some shading has been started as well as a little of the background. Using different colors to show depth many of the background details will be done as the background is completed. 5-31-04		Close up of the Little Mermaid scene. Some shading as well as hard outlining instituted here. This is just the beginning shading of black only. More shading will be done with color. 5-31-04		Closer view of the Finding Nemo scene shows the fish Dory in bloodlining or redlining, hence the lack of solid black outline.  Since in the film there are no outlines of the tattoo will also not have the hard tattoo outline and instead look more realistic to the way the character is presented in the film 5-31-04
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Overall forearm view of the additions of the Aladdin scene in relation to previous outlining. SECOND SITTING	Front view of forearm displays the placement of Mickey Mouse and the Cheshire cat. SECOND SITTING	Close-up view of the parrot from Aladdin. SECOND SITTING
Close-up of Captain Hook SECOND SITTING	Close-up of Mickey Mouse and the Cheshire cat. SECOND SITTING	Elbow view of Captain Hook and alligator. SECOND SITTING

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Continuing with the Nightmare Before Christmas theme and Thumper on the elbow region and triceps THIRD SITTING	Close-up view of triceps. THIRD SITTING	Long view of new additions. THIRD SITTING	New additions in relation to previous work THIRD SITTING

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The upper back arm shows the beginning outline of Prince Jaffar from Aladdin.  Instead of doing the full robe of the prince, more characters will go below him. FOURTH SITTING	Outline of the original Mickey Mouse characters .  That's his armpit FOURTH SITTING	Overview of work as it stands now. FIFTH SITTING	The elbow shows Captain Hook being swallowed by the alligator.  The captain will be colored in later. FIFTH SITTING	Cheshire cat fill in with deep pinks. FIFTH SITTING

Close-up of area on the triceps showing Jaffar and Alice and a Dalmatian.	Below elbow featuring Hook being swallowed by the croc.	Closer look of the Hook scene.	Top of arm at the front deltoid area featuring Tinkerbelle.

Top and middle of arm featuring the Magic Castle.	Depiction of the Goofy character ballooning through Hades.	Various characters shown here at the elbow level of his arm.	Closer view of the side elbow region.